世界民用與商業直升機(World Civilian&Commercial Helicopters)-2021

 

民用與商業用直升機，顧名思義就是用於民間運輸貨物或人員的直升機，甚至還成立專用直升機運輸的航空公司。也有從事其他特殊任務的直升機公司，比如農業、工業、救火、建築、石油業、科學、探測等等。

直升機航空公司經營的業務

• Aid – disaster relief, humanitarian aid

• Agriculture – crop dusting, game monitoring, hydroseeding, livestock mustering, pest control, wildlife management

• Firefighting – helicopter bucket, helitack

• Flight training

• Forestry – heli-logging, stream restoration

• Freight – aerial crane, airdrop; general cargo and mail delivery in remote areas

• Industrial – construction, inspection and maintenance of overhead power lines, pipelines, mobile phone towers, offshore wind farms, hydropower facilities, and other infrastructure

• Maritime – pilot transfer and other ship-to-shore transport

• Medical – air ambulance, medical evacuation

• Military – aeromedical evacuation, pilot training; airlift, vertical replenishment and other logistical support

• Oil & gas – transporting crews to and from offshore platforms

• Passenger – VIP & corporate charter; scheduled flights from remote areas

• Photography – aerial photography, archaeology, film production, photogrammetry, television news reporting

• Science – water sampling, wildlife monitoring, snow radar, support to research stations in the Arctic and Antarctic

• Search & rescue – air-sea rescue, mountain rescue

• Surveillance – border control, coast guard, police

• Survey – aeromagnetic, mineral exploration, reflection seismology

• Tourism – sightseeing tours, heliskiing

Civilian&Commercial Helicopters

AgustaWestland AW109

Bell 206 JetRanger

Bell 214

Bell 222

Bell 407

Bell 430

Boeing Model 360

Eurocopter AS365 Dauphin

Eurocopter EC155

MD Helicopters MD 500

MD Helicopters MD 600

Robinson R22

Robinson R44

Robinson R66

Sikorsky S-76

Sikorsky S-333