Thu, Oct 09, 2008
Helis To Be Used For Offshore Oil Flights, Medevac Ops
AgustaWestland collected a pair contracts this week that added
12 new AW319 helicopters to its order book.
Chevron announced at NBAA 2008 in Orlando, FL it ordered two
AW139 medium twin helicopters configured for offshore use. With
this order, Chevron will have a total of six AW139s in their
fleet.
The AW139s will operate from company heliports at Intracoastal
City, Leeville and Venice, LA in support of offshore production and
drilling operations in the Gulf of Mexico.
Chevron's aircraft operations in the Gulf of Mexico began in
1950 with two helicopters and one floatplane. Today, Chevron fleet
comprises of 30 helicopters.
The helicopter manufacturer also announced that Ornge of
Ontario, Canada, ordered ten AW139s, with an option for two
additional aircraft. The overall contract value is about US$120
million.
The aircraft will be equipped with full aero-medical interiors
and be equipped also with a full de-icing system for operation in
adverse weather conditions.
Ornge is a charitable organization that coordinates all aspects
of Ontario's aero-medical transport system. Ornge operates one of
the largest aero medical and critical care land transport medicine
programs in North America and currently has more than 300 employees
in eight areas of operation. This includes over 200 paramedics,
pediatric transport nurses and transport medicine physicians.
Ornge's expertise in transport medicine lies in its ability to
serve more than 12 million Ontarians throughout a geographic area
of 1 million square kilometers, delivering its scope of services
through comprehensive door-to-door acute care aero medical
transport. Ornge utilizes over 30 bases across the province, 9 of
which are staffed 24 hours, 7 days a week.
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