Commercial helicopters vs military helicopters: A tale of two marketsOne Minute Week Alasdair Whyte 25 Jul 13 0Recent investor calls from Textron, owner of Bell, and Sikorsky parent UTC have been positive for the commercial market. Bell delivered 44 commercial helicopters between… Read more
Is it time to regulate aircraft brokers?One Minute Week Alasdair Whyte 19 Jul 13 0Aviation is one of the most regulated markets in the world (second only to nuclear power, according to some safety specialists). But there is one… Read more
Noisey planesOne Minute Week Alasdair Whyte 16 Jul 13 0At the start of July, the FAA did a little bit to encourage retirements of older aircraft by announcing that Stage Two business jets will… Read more
Think of a financier…One Minute Week Alasdair Whyte 8 Jul 13 0If I ask you who the biggest buyers of business jets are, what are the first ones you think of? NetJets and VistaJet probably came… Read more
Helicopter financing with friendsOne Minute Week Alasdair Whyte 3 Jul 13 0There is an old golf joke where one player asks the caddy: “Is my friend in the rough or is the lucky bastard on the… Read more
The chinese goldrush is over: Corporate Jet & Helicopter Finance Asia 2013 reviewOne Minute Week Alasdair Whyte 28 Jun 13 0I probably should stop judging events by “mood” – which isn’t really a real thing and is entirely subjective – but the mood at our… Read more
China waits for helicopter boomOne Minute Week Alasdair Whyte 27 Jun 13 0I have been in Hong Kong this week at our third Corporate Jet & Helicopter Finance Conference to be held in Asia. While China’s business… Read more
The first helicopter cycleOne Minute Week Alasdair Whyte 20 Jun 13 0Although I did not make it to the Paris Airshow, I did visit Eurocopter UK a few weeks ago. It is one of Eurocopter’s design… Read more
Postcard from the Isle of ManOne Minute Week Alasdair Whyte 14 Jun 13 0The Isle of Man adds the 600th aircraft to its aircraft registry. It has only taken the Isle of Man Aircraft Registry six years to… Read more
Golden oldiesOne Minute Week Alasdair Whyte 7 Jun 13 0 Economists worry about ageing populations. Perhaps they should look at the business jet fleet. In May, Dassault celebrated 50 years since the first flight… Read more
Show business jetsOne Minute Week Alasdair Whyte 31 May 13 0Being an original equipment manufacturer is hard. You have to balance unions, demanding customers, suppliers, shareholders and try and make a profit. And you have… Read more
EC225 comes backOne Minute Week Alasdair Whyte 30 May 13 0Eurocopter is confident that it fully understands the technical problems with the EC225 gear shaft and says that the aircraft will be able to return… Read more
Business aviation’s paper ticket momentOne Minute Week Alasdair Whyte 3 May 13 0Business aircraft charter is still reliant on brokers. Richard Koe and Andrew Charlton of Aviation Advocacy argue that the industry needs to be bold and… Read more
Towers in the SkyOne Minute Week Alasdair Whyte 5 Apr 13 0On Sunday the US Federal Aviation Administration will start closing the first 24 of the 149 federal contract towers that will no longer receive funding… Read more
Champagne for fractional operatorsOne Minute Week Alasdair Whyte 5 Mar 13 0It may surprise you but 2012 turned out to be a good year for fractional jet sales. Flight Options says that sales were up 30%.… Read more
A skittish business jet marketOne Minute Week Alasdair Whyte 28 Jan 13 0You knew this already, but the investor calls by General Dynamics (the owner of Gulfstream) and Cessna’s parent Textron this week confirmed that 2012 was… Read more
2012 was a record year for helicopter manufacturersOne Minute Week Alasdair Whyte 28 Jan 13 0Many industries will want to forget 2012, but when writing about helicopter OEMs it is hard to avoid overusing the word record in a good… Read more
AgustaWestland and Embraer sign a MOU to build helicopters in BrazilOne Minute Week Alasdair Whyte 28 Jan 13 0What do you get when Italians, Brazilians and Brits join together? Well we should find out soon when AgustaWestland teams up with Embraer to build… Read more
Those who know, don’t predict – 2013 business jet market forecastOne Minute Week Alasdair Whyte 7 Jan 13 0Everyone knows that it is impossible to predict the future, but that does not stop me trying to forecast what will happen with the business… Read more
How did our 2012 predictions fare?One Minute Week Alasdair Whyte 4 Jan 13 0In January 2012, Alasdair Whyte, editor of Corporate Jet Investor predicted what would happen in the rest of the year as part of Corporate Jet… Read more
