Bel Air Aviation

Bel Air Aviation A/S
Private
Founded 1994
Founder Susanne Hessellund
Bjarne Lastein
Headquarters Holsted Heliport, Holsted, Denmark
Key people
 Susanne Hessellund, CEO
Bjarne Hansen, Chairman
Number of employees
 24
Website www.belair.dk

Bel Air A/S (UK: Ltd.) is a Danish helicopter operator, headquartered at Holsted Heliport in Vejen Municipality. Bel Air operates a fleet of AW139 helicopters and has been providing helicopter services in Denmark for more than 15 years. Bel Air's core business is offshore flights.

History

Bel Air was founded in 1994 operating a Schweizer 300C and a Bell 206B. Susanne Hessellund provided helicopter services until 1997, when she was hired by Maersk Helicopters and later CHC Helicopter. Beside her offshore pilot job she ran Bel Air with single engine helicopters. In 2002 Susanne Hessellund became the driving force and co-founder of DanCopter, a Danish offshore helicopter company, where she was the CEO and pilot until 2007. Following the sale of Bel Air's stocks in DanCopter, Susanne returned as CEO of Bel Air in 2007. Since then Bel Air had expanded on its activities. In 2009 they were approved to conduct helicopter maintenance (EASA part 145) and airworthiness check certification. In spring 2009 Bel Air took delivery of their first AgustaWestland AW139 helicopter in order to expand into the offshore service business. Bel Air is approved as AgustaWestland Service Center for the Northern Europe area.

Business units

Bel Air Offshore

In July 2008 Bel Air conducted their first offshore flight and in June 2009 the first of a fleet of AgustaWestland AW139 was transported to Holsted to be used in its unit offshore venture. The AW139 was officially named "Spirit of Agusta" and introduced to His Royal Highness Prince Henrik of Denmark, Consort to her Majesty the Queen of Denmark Margrethe II, during an official ceremony on June 27, 2009 at Bel Air's headquarters in Holsted. In December 2012 Bel Air won the DONG and Hess contract which started on January 1, 2013 and will run for 4 years with an option of another 6 years.[1]

Bel Air Maintenance

Bel Air has its own workshop to facilitate maintenance of helicopters. This includes airworthiness checks and certification as official AW139 maintenance center.

Fleet

Bel Air operates a fleet of AgustaWestland AW139 helicopters.[2]

Media

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References

  1. ↑ "Bel Air's First AW139 Helicopter Named "Spirit of Agusta" Enters Service.". AgustaWestland press release, July 8, 2009.
  2. ↑ "Bel Air Helicopter fleet". Bel Air Aviation. Retrieved 24 April 2014.

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