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Founded in 1961 under the name of Management Aviation Limited, the company first entered the offshore transport industry in 1974, providing helicopters mainly in support of offshore oil and gas operations. [4] By the late 1990s, Bond operated a fleet of over 200 helicopters. In 1995, the business was merged with Helikopter Service Group of Norway.
David Bond founded Management Aviation, [1] in 1961 to operate Hiller 12E helicopters near Cambridge for commercial services (mostly crop spraying) in the UK. By 1972 the company had entered the North Sea market, and introduced the world's first light twin-engined helicopter, Bolkow 105, in support of North Sea and Lighthouse Operations.
Babcock Mission Critical Services Onshore, formerly Bond Air Services (Bond Aviation Group), is an operator of air ambulance, police, and offshore windfarm helicopters in the UK. Babcock operates a mixed fleet of light twin-engine helicopters custom designed to perform specific and specialised tasks. It operates from 17 bases around the UK.
The airline was acquired by Sector Aviation Holdings, a company predominantly owned and funded by Stephen and Peter Bond, whose family sold helicopter operator Bond Aviation Group in 2010. Sector Aviation Holdings also included the founders of Regional's predecessor Business Air, Ian Woodley and Graeme Ross. The sale was announced on 1 June ...
Bond also operated a very similar Eurocopter EC225 LP helicopter which ditched in the North Sea on 18 February 2009, in which all 18 aboard were rescued. [3] [8] The most serious North Sea helicopter accident was the 1986 British International Helicopters Chinook crash, when a Boeing 234 Chinook crashed, killing 45 people. [9] [10]
Arizona Helicopters: United States 1970s [clarification needed] Asian Airlines: Kathmandu: Nepal 1993 Australian Helicopters: Australia Bajan Helicopters: Bridgetown: Barbados 1989 2009 Bond Air Services: Australia Bond Aviation Group: Staverton: United Kingdom 1961 2016 Bond Offshore Helicopters: Australia Boun Oum Airways: 1964 1967 Braathens ...
In October 2022, Loganair confirmed that the existing sole owners, brothers Stephen (age 72) and Peter Bond (age 61), were seeking a buyer to act as the company's "custodian for the next generation". [39] The sale process was suspended in October 2023, with the Bond brothers retaining their stake while a fleet renewal programme is completed. [40]
A joint order between Bond and NHS was made for sixteen Sikorsky S-92A helicopters, eight to each company. The first two were delivered to NHS in February 2013, and the original order was scheduled to run until 2017. [1] The aircraft were contracted to Bond, who at the time had their fleet of Eurocopter EC225 Super Pumas grounded.