Helijet International Inc. , operating as Helijet, is a Canadian helicopter airline headquartered in Vancouver , British Columbia .
| Helijet International Inc | ||||
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| Founding date | 1986 | |||
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| Fleet size | 12 | |||
| Destinations | 5 regular | |||
| Headquarters |  Vancouver , Canada | |||
| Manual | Danny Sitman ( CEO ) | |||
| Site | helijet.com | |||
The company provides regular passenger and freight services, support for the work of specialized organizations and firms, including film and television and radio companies, mobile ambulance (air ambulance), as well as charter passenger services at the request of commercial companies. The carrier's base and its main transit hub ( hub ) is Vancouver International Airport .
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History
The airline Helijet Airways was founded in 1986 and in November of the same year began commercial flights between the cities of Vancouver and Victoria . At the initial stage, one helicopter worked in the carrier's fleet; the company had 14 employees. Over the next twenty years, Helijet developed dynamically, currently the company's air fleet consists of 12 helicopters, the number of employees is more than 150, the airline carries more than one hundred thousand people annually [1] .
In February 2010, Helijet operated regular passenger flights to Abbotsford International Airport, Victoria International Airport, Campbell River Airport, Seattle Boeing Airfield and Langley Airport. The company's subsidiary Pacific Heliport Services operates on regular routes in the cities of Vancouver and Victoria.
Route Network
Helijet Airlines operates regular passenger flights to the following locations in the Pacific Northwest :
- Vancouver International Airport
- Vancouver Harbor - Downtown Vancouver, British Columbia
- Victoria Harbor - Downtown Victoria, British Columbia
Fleet
As of February 2010, the following helicopters made up Helijet's air fleet:
- 5 Sikorsky S-76A Spirit - registration numbers C-GHJL, C-GHJP, C-GHJT, C-GHJV, C-GHJW
- 3 Robinson R22 Beta - registration numbers C-FRDY, C-GAAK, C-GFXX
- 2 Bell 206L3 Longranger - registration numbers C-GLMX, C-GXHJ
- 1 Sikorsky S-61 - registration number C-GBSF
- 2 Bombardier Learjet 31A - registration numbers C-GHJJ, C-GHJU
Gallery
Two helicopters Sikorsky S-76 airline Helijet in Vancouver Harbor
HeliJet s76 sits down on a Vancouver Harbor site
Bell 206L-1 LongRanger II HeliJet landing at Vancouver Harbor
Takeoff Sikorsky S-61 HeliJet from Vakunver International Airport
Notes
- ↑ Directory: World Airlines, Flight International (April 3, 2007), p. 90.
Links
- Wikimedia Commons has media on HeliJet
- Helijet official website