PHI Aviation

PHI Aviation (PHI Group, Inc.) is a global helicopter transportation services provider. Its work spans offshore energy crew transport and logistics, helicopter-based air medical transport for healthcare organisations, aviation support for government and military customers, and maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services for rotorcraft. The company operates and maintains a fleet of more than 200 helicopters across six continents.

Technical roles at PHI Aviation relate to helicopter aviation and flight operations, rotorcraft maintenance, repair and overhaul, air medical transport, offshore energy logistics, and aviation safety and reliability. Industry verticals served include offshore energy, oil and gas, air medical and healthcare, government, military and aviation MRO. The company reports more than 1m passengers transported cumulatively and over 12m flight hours accumulated.

PHI Aviation was founded in 1949 as Petroleum Bell Helicopters, flying seismic crews in the South Louisiana marshlands from Lafayette, Louisiana with three Bell 47 helicopters and seven employees. More than seven decades on, its operations cover North America, Latin America, Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Southeast Asia and the Eastern Mediterranean, supported by regional headquarters in the Americas, Asia-Pacific and Europe, Middle East & Africa.

The company states an emphasis on safety and reliability across its operations. Further information is available at phihelico.com.