CHC Helikopter Service

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CHC Helikopter Service
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IATA ICAO Callsign
HKSHELIBUS
Founded1956
Hubs Stavanger Airport, Sola
Focus cities Bergen Airport, Flesland, Brønnøysund Airport, Brønnøy, Florø Airport, Kristiansund Airport, Kvernberget
Fleet size28
Parent company CHC Helicopter
Headquarters Stavanger
Website http://www.chc.ca

CHC Helikopter Service, previously CHC Norway, CHC Helikopter Service and Helikopter Service is the Norwegian division of CHC Helicopter Corporation. The airline was an independent company until 1999. It operates primarily to oil platforms on the Norwegian continental shelf in the North Sea and the Norwegian Sea, with crew change, infield shuttle and search and rescue operations. Though the global headquarters are in Richmond, B.C., Canada, the company has its main base at Stavanger Airport, Sola.

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The company also operates out of the airports Bergen Airport, Flesland, Brønnøysund Airport, Brønnøy, Florø Airport and Kristiansund Airport, Kvernberget in addition to the oil installations Ekofisk, Oseberg, Statfjord and Heidrun. It also operated a public service obligation on the route Bodø-Værøya and the national rescue helicopter service for some years.

History

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Bell 212 at Groningen Airport Eelde

The company started out operating under the name Scancopter-Service A/S in 1956, using various small helicopters. But in 1966 the first steps in the Norwegian oil exploration started, and the company acquired two Sikorsky S-61 helicopters and at the same time changed its name to Helikopter Service. [1] By 1980 the company was operating 20 such helicopters. The airline had by then been acquired by Scandinavian Airlines and Fred. Olsen.

In 1982 the company started to renew its fleet, introducing the Eurocopter AS332 Super Puma and later the Eurocopter Super Puma 2. In 1993 it also started operating the Eurocopter AS365 Dauphin with possibilities for search and rescue purposes.

In 1996 the company changed its name to Helicopter Services Group and bought the British Bond Helicopters, its Australian subsidiary Lloyd Helicopters and later the South African Court Helicopters.

CHC Helicopter bought Helikopter Services Group in 1999 and in 2000 the company changed name to CHC Helikopter Service. In 2000 the company sold the subsidiaries Lufttransport to Norwegian Air Shuttle and Heliflyg to Osterman Helicopter.

On 2 April 2009 the name was again changed to CHC Norway.

On 26 October 2010 the name was changed back to the current CHC Helikopter Service.

CHC EMS and SAR services

Fleet

A Helikopter Service Eurocopter AS332 Super Puma in the pre-CHC livery KSU CHC Eurocopter Super Puma.png
A Helikopter Service Eurocopter AS332 Super Puma in the pre-CHC livery

Accidents and incidents

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References

  1. "Helikopter Services". Airline History. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
  2. "Report on the air accident 8 September 1997 in the Norwegian Sea approx. 100 nm west north west of Brønnøysund, involving Eurocopter AS 332L1 Super Puma, LN-OPG, operated by Helikopter Service AS". Air Accident Investigation Board, Norway. November 2001. Retrieved 5 April 2010.
  3. Lura, Christian; Bolstad, Jon; Njåstad, Marthe; Nave, Ingvild (29 April 2016). "Politiet: Alle 13 er trolig omkommet" [Police: All 13 are probably dead] (in Norwegian). NRK . Retrieved 29 April 2016.