Sikorsky eyes urban air mobility with Blade dealnews Alasdair Whyte 15 Feb 19 0Sikorsky’s New York based charter subsidiary AAG has struck a deal with helicopter-booking platform Blade to provide and operate an S76C+ on Blade’s service. Many… Read more
Bristow announces late Q3 results, cancels Columbia deal and announces CEO’s retirement on same daynews Alasdair Whyte 12 Feb 19 0Long considered a star of the offshore helicopter market until oil prices collapsed in August 2016, Bristow Group announced on 11 February the late filing… Read more
The drone issue: A Q&A with Ben Marcusnews Alasdair Whyte 12 Feb 19 0Ever since the drone sighting that halted flights at Gatwick airport, drones have had a hard time staying out of the news spotlight. Over Christmas,… Read more
Babcock appoints new director of offshore businessnews Alasdair Whyte 7 Feb 19 0Offshore helicopter services provider Babcock has appointed Simon Meakins as director of its UK offshore helicopter business. Babcock provides crew change and search and rescue… Read more
Airbus Helicopters appoints new head of industrynews Alasdair Whyte 5 Feb 19 0Airbus Helicopters has announced a shift in executive management – appointing Alain Flourens head of Industry for Airbus Helicopters, replacing Christian Cornille. Flourens is currently… Read more
Helicopter Investor London 2019 Livenews Alasdair Whyte 25 Jan 19 0Welcome to the Helicopter Investor 2019 Live Blog. You can check here for up-to-date coverage of the conference held at the Landmark Hotel on Wednesday… Read more
Airbus nets more orders, delivers fewer helicoptersnews Alasdair Whyte 23 Jan 19 0Airbus Helicopters saw increased orders in 2018 but delivered fewer aircraft year-on-year. The French manufacturer secured 381 civil and military helicopter net-orders last year –… Read more
Talking to Beta Technologies’ Kyle Clarknews Alasdair Whyte 23 Jan 19 0Last week, a video surfaced of an odd-looking aircraft taking off from a snowy airfield in Vermont. On first appearances, the aircraft looks like a… Read more
AeroMobil takes the next step towards productionnews Alasdair Whyte 16 Jan 19 0Slovakian flying-car manufacturer AeroMobil is seeking airworthiness approval for its AeroMobil 4.0 VTOL from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). AeroMobil has submitted the application… Read more
Maiden flight for Airbus Helicopters new H160.news Alasdair Whyte 19 Dec 18 0The first serial-production H160 performed a flight demonstration at the Airbus Helicopters base in Marignane yesterday (17 December) after a seven-year development process. Three previous… Read more
Helicopter company leasing rankings 2018news Alasdair Whyte 13 Dec 18 0After almost a year of slow business in the helicopter leasing space, 2018 closed with the largest independent helicopter lessor Waypoint Leasing being acquired by… Read more
Ahead of the curve: Airbus’s Jörg Müller on urban air mobilityinsight Alasdair Whyte 13 Dec 18 0The City Airbus VTOL concept The best-known company in urban aviation is Uber. Its Uber Elevate project has captured the imagination of many of the… Read more
Macquarie buys Waypoint Leasing for $650 millionnews Alasdair Whyte 8 Dec 18 0Macquarie is buying Waypoint Leasing for $650 million. Waypoint’s staff will join Macquarie Rotorcraft Leasing. The transaction is subject to bankruptcy court approval and expected… Read more
American helicopter app takes service to Mumbainews Alasdair Whyte 6 Dec 18 0Blade, a helicopter-ride app launched in 2014, has announced plans to extend its service to India’s financial capital Mumbai. This will be the company’s first… Read more
What went wrong at Waypoint Leasing?news Alasdair Whyte 5 Dec 18 0When Waypoint Leasing launched in 2014 it appeared to have all the ingredients that a business needs to succeed. There was an experienced management team… Read more
Waypoint Leasing confident it will be soldnews Alasdair Whyte 27 Nov 18 0Waypoint Leasing, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Sunday, has said that it could be sold quickly. In a court filing the lessor… Read more
Waypoint Leasing files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protectionnews Alasdair Whyte 25 Nov 18 0Waypoint Leasing, the world’s second largest helicopter leasing company, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The company filed at the US Bankruptcy Court for… Read more
Why 2018 is a year of change for helicopter leasinginsight Alasdair Whyte 24 Nov 18 0The year 2014 was clearly the top of the cycle, 2018 is now showing all the signs of being the turning point for offshore helicopters.… Read more
Babcock’s £80 million impairment lower than expectednews Alasdair Whyte 22 Nov 18 0Babcock Group has taken an £80 million ($102 million) impairment charge on its oil ad gas helicopter transport business. Analysts had been expecting £100 million.… Read more
Soft landing for Voom’s Subramaniannews Alasdair Whyte 21 Nov 18 0Uma Subramanian has stepped down as CEO of Voom. After three years of heading up the helicopter charter booking platform, Ms Subramanian has left the… Read more
