INDIA DEFENCE CONSULTANTS

WHAT'S HOT? –– ANALYSIS OF RECENT HAPPENINGS

HELICOPTER SCENE IN INDIA –– CORPORATE AVIATION

An IDC Analysis 

 

New Delhi, 03 April 2003

Corporate Aviation in India

Indian Helicopter Scene –– Who’s Operating What?

A list of helicopters being operated by various non-government and government agencies is given below. It appears that the helo scene in India is picking up, more so as the media reported that in future the PM and Dy PM would travel to the airports via helo to avoid unnecessary traffic snarls for security reasons. Other VVIps and Corporates may soon follow suit!

Non-Scheduled Operators

Company

Location 

Type Used

Total Fleet

Ace Airways

Delhi 

1 x EC 350   

1
AZAL Mumbai

6 x Bell 412 

6

Deccan Aviation      

Bangalore 

1 x Bell 206 L3,
1 x Bell 407
1 x Bell 206 L3 (Hyderabad)
1 x Bell 212 & 1 x AS 355 (Yanam)
1 x Bell 206 B3 (Chennai)

 6
GESCO Mumbai 

3 x Bell 212   

3

India International Airways

Delhi

1 x Bell 222 

1
Indo Pacific Aviation (P) Ltd   New Delhi      

1 x Bell 206 L4   

1

MESCO

Mumbai   

3 x MI 172, 
1 x EC 365 N 
3 x EC 350

7

Pawan Hans Helicopter Ltd                                                 

Delhi/Mumbai 

19 x EC 365 N, 
  3 x ML 172, 
  3 x Bell 206 L4, 
  2 x Bell 407 
  2 x EC 365 N3*

29

Million Air Executive Jet Service

Mumbai

2 x Bell 206 L3 
1 x EC 355                       

3
Span  Air   Delhi 

1 x Bell 407 

1

Sahara India Helicopter Division 

Delhi/Mumbai   

1 x EC 365 N2 
3 x EC 355             

4
UB Air                        Mumbai/Bangalore

3 x Bell 212 
1 x Chetak                 

 4

Trans Bharat                        Delhi 

1 x Bell 407 
2 x Bell 206 B3             

 3

PRIVATE OPERATORS

ADI Ashram Bangalore  

1 x Schweizer 330 SP 

1

Arki Aviations Pune   

1 x Bell 407                              

 1

BG Shirke  

Pune 

1 x Bell 206 L4                          

1

Bharat Forge Pune 

1 x Bell 206 L4                        

 1

Bilakhia Holdings (P) Ltd 

1 x EC 120 B Colibri *      

1

Essar Gujarat  Mumbai 

1 x Bell 206 L4                       

1

Escorts    Delhi  

1 x Bell 407                              

1

Garware Wall Ropes Ltd  Pune

1 x Bell 206 L4                          

1

Jaiprakash Industries  Delhi

1 x Bell 407                               

1

Mahindra & Mahindra Mumbai

1 x EC 355                                

1

Reliance 

Mumbai

1 x Bell 230 & 1 x Cheetah   

 2

Tata International Co   Mumbai

1 x MD 600 N                            

1
Tata Hydro-Electric Power Supply Co         Mumbai 

1 x MD 902 & 1 x MD 520 N        

2
Tata Iron & Steel Co Jamshedpur   

1 x MD 520 N                            

1

GOVERNMENT OPERATORS

Agro Aviation Div. (Vayudoot)

Delhi

1 x Bell 206 A                           

1
Border Security Force Delhi/Jodhpur 

1 x Cheetah

1
Coal India Ltd                                                 Kolkata

1 x Chetak                           

1
Gas Authority of India  Delhi 

1 x EC 355                                

1

Government of Andhra Pradesh

Hyderabad  

1 x Bell 430 
1 x Chetak                                  

 
Government of Bihar Patna  

2 x EC 365 N                           

 2
Government of Gujarat                                            Ahmedabad     

1 x EC 365 N                            

1
Government of J&K  Srinagar 

1 x Cheetah, 
2 x Bell 407                                    
(incl. 1 Cheetah State Force Corp)

3
Government of Chattisgarh Chattisgarh

1 x EC 135*                              

1
Government of Karnataka  Bangalore   

1 x EC 365 N3 & 1 x Chetak      

2

Government of Madhya Pradesh 

Bhopal  

1 x Bell 430 
1 x Chetak                                   

2
Government of Maharashtra  Mumbai

2 x Chetak & 1 x AS 365 N3     

3
Government of Rajasthan  Jaipur 

1 x Chetak                                

1
Government of Tamil Nadu Chennai 

1 x Bell 412                               

1
Government of Uttar Pradesh Lucknow

1 x Bell 230 & 2 x Chetak           

3
Government of West Bengal   Kolkata  

1 x Chetak                                

1
Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd Bangalore

1 x Schweizer 
1 x 330 SP                                

2
Kudremukh Iron Ore  Bangalore

1 x Chetak                                

1
Ministry of Environment  Delhi 

1 x LAMA SA-315 B 

 1

Oil & Natural Gas Commission

Baroda/Nazira

3 x Chetak                               

 3

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