Líder Aviação

Líder Aviação is a Brazilian aviation company with its headquarters in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais. It was founded in 1958 by pilot José Afonso Assumpção as Táxi Aéreo Líder, with a single Cessna 170. The company now combines executive aviation with helicopter operations for the oil, gas and energy sector. The site gives 67 years of operation, more than 1,400 employees and more than 55 aircraft.

Helicopter operations

• Offshore work began in 1973, with a first contract connecting offshore oil platforms on the Brazilian coast using eight Sikorsky S-58T helicopters
• The offshore fleet later grew with Sikorsky S-76 and S-92 helicopters, the AW-139 added in 2022, and H145 operations started in 2023
• A 16th S-92 was added in 2024
• Helicopter operations earned ISO 9001 certification in 2003
• It won the Petrobras Peotram award in 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019
• Onshore operations include Urucu and Carauari in Amazonas, and power line inspection for Cemig began in 2006
• The company reports more than 1 million flight hours in oil, gas and energy missions as of 2021

Other services

• Executive aircraft charter with online booking
• Aeromedical transport
• Aircraft maintenance, management and sales, including HondaJet representation
• Airport services and FBO operations
• Authorised service centre for Bell, Gulfstream and Leonardo helicopters, plus EASA approval for European aircraft maintenance from 2024

Bases

Bases mentioned include Belo Horizonte Pampulha, São Paulo Congonhas and Campo de Marte, Sorocaba, Macaé, Maricá, Rio de Janeiro Galeão, Belém, Recife, Vitória, Fortaleza, Natal, Curitiba, Tefé, Manaus and Boa Vista.