The new contract is for the provision of crew change and medevac flights to Perenco facilities in onshore and offshore Port Gentil, Gabon. Operations commenced from Port Gentil airport in October 2018, with two medium type helicopters as primary and back-up helicopters.

Jonathan Cosson, Deputy Managing Director of Heli-Union, said “Heli-Union has been operating in Gabon for more than 40 years, delivering excellent offshore helicopter transport services to Oil and Gas clients in Africa. This new win of a long term contract reflects Heli-Union’s strong grasp of the market and reflects the hard work of our team. We very much look forward to an even further growth in order to maintain our significant presence in the area.”

Heli Union has been operating in Gabon since 1975, providing offshore helicopter services to Oil and Gas customers. Its long-standing expertise in providing offshore helicopter services through its permanent base in Gabon makes Heli Union the leading helicopter services provider in the country.

[Editor Note: Heli Union did not announce this as an AW139 contract in the press release.  However, the accompanying image (which we used) was called Heli-Union Gabon.jpg and we have made the assumption that they are using an  AW139]