Airspan Helicopters Ltd.

Airspan Helicopters is a British Columbia helicopter operator with its main base in Sechelt. The company describes itself as BC based with coast to coast service across Canada. Its pilots have worked from the coastal and mountain regions of BC and Alberta to the forests and lakes of northern Ontario and Quebec.

The company specializes in precision longlining and mountain operations. It says it tailors each job to the customer. Jobs can last from a day to a month or more.

Airspan operates five helicopters in light, intermediate and medium lift classes. It also runs an EnviroTanker fuel truck, and the website says the fleet is sent out on daily and weekly jobs.

Longline and rigging work includes construction material and concrete delivery, equipment recovery, log grappling and line clearing. Wildfire work covers bucketing, crew moves, initial and expanded attack, hover exit and admin aircraft.

Powerline construction and maintenance covers insulator installation, structure construction and repair, stringing, structure access, line patrol and vegetation removal. Class D operations use a platform, fixed line, hoist or winch.

Other work includes tours and VIP charters, crew moves, remote area access, wildlife survey and capture, heli skiing and avalanche control.

Fuel is sold to other aircraft operators at the main base and by tanker truck, from a fuel system maintained to CSA B836. Airspan is an Approved Maintenance Organization audited by Transport Canada, and its Sechelt base has a maintenance facility staffed by Aircraft Maintenance Engineers. The company runs a Safety Management System that it says exceeds Transport Canada guidelines.

Services

• Precision longline and rigging
• Wildfire firefighting
• Powerline construction and maintenance
• Class D operations
• Tours and VIP charters
• Crew moves and remote area access
• Wildlife survey and capture
• Heli skiing and avalanche control
• Fuel sales
• EnviroTanker fuelling