Waypoint Leasing closes second lease with Lidernews Alasdair Whyte 11 Aug 15 0Waypoint Leasing has closed its second transaction with Brazil’s Lider Taxi Aereo. The lessor has bought one Sikorsky S-92 which it will lease back to… Read more
CHC share price drops below NYSE compliance levelnews Alasdair Whyte 28 Jul 15 0The CHC Group’s closing share price on the New York Stock Exchange(NYSE) has been below $1.00 for over 30 consecutive days. ALSO SEE: ALSO SEE:… Read more
Omni complete AW139 SLB with Lobonews Alasdair Whyte 17 Jul 15 0Portugal-based Omni Helicopters International has completed a sale and lease back transaction on four of its AW139s with Lobo Leasing. ALSO SEE: Brazil’s OHI Group… Read more
NewStar Financial and Lobo Leasing finance RLCnews Terry Spruce 12 May 15 0Lobo Leasing and Newstar Financial have jointly closed two separate deals for RLC. Lobo Leasing signed sale and leasebacks on nine Bell 407s and Bell… Read more
Helicopter operating leasing ranking 2014: Top of the Opsinsight Alasdair Whyte 12 May 15 0Less than five years after the launch of Milestone Aviation Group it is astonishing how fast the market for dedicated helicopter operating lessors has grown.We… Read more
North Pole Investments signs for two AgustaWestland helicoptersnews Terry Spruce 28 Apr 15 0North Pole Investments of Panama has signed an agreement with AgustaWestland for one AW139 and one AW189 helicopter. ALSO READ: Ex-Im Bank approves financing for… Read more
Waypoint Leasing hits 100 helicopter milestonenews Terry Spruce 20 Apr 15 0Waypoint Leasing has now has more than 100 helicopters that are on lease to 13 customers. This milestone was reached less than 24 months from… Read more
Waypoint Leasing opens Singapore officenews Terry Spruce 15 Apr 15 0Waypoint Leasing has opened a new office in Singapore, expanding its global reach. The new regional office will be led by Philip Stransky, director of… Read more
Ex-Im Bank approves financing for US helicopters to Latin Americanews Terry Spruce 14 Apr 15 0The Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank) has approved the financing for sale of US-built AgustaWestland AW139 helicopters that will be used for leasing… Read more
Amur Finance acquires Lloyd Helicoptersnews Terry Spruce 25 Mar 15 0Amur Finance Company has acquired Singapore-based Lloyd Helicopter Pte. Ltd. (Lloyd) through Amur’s subsidiaries Amur Helicopter Financial Services (Amur HFS) and Amur ESL PTE Ltd.… Read more
Waypoint Leasing closes $85m term loannews Terry Spruce 25 Mar 15 0Waypoint Leasing has closed a five-year $85 million term loan facility led by Deutsche Bank AG. The company will use the proceeds to support its… Read more
KKR acquires Air Medical Groupnews Terry Spruce 16 Mar 15 0KKR, a leading global investment firm, signed an agreement to acquire Air Medical from affiliates of Bain Capital and Brockway Moran and Partners. Air Medical provides… Read more
Clark McGinn will join Waypoint Leasingnews Alasdair Whyte 4 Mar 15 0Clark McGinn is leaving his role as managing director of CHC Leasing to head sales at Waypoint Leasing. McGinn will be senior vice president at… Read more
Milestone Aviation Group expands global operationsnews Terry Spruce 3 Mar 15 0Milestone Aviation Group is expanding its international presence into three new regions – Asia, South America and the Middle East/Africa – while also growing its… Read more
3 things to know about helicopter finance in 2015news Alasdair Whyte 2 Mar 15 0As part of his presentation at Helicopter Investor London 2015, John Sheldon, a member of Lease Corporation International’s helicopter advisory board, highlighted three points that… Read more
GECAS closes deal on Milestone Aviation Groupnews Terry Spruce 2 Feb 15 0GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) has completed and closed its acquisition of Milestone Aviation Group, a Dublin-based helicopter lessor, for $1.775 billion plus the assumption… Read more
Waypoint Leasing signs purchase leaseback with Lider Taxi Aereonews Terry Spruce 29 Dec 14 0Waypoint Leasing has closed its first leases with Brazil’s Lider Taxi Aereo. The initial transaction included the purchase and leaseback of two Sikorsky S-76 C++… Read more
Titan Helicopter Group gets first S-76D via Milestone Aviationnews Terry Spruce 29 Dec 14 0Sikorsky has delivered the first S-76D that will operate in Africa to the Titan Helicopter Group (THG). Milestone Aviation Group will lease the S-76D to… Read more
Lobo Leasing closes a five-year $225 million term loan credit facilitynews Terry Spruce 12 Dec 14 0Lobo Leasing Limited has closed a five-year $225 million term loan credit facility. The facility, which has an accordion feature providing an option to increase… Read more
CHC Group announces cancellation of rights offeringnews Terry Spruce 27 Nov 14 0The CHC Group Ltd, the parent of CHC Helicopter, has cancelled a rights offering of preferred shares in the company that had been made to… Read more
