Waypoint Leasing closes $100 million term loannews Terry Spruce 19 Apr 16 0Waypoint Leasing has closed a $100 million term loan facility led by Lombard North Central Plc. The facility has a maturity of approximately six years… Read more
Milestone delivers Omni H225 to Bond Offshore Helicoptersnews Alasdair Whyte 7 Apr 16 0Leasing company Milestone has delivered a new Airbus H225 to Bond Offshore Helicopters, who will put it to work on the North Sea. The helicopter… Read more
Indian government tourism website to sell Pawan Hans flight ticketsnews Alasdair Whyte 29 Mar 16 0The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) and air operator Pawan Hans have partnered to allow flight passengers to book tickets through the IRCTC website. The two organisations… Read more
Helicopter Leasing 2015: Debt for lessors reviewnews Alasdair Whyte 23 Mar 16 0 Helicopter leasing companies successfully raised more than $650 million in 2015. Although this was down on 2014 and 2013, this mainly reflected GE’s acquisition of… Read more
Heli-Expo – Meridian Helicopters sign 206L3 leasenews Alasdair Whyte 2 Mar 16 0Meridian Helicopters has leased a Bell 206L3 from Chopper Charter. The aircraft is on a three year lease with a two year extension option. The… Read more
Heli-Expo – Bristow completes AW139 S&LB with Waypointnews Alasdair Whyte 2 Mar 16 0Bristow has completed a sale-and-leaseback with Waypoint leasing. The deal covers three AgustaWestland AW139 helicopters. All three helicopters will operate offshore on long-term contracts in… Read more
Mark Kelly joins Lobo Leasing as new EVP and managing directornews Terry Spruce 14 Jan 16 0Mark Kelly has joined Lobo Leasing as executive vice president and managing director. He will be based in Lobo’s global headquarters in Dublin and will… Read more
Waypoint Leasing signs sale and leaseback with Omni Helicoptersnews Terry Spruce 29 Dec 15 0Waypoint Leasing has signed a multi-aircraft purchase and leaseback agreement with Omni Helicopters International, a strategic partnership between Stirling Square Capital Partners and Omni Group.… Read more
LCI concludes sale-leaseback of H225 helicopternews Terry Spruce 7 Dec 15 0LCI Helicopters has concluded the sale-and-leaseback of a second Airbus H225 helicopter delivery to CHC Helicopter. The financing of the Airbus H225 is the second… Read more
Avinco financing enables Mont Blanc Helicopters to buy firefighting AS350 B3 aircraftnews Terry Spruce 12 Nov 15 0Mont Blanc Helicopters (MBH) recently closed the purchase of a firefighting Airbus Helicopters AS 350B3 with the assistance of Avinco. Recently, MBH secured a firefighting… Read more
Waypoint expands unsecured revolving Credit Facilitynews Terry Spruce 22 Oct 15 0Waypoint Leasing has expanded and extended its unsecured revolving credit facility through the addition of Deutsche Bank AG and Goldman Sachs Bank USA as lenders… Read more
LCI signs agreement with CMIFLnews Terry Spruce 14 Oct 15 0LCI has signed a cooperation agreement with CM International Financial Leasing Corp., Ltd (CMIFL). CMIFL, which launched leasing activities in June 2015, and has placed… Read more
Waypoint Leasing acquires 20 H135 helicoptersnews Terry Spruce 9 Oct 15 0Waypoint Leasing has become the first lessor to acquire the Airbus Helicopters H135s, with an order for 20 helicopters at Helitech 2015. The 20 aircraft… Read more
LCI agrees two multi-year debt facilitiesnews Terry Spruce 7 Oct 15 0LCI has finalised two long-term debt facilities. Both lines will support $200m of incremental fleet growth in Australia. The aircraft have been financed under a… Read more
Milestone expands global managementnews Terry Spruce 30 Sep 15 0Milestone Aviation Group has expanded its commercial team with eight new executives. With the new appointments the company is expanding its presence in Africa, Asia,… Read more
Waypoint Leasing delivers first H145 to Papua New Guineanews Terry Spruce 29 Sep 15 0Waypoint Leasing has delivered the first Airbus H145 to Pacific Helicopters, Papua New Guinea. “This transaction validates the increasing importance of the H145 in meeting… Read more
Voce Capital Management writes to Air Methods: “Great business, crummy stock”news Alasdair Whyte 17 Sep 15 0Voce Capital Management, an activist investor, has written to the board of Air Methods arguing that the company should be taken private. Written by Daniel… Read more
Waypoint closes $200 million in capital market financingnews Terry Spruce 8 Sep 15 0Waypoint Leasing has closed on the private placement of $200 million of senior secured notes. This is Waypoint’s inaugural capital markets financing. The senior secured… Read more
Waypoint will open Rio de Janeiro office in 2016news Terry Spruce 13 Aug 15 0Waypoint Leasing will open its Latin American office in January 2016. The new office will be headed by Steffen Bay. Waypoint Leasing closes second deal… Read more
Gustavo Semeraro joins Lobo Leasing in Rio de Janeironews Terry Spruce 11 Aug 15 0Gustavo Semeraro has joined Lobo Leasing to help launch its Rio de Janeiro office. Semeraro joins from Bell Helicopter where he was Regional Sales Manager… Read more
