Nigeria – OAS to partner with Gulf Helicopters
Source: OAS Helicopters, 15-Mar-13
OAS Helicopters has entered into partnership agreement with Gulf Helicopter Company, Doha, Qatar in the Middle East for the provision of services to the upstream oil and gas sector in Nigeria. OAS and GHC agreed to work together in a technical relationship whereby GHC would provide technical expertise to OAS including provision of any helicopter [...]
Gulf Helicopters honours HE Abdullah bin Hamad al-Attiyah
16-May-12
Gulf Helicopters Company has honoured HE Abdullah bin Hamad al-Attiyah, Chairman of the Administrative Control and Transparency Authority, who was instrumental in the company’s growth over the years, by naming its newest helicopter after him (see full story)
Gulf Helicopters recieves inital EASA Part 147 MTO approval
Source: Gulf Helicopters, 28-Mar-12
Gulf Helicopters Company today announced that earlier this month the Gulf Helicopters Training Academy (GHTA) has received Initial European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) Part 147 Maintenance Training Organization Approval. GHTA is now a fully approved Part 147 Maintenance Training Organization to conduct courses on the AB139 / AW139 (PWC PT6). Additional training capabilities are presently [...]
Gulf Helicopters’ AW139 fleet passes 20,000 hour milestone
Source: AgustaWestland, 15-Nov-11
AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, is pleased to announce that the AW139 medium twin helicopter fleet operated by Gulf Helicopters of Qatar has achieved the milestone of 20,000 flying hours. Gulf Helicopter is one of the largest AW139 operators worldwide and a prime player in the Middle East with 12 helicopters of this type already in [...]
IBQ announces $43.6M term loan facility for Gulf Helicopters
Source: International Bank of Qatar, 29-Jun-11
IBQ announced that it has extended a QR158.8m term loan facility to Gulf Helicopters Company (GHC). IBQ is the sole provider of the term loan financing to Doha-based GHC for this transaction, which will support the growth and diversification of one of the region’s leading helicopter operators. About The International Bank of Qatar (IBQ): The [...]
Gulf Helicopters to add nine to fleet by 2015
Source: HeliHub.com, 01-May-11
Gulf Helicopters have announced plans to invest about 500M Qatari Riyals on new aircraft over the next four years – approx US $137.4M in today’s money. In parent company Gulf International Services’ five-year business plan released this week, they state that nine new helicopters would join their fleet by 2015 and that they expected demand [...]
Gulf Helicopters signs for another five AW139s
Source: AgustaWestland, 21-Feb-11
AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, is pleased to announce the signing of a contract with Gulf Helicopters of Qatar for five AW139 helicopters. The aircraft will be equipped for offshore passenger transportation operations. This latest contract adds to the one for twelve aircraft placed by Gulf Helicopters in 2007 as part of its fleet renewal programme. [...]
Gulf Helicopter secures $30M loan facility
Source: HeliHub.com, 29-Nov-10
Gulf Helicopters, an associate company of Qatar Exchange-listed Gulf International Services “GIS”, has secured a loan of 109 million Riyals from Union National Bank Qatar. This is equivalent of around 30 million US Dollars. The loan comes with a flexible facility to fund the company’s ongoing development. HE Abdullah bin Hamad al-Attiyah, Deputy Premier and [...]
Gulf Helicopters win short-term offshore contract with Reliance Oil
Source: Gulf Times, 16-Nov-09
Gulf Helicopters Company (GHC), an associate of Gulf International Services, has entered into a service pact with Reliance Exploration and Production DMCC, a subsidiary of India’s private sector petroleum giant Reliance Industries.
Gulf Helicopter signs three-year Bell 212 contract with Saffer
Source: Peninsula, 16-Sep-09
Gulf Helicopters has entered into a service agreement with Saffer Company for exploration and production in order to use one Helicopter type (Bell 212) to support petroleum operations for 3 years
The strange case of the AW139 tailboom that came off
Source: Flightglobal, 28-Aug-09
An AW139 aircraft had an occurrence resulting in major damage to the aircraft tail boom while ground taxiing. There were no injuries to the crew or passengers.
