Content Archive: March 2025

Charter & Fractional

Wheels Up Eyes Profits as Fleet Efficiencies Grow Margins

Revenues stabilize as Q4 adjusted EBITDA loss falls to $11.3 million
Wheels Up Phenom 300 cabin interior
Finance, Taxes, Insurance

China's Wanfeng Group Set to Buy Volocopter for €10 Million

Wanfeng has owned Austria-based Diamond Aircraft since 2017
VoloCity eVTOL over Shanghai
Rotorcraft

GPMS Expands Access to Foresight MX HUMS

GPMS health and usage monitoring systems are certified for 14 aircraft types
GPMS HUMS AS332’s contracted for the US Forest Service MATOC
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Airbus Picks Astronautics’ Wireless Comms for H225/M

AeroSync Max enables secure data transmissions between aircraft and ground operations
Airbus H225
Rotorcraft

Macquarie Rotorcraft To Be Absorbed into Larger Lessor

Company and its 120 helicopter fleet will become part of a larger concern
SMFL and LCI executives posing by helicopter
Rotorcraft

Milestone Sees Growth in Super-medium Helicopter Market

Newer helicopters are supplanting aging machines that have reached end of life
CHC Helicopter Leonardo AW189 helicopters
Avionics

Black Hawk Helicopters Get 4th Axis Autopilot Upgrade

Moog’s Genesys Avionics Suite and four-axis autopilot transform the UH-60
BlackHawk MOOG
Rotorcraft

CHC Helicopter and Heli-One Join Supernal’s AAM Efforts

Supernal’s eVTOL aircraft could join CHC’s global fleet
Supernal
Rotorcraft

Bell Sees 'Strong Path Forward' To 525 Certification

Company's largest helicopter has been delayed at the finish line
Bell 525 at the company's booth at Verticon
Rotorcraft

Aero Asset: Preowned Twin Helicopter Prices Climbed in 2024

Fewer transactions in fourth quarter signal a possible cooling trend
Graph of average transaction prices from 2019 to 2024