First year milestone for SaxonAir Flight Support DanCopter contract

                             
SaxonAir Flight Support, based at Norwich Airport, celebrated the first year of offshore ground handling with DanCopter.

The contract involves SaxonAir handling all Shell offshore passengers and freight from Norwich Airport on behalf of DanCopter of Denmark.

DanCopter were awarded the Shell contract in July 2012 to operate helicopters carrying passengers and freight to and from its platforms in the Southern North Sea, and as part of the award contracted all passenger and freight facilities, check-in, processing, security screening and briefing services to SaxonAir.

Today in the North Sea, DanCopter operates a total of 12 aircraft from Eurocopter EC155 and EC225 as well as AgustaWestland AW139 helicopters. DanCopter is part of the BlueWay Group with bases in Denmark, Norway, UK, Netherlands and Nigeria.

SaxonAir and DanCopter organised a joint open day to celebrate the milestone, inviting all involved staff, individuals, organisations and key local businesses. Over the past 12 months as part of the contract SaxonAir has handled in excess of 42,000 passengers and processed over 740 tonnes of baggage and freight.

Christopher Mace, group commercial director for SaxonAir said “The offshore industry is a vital part of the UK infrastructure, our services and dedicated facilities for DanCopter and Shell enables their flights to be processed efficiently and safely. We are very pleased to be working with DanCopter marking our first anniversary of the Shell operation, and we look forward to many more years of joint cooperation.”

Photograph (left to right): Mike Gislam, DanCopter’s Norwich base manager and James Palmer, SaxonAir’s ground handling manager, in front of a DanCopter Eurocopter EC155 Helicopter