Summit Helicopters
{{Short description|Canadian aviation company}}
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| airline = Summit Helicopters
| logo = Summit_Helicopter_Logo.png
| logo_size = 250
|image = C-FQHB Summit Helicopters B06 at Cambridge Bay Airport.JPG
| caption = A Bell 206 at Cambridge Bay Airport
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| CDD = KM{{CanDD|Summit Helicopters|KM|KAMI|2|2023-02-28}}
| parent = Ledcor Group of Companies
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| founded = 2013
| headquarters = Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada
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| hubs = Yellowknife Airport
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| website = {{URL|http://summithelicopters.ca/}}
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Summit Helicopters is a Canadian aviation company that provides charter services throughout remote areas of western and northern Canada as well as the United Kingdom and Indonesia.[http://summithelicopters.ca/about/ Summit - About] Summit Helicopters is a member of the Ledcor Group of Companies and is a sister company to Summit Air.{{Cite web|url=http://www.ledcor.com/what-we-do/transportation/aviation|title=Transportation Infrastructure Construction {{!}} Ledcor Group|website=www.ledcor.com|access-date=2016-03-09}}
Summit Helicopters operates two different types of helicopters, all equipped with "onboard satellite phone, portable phone, next generation satellite tracking, and Transport Canada approved medevac kit."{{cite web|url=https://summithelicopters.ca/fleet/ |title=Fleet |access-date=7 September 2024}} Depending on the service, required optional equipment includes "wildlife antennae, camera mounts, utility baskets, and emergency and fixed floats".
History
The Det'on Cho Corporation and three Yellowknife residents, Rob Carroll, Kevin Lang and Geoff Furniss, founded Trinity Helicopters in 2009.{{Cite web|url=http://www.detoncho.com/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=135:trinity-sale&catid=41:news&Itemid=86|title=Det'on Cho Corporation Announces Sale of Trinity Helicopters|last=Administrator|website=www.detoncho.com|access-date=2016-03-09}} They quickly grew to a fleet of 17 helicopters operating in all three northern Canadian territories.
In January 2013, Ledcor Air Limited, a member of the Ledcor Group of Companies, purchased Trinity Helicopters and subsequently renamed the company Summit Helicopters.{{Cite web|url=http://journalofcommerce.com/Home/News/2013/5/Ledcor-acquires-business-and-assets-of-BC-based-Trinity-Helicopters-JOC055344W/|title=Ledcor acquires business and assets of B.C. based Trinity Helicopters|website=journalofcommerce.com|access-date=2016-03-09}}
Summit acquired CC Helicopters of Kamloops in 2014. CC Helicopters had over 30 years of experience in the British Columbia Interior and operated a fleet of light, intermediate, and medium helicopters with instrument flight rules (IFR) and visual flight rules (VFR) crews based at Kamloops Airport and Lillooet Airport. CC Helicopters also specialized in BC Air Ambulance medevac, oil and gas exploration and support, forestry survey and protection, environmental and wildlife survey, and power line support.
In addition to its headquarters in Yellowknife, Summit Helicopters now operates out of five bases: Kamloops, Terrace (Northwest Regional Airport Terrace-Kitimat), Fort McMurray (Fort McMurray International Airport), Lillooet, and Norman Wells (Norman Wells Airport).
Fleet
As of September 2024, Summit Helicopters has the following aircraft registered with Transport Canada (TC).{{TCregister|SUMMIT+HELICOPTERS|Summit Helicopters|date=7 September 2024}}
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|+ Summit Helicopters | |||
| Aircraft||No. of Aircraft||Variants||Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Bell 407 | align=center| 6 | Seats six plus pilot, has a cruise speed of {{cvt|150|mph|km/h kn|lk=out}} and can carry {{cvt|1900|lb}} internally and {{cvt|2550|lb|abbr=on}} externally.{{cite web|url=https://summithelicopters.ca/fleet/bell-407/ |title=Bell 407 |access-date=7 September 2024}} | |
| Bell 412 | align=center| 4 | Bell 412EP | Seats fourteen plus pilot, has a cruise speed of {{cvt|150|mph|km/h kn}} and can carry {{cvt|4200|lb}} internally and {{cvt|3000|lb}} externally. Listed at Summit Helicopters as a Bell 412SP and by TC as a Bell 412EP{{cite web|url=https://summithelicopters.ca/fleet/bell-412-sp/ |title=Bell 412SP/EP/EPI |access-date=7 September 2024}} |
| Total | align=center| 10 | colspan="3" | |
References
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