A profit of CFOs – new CFOs at Bristow, CHC and Erainsight Alasdair Whyte 2 Sep 15 0One nice quirk about the English language is the different names given to groups. A collection of things can be taken as a whole. Many… 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
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
Era raises margin despite tough marketinsight Alasdair Whyte 11 Aug 15 0“To paraphrase Mark Twain, reports on the death of the Gulf of Mexico offshore market have been greatly exaggerated. At least as it relates to… Read more
LCI closes innovative Islamic finance facilitynews Alasdair Whyte 29 Jul 15 0LCI Helicopters has closed an innovative Islamic pre-delivery payment facility with Bank of London and the Middle East and Lloyds Bank. The facility will be… Read more
Lockheed Martin purchase Sikorsky for $9 billionnews Alasdair Whyte 20 Jul 15 0Lockheed Martin has purchased Sikorsky Helicopters for $9 billion. The actual price Lockheed will pay is reduced to around $7.1 billion due to account tax… Read more
AW169 gains EASA certificationnews Terry Spruce 17 Jul 15 0The AgustaWestland AW169 helicopter was issued with a type certificate by EASA on 15 July 2015. ALSO READ: Starspeed signs for another AW169 Now that… Read more
Bell 525 Relentless makes first flightnews Alasdair Whyte 2 Jul 15 0Bell Helicopter has flown its new 525 Relentless for the first time. The aircraft lifted off on July 1 from the company’s Amarillo, Texas production… Read more
Market analysis: Orders by helicopter leasing companies stay firminsight Alasdair Whyte 24 Jun 15 0Milestone Aviation Group’s orders at the 2015 Paris Airshow for 31 helicopters are encouraging for helicopter OEMs as it shows that leasing companies are still… Read more
HeliValue$’ Sharon Desfor new ASA international secretarynews Alasdair Whyte 23 Jun 15 0Sharon Desfor has been elected international secretary and treasurer of the American Society of Appraisers (ASA). As president of appraiser HeliValue$ and publisher of the… Read more
Airbus Helicopters launches X6 heavy-lift rotorcraftnews Terry Spruce 16 Jun 15 0Airbus Helicopters has launched the X6 heavy-lift rotorcraft concept at the Paris Air Show 2015. The company has started a two-year definition period on the… Read more
Erickson: Spring time in Pangnirtunginsight Alasdair Whyte 9 Jun 15 0In winter the temperature in Pangnirtung, an Inuit village, on Canada’s Baffin Island, can get down to below 50˚F (–50°C). With an average temperature of… Read more
Bristow’s rainy day savingsinsight Alasdair Whyte 4 Jun 15 0Management teams rarely get the credit for being conservative, but Bristow definitely deserves it. In October 2014 BC (before oil crash), Jonathan Baliff said that… 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
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
Starspeed’s luxury helicopter keeps VIPs flyingnews Terry Spruce 7 Apr 15 0Capable of flying 16 passengers, the Sikorsky S-92 is the largest helicopter on the charter market. Although the helicopter is mainly used for carrying groups… Read more
Sikorsky Aircraft names Robert Leduc as new presidentnews Terry Spruce 2 Apr 15 0United Technologies Corp (UTC) has appointed Robert Leduc as president of Sikorsky Aircraft, succeeding Mick Maurer, who will move to the newly created position of… Read more
CHC cutting costs and building capital as oil stays lownews Alasdair Whyte 18 Mar 15 0CHC Helicopters is cutting costs and looking to strengthen its balance sheet to cope with low oil prices. CHC Group, the owner of CHC Helicopter,… Read more
UTC could sell off Sikorskynews Alasdair Whyte 12 Mar 15 0United Technologies has said that it may sell Sikorsky Helicopter as part of a strategic review. The company says that while the rest of its… Read more
