CHC Helicopter
" Further. More. Home Safely "
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| Traded as | : HELI |
| Industry | Transportation |
| Predecessor | Sealand Helicopters Okanagan Air Services Viking Helicopters |
| Successor | Canadian Helicopters |
| Founded | St. John's, Newfoundland (1947) |
| Founder | Craig Dobbin, Carl Agar (Okanagan Air Services) |
| Headquarters | Richmond, British Columbia, Canada |
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Area served
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Worldwide |
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Key people
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Karl Fessenden, CEO Lee Eckert, CFO |
| Services | Helicopter services |
| Revenue |
 US$1.70 billion (2015) |
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Number of employees
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4,500 (2014) |
| Subsidiaries | Heli-One |
| Website | www |
CHC Helicopter is a large helicopter services company, specializing in the following services:
CHC Helicopter is headquartered in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada and operates more than 250 aircraft in 30 countries around the world. CHC's major international operating units are based in Australia, Brazil, Ireland, the Netherlands, Norway, and the United Kingdom. The company is one of several global providers of helicopter transportation services to the offshore oil and gas industry (others including Bristow Helicopters and NHV). CHC has capabilities in precision flying techniques and technical support.
CHC has long-term working relationships with most of the major oil and gas companies. CHC operates the marine search and rescue service for the Irish Coast Guard at Shannon, Waterford, Sligo and Dublin airports and provides commercial Search and Rescue helicopter services for the United Kingdom Maritime and Coastguard Agency. CHC provides helicopter services in Australia for the Fire and Emergency Services Authority of Western Australia, Victoria Police and the Ambulance Service of New South Wales.
Commercial helicopter flying began in British Columbia in the summer of 1947. Three ex-RCAF officers, pilots Carl Agar and Barney Bent, and engineer Alf Stringer, were operating a fixed-wing charter company, Okanagan Air Services Ltd., from Penticton. In July 1947 they raised enough money to purchase a Bell 47-B3 and pay for their flying and maintenance training.
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