12-Nov-2025Source: CMA
The UK Competition & Markets Authority (CMA) has cleared the completed acquisition by SMFL LCI Helicopters Limited of Macquarie Rotorcraft Limited. Further information will be released by the CMA in the near future.... Read more
7-Oct-2025Source: HeliHub.com
The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has today published an update on their investigation of the completed acquisition by SMFL LCI Helicopters Ltd of Macquarie Rotorcraft Ltd. The CMA has indicated that it now has sufficient information in relation to the completed acquisition by SMFL LCI Helicopters Ltd of Macquarie Rotorcraft Ltd to enable... Read more
16-May-2025Source: HeliHub.com
The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is investigating the anticipated acquisition by SMFL LCI Helicopters Limited of Macquarie Rotorcraft Limited. The CMA has served an initial enforcement order under section 72(2) of the Enterprise Act 2002 on Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc., Sumitomo Corporation, Sumitomo Mitsui Finance & Leasing Co. Limited, SMFL LCI Helicopters... Read more
17-Mar-2025Source: Kirkland & Ellis
Kirkland & Ellis advised Macquarie Asset Management, the world’s largest infrastructure manager, on legal aspects of the sale of its portfolio company Macquarie Rotorcraft Limited, a helicopter operating leasing business, to SMFL LCI Helicopters Limited, a joint venture helicopter leasing company by Sumitomo Mitsui Finance and Leasing Company, Limited (SMFL) and LCI Investment Limited (LCI).... Read more
11-Mar-2025Source: Sikorsky
Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company [NYSE:LMT], has formed a group of leading commercial customers to shape the ongoing development and integration of transformative technologies for next-generation vertical takeoff and landing aircraft. The Sikorsky Customer Advisory Group, whose launch members include Bristow, Flexjet, HeliOffshore, Macquarie, Omni Helicopters International, Shell and VIH Aviation Group, will work closely... Read more
10-Mar-2025Source: LCI
Sumitomo Mitsui Finance & Leasing Co., Ltd. (President & CEO: Masaki Tachibana, hereinafter referred to as “SMFL”) and LCI Investment Limited (CEO: Jaspal Jandu, hereinafter referred to as “LCI”）are pleased to announce that their joint venture helicopter leasing company, SMFL LCI Helicopters Limited (“SMFLH”) has entered into an agreement to acquire Macquarie Rotorcraft Limited (“MRL”),... Read more
30-Mar-2023Source: Milestone Aviation
The Milestone Aviation Group Limited (“Milestone”) announced that it has signed an agreement to sell a 12-helicopter portfolio to Macquarie Rotorcraft. The 12-helicopter portfolio consists of a mix of Sikorsky S-92, Airbus H135, Bell 412, and Leonardo AW109, AW139 and AW189 helicopters which are currently on lease to six customers in nine countries across Europe,... Read more
10-Mar-2023Source: Heli-One
Heli-One, a leading provider of helicopter maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) services, has developed a records digitization program for Macquarie which will modernize and streamline technical documentation processes and give back valuable hours of productive time. Macquarie will benefit from Heli-One’s experienced team and advanced knowledge of technical records systems to modernize their documentation repository,... Read more
13-Mar-2019Source: Macquarie
Macquarie Group Limited (ASX; MQG; ADR: MQBKY) announced today that Macquarie Rotorcraft Leasing has completed the acquisition of a helicopter portfolio from Waypoint Leasing Holdings Ltd. (“Waypoint”) and its subsidiaries. The portfolio acquired from Waypoint comprises 120 medium and heavy helicopters leased to approximately 30 operators as well as a number of firm and option... Read more
8-Dec-2018Source: Waypoint
Waypoint Leasing Holdings Ltd., the largest independent global helicopter leasing company, today announced that it and certain subsidiaries (“Waypoint”) have entered into an agreement to be purchased by Macquarie Group (“Macquarie”) for approximately $650 million. Macquarie Rotorcraft Leasing will combine the Waypoint helicopter assets and management platform with its own portfolio and employ the Waypoint... Read more
28-Jul-2015Source: Nova Systems
The recent announcement by the Bristow Group that 130 jobs are at risk in the UK Sector of the North Sea is an ugly enough headline for an industry that, up until 12 months ago, couldn’t get enough pilots to fill helicopter cockpits around the world. But underlying that announcement, the structural effects on the... Read more
25-Feb-2014Source: Macquarie
Macquarie Rotorcraft Leasing, the helicopter leasing business of Macquarie Group (ASX: MQG; ADR: MQBKY), announced today its first purchase and lease back transaction for Bond Offshore Helicopters, a subsidiary of the Avincis Group (Avincis), for two new Sikorsky S-92 helicopters to be configured for offshore oil-and-gas crew change operations. The two S-92 helicopters will be... Read more
29-Oct-2013Source: Sikorsky
Macquarie Rotorcraft Leasing, the helicopter operating leasing business of Macquarie Group, has contracted to acquire two S-92A(TM) and two S-76D(TM) helicopters from Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. along with an unspecified number of options to acquire additional aircraft. The four new helicopters will be configured initially for the oil and gas service markets. Sikorsky Aircraft is a... Read more
16-Jul-2013Source: Macquarie Group
Macquarie Group (“Macquarie”) (ASX: MQG; ADR: MQBKY) today announced the launch of Macquarie Rotorcraft Leasing, a helicopter operating leasing business that will focus on the growing, worldwide demand for commercial helicopters servicing offshore oil and gas, medical transport, search and rescue, and the executive transport markets. “We are pleased to be able to build upon... Read more
