BEA Helicopters

BEA Helicopters was formed on 01/Jan/1964 and operated the first service between Penzance and the Scilly Islands on 01/May/1964

[ – BEA Helicopters was formed on 01/Jan/1964 and operated the first service between Penzance and the Scilly Islands on 01/May/1964. With the change of name of the parent on 31/Mar/1974 the airline was renamed British Airways Helicopters. In 1986, the airline was sold by British Airways to Robert Maxwell’s Maxwell Aviation and renamed British International Helicopters. The current incarnation of the company was formed in 2000 with the backing of 3i Group PLC and the Bank of Scotland, through a management buy in of the non-oil related operations of Scotia Helicopters and CHC Helicopter, with the Bank of Scotland providing funding of £22million ]

[ – Bristow Helicopters Limited was established on 24/Jun/1955 by Alan Bristow. It was announced in Aug2022 that Bristow will integrate British International Helicopters into its U.K. operations, where BIH will adopt the Bristow name and brand throughout its operations.
< off-shore oil support plus civilian search and rescue (SAR) services in the UK. It was originally based at Aberdeen Airport but is now world-wide > ]

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