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Sealand Helicopters was a helicopter services company, specializing in transportation to offshore oil and gas platforms.

Sealand Helicopters

Type	Private
Industry	Transportation
Founded	St. John's, Newfoundland (1977)
Founder	Craig Dobbin
Defunct	1988
Successor	CHC Helicopter
Headquarters	St. John's, Newfoundland
Key people	Craig Dobbin, President and CEO
Products	Helicopter services
Revenue	Not reported

History

The company was founded by industrialist Craig Dobbin in February 1977 in St. John's, Newfoundland as a charter airline. Its headquarters were at St. John's International Airport. The company first entered the offshore transport industry in 1979, providing helicopters mainly in support of offshore oil and gas operations. By the early 1980s, Sealand operated a fleet of over 30 helicopters.

In 1987, Dobbin headed a group of investors organized under the name Canadian Holding Company which purchased Okanagan Helicopters, Viking Helicopters, and Toronto Helicopters and merged them with Sealand Helicopters, to form CHC Helicopter.

Fleet

• 12 - Bell 206B
• 8 - Aérospatiale AS 332
• 5 - Bell 206L
• 3 - Aérospatiale AS 355
• 2 - Sikorsky S-76A
• 1 - Aérospatiale AS 350
• 1 - Bell 205
• 1 - Bell 47
• 1 - Messerschmitt Bo 105
• 1 - Sud Aviation SA 330J

See also

• List of defunct airlines of Canada

Gallery

• 
  Bell 206
• 
  Sikorsky S76-A

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