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Helicopters: Soros-backed company is the new competitor of General Electric in the leasing sector

Limerick, Ireland - Waypoint Leasing sealed an agreement to buy 31 aircraft, among which there are 18 AgustaWestland AW-139s

Three weeks after General Electric purchased Milestone Aviation Group (for details see AVIONEWS), another company plans to conquer the helicopter leasing market. Waypoint Leasing, a company headquartered in Limerick, Ireland, clinched an agreement to buy 31 aircraft at 400 million dollars (around 320 million Euros). They are 18 AgustaWestland AW-139s, 11 Sikorsky S-92s and 2 Sikorsky S-76C++, sold...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1163907
Rome, Italy, 11/05/2014 12:45
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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