The Irish Department of Transport has selected CHC Helicopter as the “preferred bidder” for a commercial search and rescue (SAR) contract on behalf of the Irish Coast Guard. The company, through its Dublin-based subsidiary, already provides SAR and emergency helicopter services to the coastguard. Services are scheduled to begin on 1 July next year. CHC will also provide SAR services, it says, to the UK Maritime and Coastguard Agency from bases in the UK.
Source: Flight International
Emergency services provider Avincis is charting an aggressive growth path, targeting global expansion where “nothing is off the table”.
The Airbus Helicopters H225 has continued its incremental return in the oil and gas market with Westair Helicopters to lease a single offshore-configured example from Milestone Aviation Group.
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