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Bristow Helicopters is a British civil helicopter operator originally based at Aberdeen Airport, Scotland which is now part of the U.S. based Bristow Group (, S&P 600 component) which in turn has its corporate headquarters in Houston, Texas. Bristow Helicopters Ltd holds a United Kingdom Civil Aviation Authority Type A Operating Licence, it is permitted to carry passengers, cargo and mail on aircraft with 20 seats or more.〔(UK CAA - Operating Licence Holders )〕 The U.S. division of Bristow is a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) approved Part 135 air carrier. ==History== The company was formed in June 1953 when Alan Bristow changed the name of his company from Air Whaling Limited. Bristow Helicopters was one of the early suppliers of offshore helicopter services in the United Kingdom, it is also a supplier of Search and Rescue services and of military helicopter pilot training support in the UK. Bristow is a JAA-approved Type Rating Training Organization and Flight Training Organization, holding CAA approvals numbered UK/TRTO - 34 and UK/FTO - 84. Bristow offers courses in JAA-Approved Type Rating, JAA-Approved Instrument Rating, JAA-Approved TRI/TRE, and the AS332 simulator. From February 17, 1965 and onwards, it operated the Westland Wessex 60 ten-seat helicopter in support of North Sea Oil industry off-shore installations. During the late 1960s, Bristow operated a fleet of Hiller UH-12 training helicopters based at AAC Middle Wallop which were used to train flight crews for the UK Army Air Corps. In 1985, it was acquired by British and Commonwealth Holdings plc.〔(British & Commonwealth acquires remaining interest in Bristow Helicopter Group )〕 In 1996, Bristow Helicopters was purchased by Offshore Logistics, an American offshore helicopter operator which operated as Air Logistics in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico and Alaska, and was structured as a reverse takeover. The group now operates and maintains a global fleet of over 400 aircraft. In 2006 Offshore Logistics re-branded itself as 'The Bristow Group'. The Bristow Group expanded their portfolio in April 2007 with the purchase of Helicopter Adventures, a Florida-based flight school, Helicopter Adventures was subsequently renamed Bristow Academy.〔http://www.bristowgroup.com/pdf/Bristow_Corporate_Newsletter_May_2007.pdf〕〔Smith, Dale. "(Training Profile: Bristow Academy )" page 27-31. ''Rotor&Wing'', July 2011.〕 The deal also provided the Bristow Group with the world's largest civilian fleet of Schweizer aircraft.〔http://www.heli.com/helicopter-sales/〕 The Bristow safety vision, Target Zero〔http://www.raes-hfg.com/reports/10oct07-RiskInMaintEnv/10oct07-Evans-TZero.pdf〕 was announced in Feb 2007.〔http://www.bristowgroup.com/pdf/Bristow_Corporate_Newsletter_February_2007.pdf〕 It aims to achieve Zero Accidents, Zero Harm to People and Zero Harm to the Environment. It goes beyond Safety Management Systems to involve Safety Culture & Safety Leadership.〔BURMAN, RICHARD & EVANS, ANDY (2008) Target Zero: A Culture of Safety, Defence Aviation Safety Centre Journal 2008, p22-27. http://www.mod.uk/NR/rdonlyres/849892B2-D6D2-4DFD-B5BD-9A4F288A9B18/0/DASCJournal2008.pdf〕〔EVANS, ANDY & PARKER, JOHN (2008) Beyond Safety Management Systems, AeroSafety World, May p12-17 http://www.flightsafety.org/asw/may08/asw_may08_p12-17.pdf〕 Bristow and its competitors share information on safety.〔Johnson, Oliver. "(Charting Bristow's Course )" ''Vertical'', August 2015. (Archive )〕 Bristow flies 30 flights per day from Aberdeen Airport, the world's busiest heliport.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bristow Helicopters」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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