Nautilus Aviation

Nautilus Aviation is a privately owned helicopter operator with its head office at Cairns Airport in Queensland. It flies commercial helicopter work, emergency response, private charters and tourism flights across northern Australia. The company began in Townsville in 1993 with a single Cessna 208 floatplane carrying guests to Great Barrier Reef island resorts, and replaced it with its first helicopter in 2010. It is part of Morris Group, a family business founded by Chris Morris.

Services

• Commercial helicopter services: aerial surveys, sling work, heavy and precision lifting for government, mining, media and port clients
• Emergency response: search and rescue, firefighting, flood and cyclone relief, patient transfers
• Private helicopter charter and transfers to resorts and lodges
• Scenic flights over the Great Barrier Reef, the Wet Tropics rainforest and Top End national parks

Fleet

The company lists more than 40 helicopters, including:

• Bell 412EP, winch equipped, for emergency services and search and rescue
• Bell 212S Eagle Single for heavy lift, up to 1,800 kg on the hook
• UH-60L Black Hawk, 3,800 kg external load
• Bell 429, Bell 407GXi, Bell 206L and Bell 206
• Airbus H125 Squirrel and Airbus H130

Company facts

• Started operations in 1993 in Townsville
• Bases: Cairns, Port Douglas, Townsville, Horn Island, Darwin, Jabiru and Gove, plus HeliSurveys in Jindabyne
• ISO 9001 accredited
• BARS Gold accredited across all areas of operation
• In-house maintenance facilities and refuelling infrastructure
• Cairns flight departures from the Pier Heliport, 2 Pier Point Rd

Contact

Website: nautilusaviation.com.au

Phone: (07) 4034 9000; Northern Territory (08) 8945 0944

Location: Hangar 7, Bush Pilots Ave, General Aviation, Aeroglen QLD 4870, Australia