Swiss Helicopter Maker Preps $154 Million Capital Hike for Liftoff

Marenco Swiss Helicopter is raising 150 million Swiss francs (115.64 million pounds)in fresh capital as it prepares to deliver its carbon-fibre aircraft to customers in 2019, it said on Friday. The company is aiming for the single-engine light helicopter market dominated by Airbus, Textron's Bell Helicopter, Lockheed-Martin's Sikorsky and Italy's…