Milestone closes $200m unsecured revolving credit linenews Terry Spruce 9 Jan 14 0Milestone’s increases unsecured borrowing capacity to $450m and revolving borrowing capacity to $800m. Milestone Aviation Group has closed on an unsecured $200 million revolving credit… Read more
Milestone closes $200m unsecured revolving credit linenews Terry Spruce 9 Jan 14 0Milestone’s increases unsecured borrowing capacity to $450m and revolving borrowing capacity to $800m. Milestone Aviation Group has closed on an unsecured $200 million revolving credit… Read more
Milestone Aviation Group completes private placement debt financingnews Terry Spruce 7 Jan 14 0Milestone Aviation Group completes a $575 million private placement debt financing. Milestone Aviation Group, a helicopter leasing company, has announced that it has successfully completed… Read more
Milestone Aviation Group completes private placement debt financingnews Terry Spruce 7 Jan 14 0Milestone Aviation Group completes a $575 million private placement debt financing. Milestone Aviation Group, a helicopter leasing company, has announced that it has successfully completed… Read more
First Reserve plans $529m IPO for CHC Helicopternews Terry Spruce 7 Jan 14 0CHC Group plans to raise $529 million in an initial public offering. CHC Group Ltd., the world’s largest commercial operator of medium and heavy helicopters,… Read more
Waypoint Leasing announces leasing deal with CHC Helicopternews Terry Spruce 18 Dec 13 0Waypoint Leasing (Ireland) Limited announces a helicopter leasing deal with CHC Helicopter valued at over $200 million. Waypoint and CHC Helicopter have agreed a leasing… Read more
Element Financial Corporation acquires $250m US helicopter portfolionews Terry Spruce 15 Nov 13 0Element Financial acquires $250 million US helicopter lease portfolio consisted of 63 individual helicopters. Element Financial Corporation in Canada has entered into an agreement to… Read more
Element Financial Corporation acquires $250m US helicopter portfolionews Terry Spruce 15 Nov 13 0Element Financial acquires $250 million US helicopter lease portfolio consisted of 63 individual helicopters. Element Financial Corporation in Canada has entered into an agreement to… Read more
Waypoint accelerates growth with $335m revolvernews Alasdair Whyte 14 Nov 13 0Waypoint Leasing, based in Ireland, secures $335 million of five-year debt. Waypoint Leasing has closed a five-year $335 million revolving credit facility. The funds, which… Read more
Macquarie Rotorcraft Leasing orders four helicopters from Sikorskynews Terry Spruce 14 Nov 13 0Macquarie Rotorcraft Leasing has ordered two S-92As and two S-76Ds helicopters from Sikorsky Aircraft. Macquarie Rotorcraft Leasing has placed its first new helicopter orders buying… Read more
Waypoint Leasing and Eurocopter establish marketing partnershipnews Terry Spruce 25 Sep 13 0Waypoint Leasing and Eurocopter sign an agreement at Helitech 2013 in London to establish a commercial and marketing partnership for helicopter leasing. Eurocopter has signed… Read more
Waypoint Leasing expands management teamnews Alasdair Whyte 24 Sep 13 0Six managers have joined the Irish helicopter lessor as it looks to grow its business. Waypoint Leasing has appointed three new executives as it develops… Read more
Milestone secures $600 million credit linenews Alasdair Whyte 8 Aug 13 0Dublin-based Milestone Aviation Group closes largest debt deal by a helicopter lessor as the company’s three-year anniversary approaches. Read more
Milestone closes largest helicopter debt dealnews Alasdair Whyte 30 Jul 13 0Milestone will fund Sikorsky, Eurocopter and AgustaWestland equipment with debt from European commercial banks. Read more
An inside look at Milestone Aviation and the first helicopter export credit bondnews Alasdair Whyte 19 Jun 13 0Milestone talks to Corporate Jet Investor about closing the first Ex-Im bond secured by helicopters in May, a deal that was years in the making. Read more
LCI signs for another 10 helicoptersnews Terry Spruce 18 Jun 13 0Lease Corporation International has signed a contract for another 10 AgustaWestland helicopters, five AW139, three AW169 and two AW189 aircraft. Read more
LCI provides helicopters to WestStar Aviation Servicesnews Terry Spruce 15 Jun 13 0Lease Corporation International (LCI) announced that it will be providing two AgustaWestland AW139 helicopters to WestStar Aviation Services of Malaysia for their offshore operation. Read more
Milestone closes first Ex-Im bond for helicoptersnews Terry Spruce 3 Jun 13 0The Ex-Im Bank has issued a bond guarantee supporting Sikorsky Helicopters for S-92 helicopters to Milestone Aviation Group. This is the first use of Capital-Markets… Read more
The new age of helicopter operating leasingnews Alasdair Whyte 23 May 13 0With Milestone Aviation, Lease Corporation International, Waypoint Leasing and Lobo Leasing, helicopters have more choice of financing than ever before. Sophie Segal talks to the… Read more
Waypoint secures $375 million equity investmentnews Alasdair Whyte 6 May 13 0Waypoint Holdings has announced that it has secured a $375 million equity investment from funds affiliated with MSD Capital, Soros Fund Management and Cartesian Capital. Read more
