EMAR Táxi Aéreo

EMAR Táxi Aéreo is a Brazilian helicopter air taxi operator headquartered at Macaé airport in Rio de Janeiro state. The company was approved in July 2003 and started with offshore air transport for companies serving the oil industry. It also describes itself as a pioneer in spot charter, meaning flights booked without long-term contracts. It later added operations in the Amazon region, where it has worked since 2006.

Services

• Offshore and onshore passenger transport
• Internal cargo and external load work (short line, long line, rappelling, seismic support), with loads described up to 1,500 kg
• Aeromedical transport, including intensive care configurations
• Bambi Bucket aerial firefighting
• Passenger charter
• Hangar services at Jacarepaguá and Macaé
• Maintenance of aircraft, engines and components

Fleet

The fleet page lists six small and medium helicopters of two types: the Eurocopter AS355 F2, a twin-engine single-pilot aircraft carrying up to five passengers, and the Sikorsky S-76C+, a twin-engine two-pilot helicopter carrying up to 12 passengers.

Bases

Macaé (SBME), Rio de Janeiro (Jacarepaguá), Manaus (SWFL) and Coari (SWKO) are the listed bases.

Company facts

• Approved as an air taxi operator in July 2003
• Air operator certificate issued by ANAC, covering on-demand passenger transport
• Maintenance organization certificate for the S-76C+
• ISO 9001 certification since 2017
• Approvals include instrument flight rules, extended over-water operations and dangerous goods transport