Canadian Helicopters Ltd / Helicopteres Canadiens Limitee is headquartered near Montreal, Quebec. Until November 2000 was part of CHC. Since 2012 part of HNZ Group. On December 2017, Don Wall, HNZ's President and CEO, acquired all the issued and outstanding shares of HNZ. As part of the arrangement, PHI acquired the portion of HNZ's offshore business conducted in New Zealand, Australia, the Philippines and Papua New Guinea, and Don Wall retained Canadian Helicopters (the onshore operations).
As of 2020, operates around 100 aircraft from 25 bases across Canada and various seasonal/contractual international locations supporting many sectors/industries including the military, emergency medical services (EMS), hydro/utilities, oil and gas, mining, forestry, police, corporate, and construction.
News about Canadian Helicopters Ltd |
Canadian S-61 and Bell 212 Avionics Upgrades
29-Jan-20 - Maxcraft Avionics to retrofit Canadian Helicopters’ Bell 212 and S-61 helicopters with Astronautics Roadrunner Electronic Flight Instrument (EFI) #avionics
Canadian Helicopters Gets $8M Loan
29-Dec-17 - Canadian Helicopters Ltd, part of HNZ Group, closed a $8.0 million term loan from Crown Capital Partners Inc
HNZ S-92 to Support ExxonMobil in Nova Scotia
10-Mar-17 - Canadian Helicopters Ltd (HNZ Group) will support ExxonMobil Canada and Encana Corporation’s activities offshore Nova Scotia with 2 S-92 for 3 years beginning Q2 2017
EHS LifeFlight Service Extended to 2032
26-Jan-17 - Canadian Helicopters, part of HNZ Group, extended to 2032 its Emergency Health Services (EHS) LifeFlight contract with the Province of Nova Scotia. Started in 1996 and currently served with two S-76C+
HNZ Group to Support U.S. North Warning System
03-Sep-15 - Canadian Helicopters, Part of HNZ Group, received contract to support U.S. North Warning System (NWS) an early warning radar system comprised of 47 unmanned stations spanning the Canadian Arctic.
Canadian Helicopters gets Nova Scotia Offshore Contract
26-Jan-15 - Canadian Helicopters Ltd will provide Shell Canada Energy offshore personnel and cargo transport, medevac and search and rescue services from Halifax, Nova Scotia with Sikorsky S-92 helicopters.Canadian Helicopters completes name change to HNZ
12-Sep-12 - Canadian Helicopters Group Inc. (TSX: CHL.A, CHL.B), an international provider of helicopter transportation and related support services, announced today that, further to its news release dated May 14, 2012, the change of its name to HNZ Group Inc. (the “Company”), as approved by its shareholders at its annual meeting on May 11, 2012, will be effective starting on September 25, 2012.
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Model Types| Model | Del'd | From | To |
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| Sikorsky S-92 | 2015 | ||
| Bell 212 | 2000 | ||
| Bell 206 | 2000 | ||
| Sikorsky S-76 | 2000 | ||
| EC AS350 Ecureuil | 2000 | ||
| SNIA AS350 Ecureuil | 2000 | ||
| Sikorsky S-61 H-3 |
