Take it from us: navigating an aviation business transformationinsight Alasdair Whyte 23 Jun 20 0Todd Wolynski, Partner at White & Case, and Oliver Althoff, Managing Director – North America at Seabury Securities, explain what aviation companies need to do… Read more
The storm facing off-shoreinsight Alasdair Whyte 2 May 20 0The Cromarty Firth, a 19-mile long inlet on the Northeast coast of Scotland, is a popular place to spot bottlenose dolphins, harbour porpoises and seals.… Read more
Lessons from the trenches: Tips from a leasing company’s Chapter 11insight Alasdair Whyte 14 Apr 20 0Todd Wolynski, partner at White & Case, looks at what he learnt as general counsel and chief administrative officer of Waypoint Leasing during its Chapter… Read more
How the OEMs are affected by Covid-19insight Alasdair Whyte 20 Mar 20 0Helicopter manufacturers in Europe have been hit heavily by the coronavirus this week, whereas those in the US remain largely unaffected, according to company representatives… Read more
OPINION: Coping with Coronavirusinsight Alasdair Whyte 17 Mar 20 0Nobody could have predicted the impact of the coronavirus. Even now, its full consequences are less than clear. In a little over a month, we… Read more
Gama’s right time for rotaryinsight Alasdair Whyte 10 Mar 20 0Gama Aviation is no stranger to rotary aviation. It has long offered maintenance services for helicopters and its co-founder is both a fixed wing and… Read more
Helicopter Investor London 2020 – Appraising appraisersinsight Alasdair Whyte 9 Mar 20 0Valuing helicopters can be difficult. With a wide variety of missions, configurations and helicopter types – not to mention big price fluctuations – providing useful… Read more
Gama Aviation wants to disrupt the UK HEMS marketinsight Alasdair Whyte 5 Mar 20 0Gama Aviation, the charter and management company probably best known for its business jet services, has invested £20m into launching a helicopter air ambulance arm… Read more
Helicopter Investor London 2020: A new ERAinsight Alasdair Whyte 3 Mar 20 0Bristow and ERA are merging to form a dominant offshore operator, creating a safe and financially strong player with a presence in established and emerging… Read more
Helicopter Investor London 2020: Day two; the industry in 2030insight Mike Stones 28 Feb 20 0 A bright picture of the new helicopter industry to emerge by 2030 – an industry that will be leaner, more diversified, safer and more… Read more
Helicopter Investor London 2020: Starting with cautious optimisminsight Alasdair Whyte 26 Feb 20 0Cautious optimism summed up the mood on the first day of Helicopter Investor’s London 2020 conference. While speakers acknowledged the sector was still grappling with… Read more
Helicopter leasing: Olivier Piot on finding success in a down marketinsight Alasdair Whyte 20 Feb 20 0At the turn of the millennia, the helicopter leasing market did not exist. But across the aisle, commercial aircraft leasing was booming, with almost half… Read more
Pre-owned helicopter sales fell in 2019insight Alasdair Whyte 7 Feb 20 0Sales in the pre-owned helicopter market fell year-on-year in 2019, according to Aero Assets’ 2019 Annual Pre-Owned Helicopter Market Trends Report. $444m worth of civil… Read more
HAI Heli Expo 2020 – OEM round upinsight Alasdair Whyte 5 Feb 20 0To announce at shows or not to announce at shows? That’s the question for OEMs planning their event coverage. Airbus generally prefers big announcements to… Read more
Growth slows in Asia-Pacific helicopter market.insight Alasdair Whyte 28 Jan 20 0Following four years of substantial helicopter fleet growth in Asia, expansion the growth rate halved in 2019. That is according to Asian Sky Group’s (ASG)… Read more
European Rotors – can it fly?insight Alasdair Whyte 24 Jan 20 0This article originally appeared as part of our Helicopter Investor Weekly Newsletter. If you want these articles in your inbox before they appear on the… Read more
New decade, new startinsight Alasdair Whyte 21 Jan 20 0 It has not been such a bad few years for helicopter leasing after all. In 2010, less than 1% of the world’s helicopter fleet… Read more
Thinking long-terminsight Alasdair Whyte 22 Nov 19 0This article originally appeared as part of our Helicopter Investor Weekly Newsletter. To read these stories first, subscribe to our newsletter . It is… Read more
Proposed bill would prohibit all ‘non-essential’ flights over New Yorkinsight Alasdair Whyte 30 Oct 19 0New Yorkers might live happily with the roar of traffic down Fifth Avenue, but it seems that some of them object to the noise of… Read more
New York State of Flyinginsight Alasdair Whyte 25 Oct 19 0UPDATE: Flight restrictions over New York City right now are exclusively limiting Helicopter Tourism flights. New York Helicopter operates exclusively tourism flights and the NYCEDEC’s… Read more
