Helicol
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Founded | July 3, 1955 | ||||||
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Parent company | Avianca | ||||||
Headquarters | Bogotá, Colombia | ||||||
Website | www |
Helicol S.A. (Spanish acronym: Helicopteros Nacionales de Colombia) is a helicopter operator based at El Dorado International Airport in Bogotá, Colombia. It is a subsidiary airline of Avianca.
History
Helicol was founded on July 3, 1955, as a response to the needs of the oil exploration activities in
Three
Helicol served well other activities in Colombia such as mining, power lines and hydroelectric dams construction; In 1980, Helicol was the largest helicopter operator in
In 1979, 4
Besides, the 47G model, other Bell Helicopters were also flown by Helicol until around 1984. Between August 1982 and May 1985, an Arava 201 aircraft was leased from IAI to provide support to the different oil and mining activities performed by U.S., Canadian and British companies in the Country. A Bell 214ST helicopter was also introduced in the mid-80s.
The advent of at least 12 Russian-built
By 1996, the main shareholder, Avianca, decided that it was required to reorganize the company, and the MI-8 and AS350B were all sold. The Twin Otters were transferred to the sister company SAM, and since the Westwind fleet was already sold a few years earlier, a Cessna Citation III activities of Helicol.
After the purchase of Avianca in 2004 by the
Operations
95% of Helicol operations are onshore.
- Support facilities and supervision of electrical networks
- Air Ambulance and Search and Rescue.
- Off-Shore Operations
- Fire Fighting
- (Bambi bucket) Support for rescue operations
- Seismographic study with long and short line.
- Executive Transportation
- Cargo Transport
- Pipeline Construction and Maintenance
- Oil Exploration and Drilling[1]
Fleet
Current fleet
Helicol operates a fleet of both helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft.[2]
- AgustaWestland AW139
- Beechcraft 1900D
- Bell 212
- Bell 412
- Bell 412EP
Former fleet
- AgustaWestland AW119 Koala
- Beechcraft King Air
- Bell 205
- Bell 206B
- Bell H-13 Sioux
- Cessna Citation III
- Cessna Citation Bravo
- de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter
- de Havilland Canada DHC-7
- Grumman Gulfstream I
- IAI 1124 Westwind
- Mil Mi-8
- Mil Mi-17
See also
- List of airlines of Colombia
- United States Supreme Courtdecision in which Helicol was a party.
References
External links
- (in Spanish) Helicol official website