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| Founded | 1985 | |||
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| Hubs | Juhu Aerodrome, Mumbai | |||
| Fleet size | 41[1] | |||
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| Headquarters | Noida | |||
| Website | www.pawanhans.co.in | |||
Pawan Hans Helicopters Limited (Hindi: पवन हंस) is a helicopter service company based in India. The operations are based at the Juhu Aerodrome in Vile Parle (West), Mumbai. Other than providing helicopter services to ONGC to its off-shore locations, this public sector company is often engaged for providing services to various state governments in India, particularly in North-east India, Vaishno Devi Helicopter service for devotees.[2]
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Pawan Hans was incorporated on 15 October 1985 as the Helicopter Corporation of India (HCL), the country's national helicopter company with the objective of providing helicopter support services to the oil sector for its off-shore exploration operations, services in remote areas and charter services for promotion of tourism. It is a government owned enterprise with 78.5% in government hands & 21.5% with ONGC. ONGC has upped its stake to 49% recently, a move that will see the equity base of PHHL being enhanced to 245 crore from the existing 113 crore.[3]
The corporate office is located at Noida with regional offices at Delhi and Mumbai. The company has a net worth of 37,015 million and equity capital is 1,137 million. Pawan Hans is "Approved Maintenance Centre of Eurocopter" and also the first ISO 9001 : 2000 certified aviation company in India.
It offers helicopter services for -
Pawan Hans fly to various points in the states of Arunachal Pradesh, Tripura, Sikkim, Nagaland and also to MHA Guwahati in Assam. While Meghalaya state is suspended.[4]
The fleet includes:[1]
| Model | Total |
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| Dauphin SA-365N | 18 |
| Dauphin AS365N3 | 14 |
| Bell 206 L4 | 3 |
| Bell 407 | 4 |
| Mil Mi-172 | 1 |
| AS 350 B3 | 2 |
Pawan Hans jointly owns Jal Hans, India's first amphibious aircraft service with the Andaman and Nicobar Islands administration.[5]
Recently PHHLs operations in the North Eastern States of India have come under serious public criticism due to safety issues. There have been a number of crashes, the most recent being the one that killed the Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh Dorjee Khandu and five others. Though some of the accidents are attributed to bad weather condition and tough mountainous terrain, there are some accidents, which happened due to sheer negligence and poor maintenance. Some of the major Pawan Hans accidents are listed below.
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