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About Bristow Group

Bristow Group is the leading provider of industrial aviation services offering helicopter transportation, search and rescue (SAR) and aircraft support services to government and civil organizations worldwide. With headquarters in Houston, Texas, Bristow has major operations in the North Sea, Nigeria, the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, and in most of the other major offshore oil and gas producing regions of the world, including Australia, Brazil, Canada, Russia and Trinidad. Bristow provides SAR services to the private sector worldwide, and to the public sector for all of the UK on behalf of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency.

Bristow’s operations are organized in two primary geographical hubs in key areas of business, Europe and the Americas. The company is targeting the growing demand for reliable, integrated aviation services by providing fixed-wing with rotary-wing flight connectivity in the UK, Australia, Brazil and Africa, to offer convenient point-to-point scheduled and charter transportation services to clients transferring workers offshore. Bristow’s SAR capabilities and aviation training solutions are unmatched in the industry.

The company’s goal is to provide the safest and most reliable service to clients around the world. Bristow’s industry-leading safety program, Target Zero, has created a culture of safety at every level of the organization. With a team of dedicated employees who strive daily for operational excellence, Bristow is working hard to earn the confidence of its customers every day.

Affiliates
Bristow’s service agreements and equity interests include transportation companies in Australia, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Egypt, Norway, Russia (Sakhalin), Turkmenistan and the UK, including:

Airnorth, a wholly owned subsidiary of Bristow Helicopters Australia
a 60-percent interest in Eastern Airways in the UK
a 41.9-percent interest in Líder Aviação, a provider of helicopter and corporate aviation services in Brazil
a 40-percent interest in Cougar Helicopters Inc., located in St. John’s, Newfoundland, and Labrador and Halifax, Nova Scotia
a 25-percent interest in Petroleum Air Services (PAS), an Egyptian corporation
a $4.2 million investment in Sky-Futures, provider of drone inspection services

Bristow History
Bristow began building its oil and gas credentials before the first discovery in the North Sea, tracing its beginnings back to an adventurous businessman named Alan Bristow. The company’s long history started in 1955 with Bristow Helicopters Ltd. in the UK. In 1996, Offshore Logistics purchased a stake in Bristow Helicopters Ltd., and the company was rebranded as Bristow Group Inc. in 2006. To learn more about Bristow’s rich history, visit Bristow’s 60th anniversary page here.