HI Uplift: Reviving the old, the shock of the new (eventually)insight Mike Stones 19 Apr 22 0The reviving fortunes of the commercial helicopter market, powered by renewed oil and gas demand, coupled with excitement about the deployment of drones and, eventually,… Read more
Newsletter: ‘Dancing on the head of theoretical pins’insight Alasdair Whyte 23 Nov 21 0“This isn’t the time to be dancing on the head of theoretical pins, it’s a time to consolidate, to balance power between the oil majors… Read more
‘Different deals need different capital sources’news Alasdair Whyte 8 Nov 21 02021, for many in the helicopter industry, has been a year of consolidation. As well as very good performance on the existing fleet, leasing services… Read more
Helicopter Investor newsletter: ‘The industry absolutely needs consolidation’insight Alasdair Whyte 16 Sep 21 0“The industry absolutely needs consolidation,” Clark McGinn, principal, Uplifting Advice told Helicopter Investor in response to the news of CHC Group’s acquisition of Babcock’s oil and… Read more
CHC acquires Babcock’s $10m oil and gas businessnews Alasdair Whyte 1 Sep 21 0CHC Group has completed its acquisition of Babcock International’s $10m oil and gas business. Through the deal, CHC will increase its crew transportation capacity and… Read more
NHV Group announces contract with PSE Kinsale Energynews Alasdair Whyte 24 Mar 21 0NHV Group announced a new contract with PSE Kinsale Energy in support of its decommissioning operations in the Celtic Sea. The transfer flights to the… Read more
CHC Group to acquire Babcock’s oil and gas businessnews Alasdair Whyte 11 Mar 21 0CHC Group has entered into a conditional agreement for the acquisition of the oil and gas aviation business of Aberdeen-based Babcock International Group. Babcock transports… Read more
Helicopter CEO Steffen Bay: ‘It will be a year of consolidation’insight Alasdair Whyte 5 Feb 21 02021 will be a year of consolidation, NHV Helicopters CEO, Steffen Bay, told Helicopter/VTOL Investor. Bay expects activity levels to pick up once the vaccine… Read more
Town Hall: Milestone Aviation ‘completed 65 transactions in 2020’news Alasdair Whyte 1 Feb 21 0“We completed 65 transactions in 2020,” Sebastien Moulin, head of Europe & Americas at Milestone Aviation Group, told Helicopter Investor’s Town Hall online meeting. Most… Read more
Comment: Do Bristow and PHI’s woes herald years of uncertainty for O&G operators?insight Alasdair Whyte 24 Apr 19 0Chess is arguably overused as a metaphor for business strategy, but actually is quite apt for the difficulties oil-and-gas helicopter operators find themselves facing in… Read more
Honeywell predicts 4,000 civil helicopter deliveries over the next five yearsnews Alasdair Whyte 5 Mar 19 0Aviation systems manufacturer Honeywell estimates that 4,000 aircraft will be delivered to the civil helicopter market between 2019 and 2023. A new forecast revealed at… Read more
TRAXXALL announces Heliservicio as new clientnews Alasdair Whyte 15 Feb 18 0Aircraft maintenance and tracking company TRAXXALL has announced Mexican oil and gas operator Heliservicio as its latest client. TRAXXALL will provide maintenance tracking for Heliservicio’s… Read more
Trump administration plans to open up offshore oil and gasnews Alasdair Whyte 5 Jan 18 0The Trump administration has revealed the first draft of a five-year plan to boost the US offshore oil and gas market. The draft programme is… Read more
Airbus debuts third H160 prototypenews Alasdair Whyte 16 Oct 17 0The third Airbus H160 prototype (PT3) performed its maiden flight at the company’s headquarters last week. The supermedium class helicopter will be undertaking certification activities… Read more
HeliValue$: Oil market overview and the effect on used Sikorsky S-92Asinsight Alasdair Whyte 27 Apr 17 0Originally written for HeliValue$ by Ben Mooore, ASA. I recently had a conversation with a marketing member of one OEM. We were in agreement that… Read more
How low oil prices will hit helicopter valuesnews Alasdair Whyte 10 Feb 15 0With oil at almost $50 a barrel, the mood in the helicopter market has dampened. (And oil prices will no doubt be one of the… Read more
Airbus Helicopters working closely with operatorsnews Terry Spruce 16 Oct 14 0Airbus Helicopters is working alongside operators of its EC225 and EC725 aircraft to implement the final step of the retrofit solution of the worldwide EC225/EC725… Read more
Bel Air takes delivery of its first AW189news Terry Spruce 16 Oct 14 0Bel Air of Denmark has taken delivery of its first AgustaWestland AW189 during an official ceremony held at Helitech 2014. The aircraft will be used… Read more
