Taiga Helicopters (1993) Ltd.

Taiga Helicopters is a helicopter charter company with bases in northern Alberta and British Columbia, Canada. Its website says it has provided charter service with qualified and experienced professionals for over 20 years. The company states that it operates 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

Fleet

The services page says Taiga operates Astar 350 B3, B2 and D models as well as Bell 206 Jet Ranger helicopters.

Services

Taiga lists general charter services, described as getting clients to where they need to be in minutes rather than hours. It also lists emergency services, which it says have included emergency evacuation assistance, search and rescue, fire suppression, medevac and equipment recovery. Adventure and tourism flights include heli tours, heli hiking and fishing, and sightseeing tours. Other services listed are:

• Vertical reference (long line) flying
• Mountain flying
• Fire suppression
• Aerial spraying
• Cone harvesting
• Oil, gas and mining exploration
• Aerial construction

Bases

• Whitecourt, Alberta: main office and maintenance base, about one and a half hours north west of Edmonton
• Hinton, Alberta: operations base at the Hinton/Jasper Airport serving west central Alberta
• Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia: at the Tumbler Ridge Airport
• Chetwynd, British Columbia: at the Chetwynd Airport, in Buffalo Aerial's former hangar

Careers

The website also advertises for Aircraft Maintenance Engineers and apprentices.

Contact

Main office and maintenance base: Whitecourt, Alberta