HNZ Group is constantly making news as we continue to grow and deliver world-class service. Learn more about what we’ve been up to lately by reviewing the following news stories and articles.
March 25, 2019 – Canadian Helicopters’ sister company, Heliwelders, is an approved airbus service centre. In this photo an Airbus H125 helicopter arrives at Heliwelders Canada in Langley B.C. for completion. Heliwelders will install avionics, interior and customer kits, in addition to painting the aircraft for the manufacturer.
Photo comparison of a typical mountain saddle feature in the daytime (left) compared with Topflight’s white phosphorus Night Vision Goggles (right).
May 17, 2018 – Topflight Elite Training in Penticton is a world leader in Night Vision Goggle (NVG) flight training for basic, advanced and mountain NVG in the Bell 407, AS350B3 and EC120 helicopter types.
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December 21, 2017 – Shareholders have voted to approve the acquisition of HNZ Group Inc. by the Corporation’s President & CEO, Don Wall, through a wholly-owned acquisition company, and the subsequent sale of certain assets to PHI, Inc., with shareholders receiving CAD$18.70 in cash per share.
The closing of the transaction is expected to be completed in late December 2017.
For details of the transaction please view the full press release.
Canadian Helicopters sent two Sikorsky S61N helicopters to St. Croix, US Virgin Islands, in October 2017 to assist with disaster relief efforts in the wake of Hurricanes Irma and Maria. HNZ/Canadian Helicopters was contracted by FEMA through Momentum Decisive Solutions Canada Inc.
On April 3, 2017 PHI HNZ Australia PTY Limited performed its first flight for the Inpex-led Ichthys LNG Project, based out of Broome, Western Australia. The entity PHI HNZ supplies up to four Sikorsky S-92 heavy helicopters providing transportation services for the Ichthys LNG Project’s massive offshore facilities in Australia.
This new contract builds on HNZ’s current business in Australia, where HNZ has performed helicopter transportation operations for over 20 years. The new contract for the Ichthys Project represents the second customer and offshore base HNZ supports in Australia.
For more information, please refer to the December 1, 2016 Press Release: HNZ Announces Joint Venture in Australia to Support New Inpex Offshore Oil and Gas Contract.
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Canadian Helicopters is pleased to announce the extension of the Emergency Health Services (“EHS”) LifeFlight air ambulance helicopter services contract with the Province of Nova Scotia. Canadian Helicopters will supply two Sikorsky S-76C+ helicopters, an upgrade from one currently employed Sikorsky S- 76A model, to be used for critical patient transport. The S-76C+ helicopters will be ready for service on August 1, 2017. The amended contract expires March 31, 2032.
Since the LifeFlight program commenced in 1996, the Halifax based aircraft has transported over 10,000 critical patients. “We are very pleased with the ongoing confidence that EHS has placed in the safety and quality of our services and operations,” said Don Wall, President and CEO of HNZ Group. “This amendment represents a renewed relationship with the Province of Nova Scotia that we have had since 1996. We look forward to continuing to support the people of Nova Scotia.”
From left: Don Venturi, General Manager, HNZ Topflight; Romain Trapp, President, Airbus Helicopters Canada and COO, Airbus Helicopters North America; and Don Wall, President and CEO, HNZ Group. Photo courtesy of Airbus Helicopters Canada.
HNZ Topflight and Don Wall, President & CEO of HNZ Group, were the recipients of the Airbus Helicopters Canada 2016 Innovation in Safety Award. The award was presented in recognition of a contribution toward outstanding rotary wing aviation safety by a commitment to sustaining safe flying practices through a ground breaking approach.
HNZ Topflight’s recently introduced Flight Simulation Training Device (FSTD) represents the very leading edge of technology in synthetic flight training, and was the object of the award. The FSTD is the first in Canada to introduce the benefits of synthetic training to single engine helicopter operations.
“We are honored to accept this award,” said Wall. Safety is fundamental to everything we do at HNZ and we are strongly committed to developing technologies to improve it.”
Left to Right: Bjorn Veum Seljevold, MD Norsk Helikopterservice, Daniel Schultz, President, Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation.
HNZ and its partner company, Norsk, attended Sola Conference 2016 from Sept 19-21 in Stavanger, Norway. The conference was attended by customers, manufacturers, operators and other industry stakeholders with a view to addressing current safety, regulatory and economic issues in the industry. While at the conference HNZ Partner Norsk Helikopterservice received recognition of its contribution towards the Sikorsky S-92’s first million hours of flight time.
HNZ Group teamed up with Frasca International by displaying HNZ Topflight’s new combined Airbus AS350 B2/H125 Level 7 Flight Training Device at HELI-EXPO 2016. Complimentary “test-flights” were offered to interested parties. The “FTD” will move to its permanent location at the Edmonton International Airport in the Fall of 2016. It will be available, through HNZ Topflight, to operators who are interested in utilizing this device as part of their training programs. Flight hour credits may be obtained as part of a CAA approved training program.