CHC Helikopter Service
IATA L5	ICAO HKS	Callsign Helibus
Founded		1956
Hubs		Stavanger Airport, Sola
Focus cities / secondary hubs		Bergen Airport, Flesland, Brønnøysund Airport, Brønnøy, Florø Airport, Kristiansund Airport, Kvernberget
Fleet size		28
Destinations
Parent company		CHC Helicopter
Headquarters		Stavanger
Key people
Website: http://www.chc.ca

CHC Helikopter Service, previously just Helikopter Service is the Norwegian division of Canadian 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, with crew change, infield shuttle and search and rescue operations. Though the global headquarters lay in Vancouver, Canada, the company has its main base at Stavanger Airport, Sola. Image File history File links Chctitle_new. ... IATA airline designators, sometimes called IATA reservation codes, are two-character codes assigned by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) to the worlds airlines in accordance with the provisions of Resolution 762. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with ICAO airline code. ... Most airlines employ a distinctive and internationally recognised call sign that is normally spoken during airband radio transmissions as a prefix to the flight number. ... 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... What is an E-Hub? An Cargo hub is an [Warehouse] that an Transporter, Airline and Shipping Line uses as a transfer point to get Cargo to their intended destination. ... Stavanger Airport, Sola (IATA: SVG, ICAO: ENZV) is located in the municipality of Sola, Norway, near Stavanger. ... In the airline industry, a focus city is a location that is not a hub, but from which the airline has flights to at least several destinations other than its hubs. ... Bergen Airport, Flesland is the airport in Bergen, Norway, located 19 km south of downtown. ... Brønnøysund Airport, Brønnøy (IATA: BNN, ICAO: ENBN) is the airport serving the town of Brønnøysund in the Brønnøy municipality in Nordland, Norway. ... Kristiansund Airport, Kvernberget (IATA: KSU, ICAO: ENKB) (Norwegian: Kristiansund lufthavn, Kvernberget) is a medium size international airport located next to the small mountain Kvernberget 10 km from town center of Kristiansund in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway, opened in 1970 and caters to the countys northern district, Nordm... CHC listed on the NYSE CHC Helicopter Corporation (TSX: FLY.SV.A TSX: FLY.MV.B NYSE: FLI) is the world’s largest global commercial helicopter operator. ... County Rogaland District Jæren Municipality NO-1103 Administrative centre Stavanger Mayor (2005) Leif Johan Sevland Official language form BokmÃ¥l Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 406 71 km² 68 km² 0. ... CHC listed on the NYSE CHC Helicopter Corporation (TSX: FLY.SV.A TSX: FLY.MV.B NYSE: FLI) is the world’s largest global commercial helicopter operator. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... An oil platform is a large structure used to house workers and machinery needed to drill and then produce oil and natural gas in the ocean. ...  Sediment  Rock  Mantle The continental shelf is the extended perimeter of each continent, which is covered during interglacial periods such as the current epoch by relatively shallow seas (known as shelf seas) andbbccvcnccccccccccccccccccccccccvvvvvvvvvvvvvvcggggggggggggggggyutu7ti8yukiyuiyutuiyuiytui gulfs. ... The North Sea is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean, located between the coasts of Norway and Denmark in the east, the coast of the British Isles in the west, and the German, Dutch, Belgian and French coasts in the south. ... Search and Rescue (acronym SAR) is an operation mounted by emergency services, often well-trained volunteers, to find someone believed to be in distress, lost, sick or injured either in a remote or difficult to access area, such as mountains, desert or forest (Wilderness search and rescue), or at sea... Vancouver (pronounced: ) is a Canadian city in the province of British Columbia. ... Stavanger Airport, Sola (IATA: SVG, ICAO: ENZV) is located in the municipality of Sola, Norway, near Stavanger. ...

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 and Statfjord. It also operates a public service obligation on the route Bodø-Værøy. Bergen Airport, Flesland is the airport in Bergen, Norway, located 19 km south of downtown. ... Brønnøysund Airport, Brønnøy (IATA: BNN, ICAO: ENBN) is the airport serving the town of Brønnøysund in the Brønnøy municipality in Nordland, Norway. ... Kristiansund Airport, Kvernberget (IATA: KSU, ICAO: ENKB) (Norwegian: Kristiansund lufthavn, Kvernberget) is a medium size international airport located next to the small mountain Kvernberget 10 km from town center of Kristiansund in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway, opened in 1970 and caters to the countys northern district, Nordm... This article refers to Public Service Obligations in the field of Transportation. ... County Nordland Landscape Salten Municipality NO-1804 Administrative centre Bodø Mayor (2005) Odd-Tore Fygle (Ap) Official language form BokmÃ¥l Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 62 1,392 km² 1,308 km² 0. ... County Nordland Landscape Lofoten Municipality NO-1857 Administrative centre Værøy Mayor (2003) Harald Adolfsen (H) Official language form BokmÃ¥l Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 428 18 km² 18 km² 0. ...

History

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. By 1980 the company was operating 20 such helicopters. The airline had by then been acquired by Scandinavian Airlines and Fred. Olsen. 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ... For the original Viking use of the name, see Sea-King. ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... Scandinavian Airlines System, now SAS AB, was founded in 1946 when the flag carriers of Denmark, Sweden and Norway formed a partnership to handle intercontinental traffic to Scandinavia. ... Fred. ...

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 Dauphin with possibilities for search and rescue purposes. 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Eurocopter Super Puma operated by CHC Helicopter The Eurocopter Super Puma (originally built by Aérospatiale) is a helicopter marketed for civil and military use. ... Eurocopter Super Puma operated by CHC Helicopter The Eurocopter Super Puma (originally built by Aérospatiale) is a helicopter marketed for civil and military use. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... The Eurocopter Dauphin (Dolphin) is a medium-weight multipurpose twin-engine helicopter manufactured by Eurocopter (originally by Aérospatiale). ...

In 1996 the company changed its name to Helicopter Services Group and bought the British Bond Helicopters, its Australian subsiduary Lloyd Helicoptes and later the South African Court Helicopters. 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ...

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 subsiduaries Lufttransport to Norwegian Air Shuttle and Heliflyg to Osterman Aero. CHC listed on the NYSE CHC Helicopter Corporation (TSX: FLY.SV.A TSX: FLY.MV.B NYSE: FLI) is the world’s largest global commercial helicopter operator. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... Norwegian Boeing 737-300 LN-KKP Kirsten Flagstad Norwegian Air Shuttle is a Norwegian airline, with headquarters at Fornebu outside the countrys capital Oslo and its main base at Gardermoen (Oslo Airport) . Norwegian Air Shuttle is also referred to as Norwegian, which is the companys commercial brand. ...

Fleet

CHC Helicopte Service Sikorsky S-92

• 1 Bell 214ST
• 8 Eurocopter AS332L Super Puma
• 8 Eurocopter AS332L2 Super Puma 2
• 3 Eurocopter AS365N2 Dauphin 2
• 5 Sikorsky S-61N
• 3 Sikorsky S-92A

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Accidents and incidents

• On June 26, 1978 all 18 crew and passengers on Sikorsky died when it crashed 87 nautical miles northwest of Bergen, probably because the rotor loosened from the rotor head.
• On March 1, 1988 a Super-Puma helicopter had to perform a controlled emergency landing on a cargo ship 100 nautical miles west of Egersund. No one was hurt.
• On July 16, 1988 a Super-Puma helicopter had to perform an emergency landing in the North Sea. Everyone was picked up by another helicopter.

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Airlines of Norway
CHC Helikopter Service | Coast Air | Kato Air | Lufttransport | Norsk Helikopter | Norwegian | SAS Braathens | Widerøe

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