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The NHV Group, is an operator of civilian helicopters based in Ostend, Belgium. NHV Group is specialized in business-to-business helicopter services, both offshore & onshore. Today, NHV Group states to be the only helicopter service provider with presence in all Oil and Gas producing countries in the North Sea region and notes a strong presence in West Africa.[1]

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Noordzee Helicopters Vlaanderen

IATA ICAO Callsign - NHX EVO
Founded	1997
Operating bases	Ostend Airport
Fleet size	+60 Helicopters
Parent company	NHV Group
Headquarters	Ostend
Key people	Tom Cerdobbel (CEO), Laurent Verhelst (CFO), Michal Schutty (CTO)
Revenue	$190.000
Employees	630
Website	www.nhv.be

In 2014, NHV Group was the global launching customer of Airbus Helicopters’ H175. The first two H175s were operational by the end of December 2014 for Oil and Gas missions in Den Helder, The Netherlands.

History

The company was founded in 1997 by Eric Van Hal. Eric Van Hal was born in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 1965. He trained as a physiotherapist but never practiced the profession. He later became a Harbour master until he left to start NHV. in 1997 Eric Van Hal and his brother Jef De Kinder and an investor purchased an Airbus Dauphin N3 for €5,000,000. The company grew at double digit rates with a 38% growth rate in 2013 alone. In 2014 NHV Group acquired the Blueway Group, including DanCopter, Blueway Offshore Norway, Airlift and Vertech Offshore.

Bases and operations

NHV has its headquarters and main base at Ostend Airport, in a dedicated building at the south-west edge. Current operational bases are:

• Ostend Airport
• Aberdeen Airport
• Norwich Airport
• Blackpool Airport commenced operations 01/12/20.
• Den Helder Airport operating SAR services for the Dutch government.
• Rotterdam
• Midden-Zeeland Airport Helicopter Hoist Operations on offshore windmill parks Borssele 1 & 2 with the H145.
• Esbjerg
• Ivory Coast
• Norway
• Offshore services: NHV provides services via the transport of crews and loads to and from Oil and Gas platforms. Flare tip replacement is also possible through our daughter company, Vertech Offshore. NHV also does Search and Rescue services. Besides transportation for Oil and Gas platforms and Search and Rescue operations, NHV is also specialized in the transport of harbor pilots and crews, and supplies to wind turbines.
• Onshore services: In the onshore market, NHV provides ambulance transport and Helicopter Emergency Medical Service (HEMS). Moreover, Airlift, a daughter company, is Northern Europe's leading company for the provision of onshore helicopter services, like heavy lifting, transmission line inspection, polar services, etc.
• Training: NHV Group is an Approved Training Organisation (ATO). Furthermore, the company also has a Part 145 Maintenance Organisation, a Part 21 Design Organisation and a Part M Continuing Airworthiness Management Organisation.
• Maintenance: NHV Group has its own maintenance center.[2]

Fleet

• Airbus Helicopters H175
• Airbus Helicopters H145 D2/D3
• Airbus Helicopters AS365N2 / N3
• Airbus Helicopters EC145
• Airbus Helicopters AS350 B2 / B3
• Leonardo Helicopters AW169
• Leonardo Helicopters AW139
• MD Explorer 902

References

• Defence Helicopter - Shephard Media
• NHV opens new Aberdeen base with H175s – Helicopter Investor
• North Sea helicopter operators Blueway and NHV to join forces
• NHV Helicopters on Beatrice Duty
• NHV Helicopters Lands New Offshore Drilling Contract
• United Kingdom
• Proven in Service: NHV’s H175 Fleet Reaches 10,000 Flight Hours | helicoptermaintenancemagazine.com
• Ithaca awards NHV with offshore contract
• reitenco.com
• SaxonAir to provide new base facilities for NHV Helicopters at Norwich International Airport | SaxonAir
• Corporate Jet Investor
• Blue Sky Network Chosen by NHV for Around-the-Clock Helicopter Location Monitoring and Communications
• Helicopters News

External link

• Media related to Noordzee Helikopters Vlaanderen at Wikimedia Commons

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[de] Noordzee Helikopters Vlaanderen

Die NHV Group (Noordzee Helikopters Vlaanderen, deutsch: Nordsee-Hubschrauber Flandern) ist eine zivile Fluggesellschaft mit Sitz in Ostende, Belgien.

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[it] Noordzee Helikopters Vlaanderen

Noordzee Helikopters Vlaanderen è una compagnia elicotteristica belga con sede a Ostenda che opera sia in ambito offshore che in ambito onshore.

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