Helicopter operators

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 48. Chapters: Helicopter airlines, Air Greenland, Silver State Helicopters, Air America, Bristow Helicopters, CHC Helicopter, UTair Aviation, Braathens Helikopter, Columbia Helicopters, US Helicopter, New York Airways, Helicol, Canadian Helicopters, Copterline, British International Helicopters, Bel Air Aviation, Sky Shuttle Helicopters, Castle Air, Carson Helicopters, Lufttransport, Los Angeles Airways, Helijet, Jämtlands Flyg, Bond Offshore Helicopters, Pawan Hans, Bond Aviation Group, Petroleum Air Services, Continental Air Services, Inc, Universal Helicopters, Erickson Air-Crane, Bristow Norway, Cougar Helicopters, Heli Air Monaco, Heliswiss, Falcon Aviation Services, Heli Holland, Helitrans, Air Glaciers, Gulf Helicopters, Burundaiavia, British Helicopter Advisory Board, Bond Air Services, Sky Service, Boun Oum Airways, DAP Helicópteros, Swanson Group Aviation, Air Harrods, CHC Airways, Heavy Lift Helicopters, Helicopter landing officer, Vertical de Aviación, Hong Kong Air International Ltd, Wiking Helikopter Service, Air Evac, Bajan Helicopters, Norrlandsflyg, Air Alpha Greenland, Croman Corporation, Arizona Helicopters, Heliandes, Hotelicopter, Helicargo, Helicópteros de Guatemala, Northern Service Flight Company, Air Ananya, Asian Airlines, Southern Service Flight Company. Excerpt: Air Greenland A/S is the flag carrier airline of Greenland, jointly owned by the government of Greenland, the SAS Group, and the government of Denmark. It operates a fleet of 38 aircraft, including one airliner used for transatlantic and charter flights, 10 fixed-wing aircraft primarily serving the domestic network, and 26 helicopters feeding passengers from the smaller communities into the domestic airport network. Flights to heliports in the remote settlements are operated on contract with the government of Greenland. Founded in 1960, the airline started its first services with PBY Catalina water planes, later in the same decade expanding its fleet to include DHC-3 Otter light planes and Sikorsky S-61 helicopters, some of which remain in active service. During the late 1960s and 1970s the majority of aircraft operations in Greenland were based on helicopters. Only in the late 1970s and early 1980s the newly established Greenland Home Rule invested in a network of short takeoff and landing airports, serviced by the new additions to the Air Greenland fleet: the De Havilland Canada Dash-7 turboprops uniquely suited to the harsh terrain and weather conditions in Greenland. The reliability of connections improved as the domestic airport network expanded in the 1990s: the airline was less reliant on weather, with the Dash-7 planes covering the majority of towns in the country. In the late 1990s and early 2000s Air Greenland acquired two airliners, a Boeing 757 and an Airbus A330, opening its first connections to Copenhagen. By 2003, Air Greenland was the only airline providing scheduled services to Denmark. Besides scheduled services and contractual flights to most villages in the country, the airline operations diversified into specialized charter services for the booming energy and mineral resource industries, as well as the increasing tourism industry in Greenland. Other services involve ambulance flights, supplies to remote research stations, and rescue flights. Air