Insight

Today’s Insight takes a look at the herculean efforts of aerial firefighting crews in response to the Los Angeles fires.  Utilising public flight tracking data, we reveal over 20 firefighting rotorcraft operating in the Los Angeles region between Santa Monica Airport, Van Nuys Airport, and Camarillo Airport on 11 January, 2025. These included Sikorsky Firehawks…

Whilst the robust S-92 remains the backbone of the heavy global offshore oil and gas helicopter fleet with 193 aircraft configured for this role, ‘super-medium’ helicopters are now gaining some good momentum and market share. The top 3 international players Bristow, CHC, and PHI still lead the way in the S-92 offshore crew change market…

Today, we wanted to share some insights (and a great dataviz) around some interesting work that we are undertaking. One of the ways that LCI Analytics leverages proprietary data to enhance our industry insights is by capturing ADS-B and other Mode-S signals through a network of receivers around the world. This network generates unique data that…

This week we are showcasing the average age of the fleets for the top 15 civil rotorcraft operators. We’ve used Cirium data to create a ridgeline plot visualisation, filtered as noted in the image footnote. This follows our Insight of 13 June about the retirement of older oil and gas crew change helicopters. We commented…

07 June 2024 We’re reflecting on a busy and engaging two days at the Helicopter Investor Conference in London. The event was a success, with a crowd of familiar faces and new attendees, sparking dynamic interactions and lively debates.  Steve Robertson, MD of LCI Analytics, addressed the conference on two panels – the first entitled…

10 May 2024 At this year’s Offshore Energies UK Aviation Conference, held on 9th May in Aberdeen, LCI Analytics MD Steve Robertson called for the aviation industry to tackle ever-growing sustainability themes, with a particular focus on CO2 emissions. Energy Context In his Pulitzer Prize-winning book ‘The Prize’, Daniel Yergin hailed the UK North Sea hydrocarbon development…

02 May 2024 The offshore helicopter sector is overdue a fleet renewal cycle. This was the main message delivered in Vienna last week when LCI Analytics’ MD, Steve Robertson, took to the stage as a panel host at the HeliOffshore Annual Conference.  LCI Analytics led a top-level discussion on supply chain challenges, which featured esteemed…