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Bristow helicopters operated Sikorsky S-61N helicopters on behalf of His Majesty's Coastguard, the United Kingdom's coastguard, until July 2007 after which there was a 12-month transitional period whilst CHC Helicopter took over the contract replacing the S-61N with new helicopters.
Bristow Helicopters operate a large fleet of 490 helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft. In 2015 it operated 24 helicopter types, however as a result of their restructure due to previous financial difficulties it now operates approximately six types, [1] a significant reduction. The fleet includes unconsolidated affiliates and joint venture partners.
Bristow Helicopters Flight 56C was a helicopter flight that flew between Aberdeen and the Brae Alpha oil rig in the North Sea. On 19 January 1995, the AS 332L Super Puma helicopter operating the route, registered G-TIGK and named Cullen , was struck by lightning.
Alan Bristow. Alan Edgar Bristow, OBE, FRAeS (3 September 1923 – 26 April 2009) [1] founded one of the world's largest helicopter service companies, Bristow Helicopters Ltd, which prospered primarily in the international oil and mineral exploration and extraction industries, but also spread into search and rescue, peacekeeping and other fields.
At the time of the accident, Bristow Helicopters was the largest private operator of helicopters in the United Kingdom, with a fleet of 70 aircraft. [7] Bristow was responsible for providing four search-and-rescue helicopters based on the Treasure Finder with pilots and crew. [4]
G-BJVX, a Norwich-based commercial Sikorsky S-76A helicopter operated by Bristow Helicopters, crashed in the evening of 16 July 2002 in the southern North Sea while it was making a ten-minute flight between the gas production platform Clipper and the drilling rig Global Santa Fe Monarch, after which it was to return to Norwich Airport.
G-ASWI was a Westland Wessex 60, operated by Bristow Helicopters operating between Bacton Gas Terminal, in Norfolk, and Amoco gas platforms in the North Sea.On 13 August 1981 the helicopter lost power to the main rotor gearbox, going out of control during the ensuing autorotation.
In August 2013, UK-based Bristow Helicopters began promoting the AW189 to their offshore clients; Bristow intended to replace their Eurocopter AS332 Super Puma fleet with the AW189. [28] On 21 July 2014, Bristow, who served as the launch customer for the AW189, performed their first commercial flight of the type.