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This is a
list of helicopter airlines
. These are notable
airlines
which provide transport for passengers or cargo, or both, with fleets that comprise a significant proportion of
helicopters
.
Helicopter airlines
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Defunct or renamed
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Services offered
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Some companies focus solely on winning ongoing contracts in a single industry sector, such as oil & gas. Other companies cater to a wider range of clients by offering one-off charter flights on an
ad hoc
basis. Services can include:
- Aid
?
disaster relief
,
humanitarian aid
- Agriculture
?
crop dusting
,
game monitoring
,
hydroseeding
,
livestock mustering
,
pest control
,
wildlife management
- Firefighting
?
helicopter bucket
,
helitack
- Flight training
- Forestry
?
heli-logging
,
stream restoration
- Freight
?
aerial crane
,
airdrop
; general cargo and mail delivery in remote areas
- Industrial
? construction, inspection and maintenance of
overhead power lines
, pipelines, mobile phone towers, offshore wind farms, hydropower facilities, and other infrastructure
- Maritime
?
pilot
transfer and other ship-to-shore transport
- Medical
?
air ambulance
,
medical evacuation
- Military
?
aeromedical evacuation
,
pilot training
;
airlift
,
vertical replenishment
and other
logistical support
- Oil & gas
? transporting crews to and from
offshore platforms
- Passenger
?
VIP
& corporate charter; scheduled flights from remote areas
- Photography
?
aerial photography
,
archaeology
,
film production
,
photogrammetry
,
television news reporting
- Science
? water sampling, wildlife monitoring,
snow radar
, support to research stations in the
Arctic
and
Antarctic
- Search & rescue
?
air-sea rescue
,
mountain rescue
- Surveillance
?
border control
,
coast guard
,
police
- Survey
?
aeromagnetic
,
mineral exploration
,
reflection seismology
- Tourism
? sightseeing tours,
heliskiing
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These are companies which do not qualify as airlines, strictly speaking, because they specialise in services other than the transport of passengers and cargo.
See also
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