French
DeutschWiking Helikopter Service
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| Founded | 1975 | ||||||
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| Ceased operations | 2022 | ||||||
| Fleet size | 7 | ||||||
| Headquarters | Wilhelmshaven, Germany | ||||||
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| Website | www | ||||||
Wiking Helikopter Service GmbH was a German helicopter operator, specialising in providing offshore helicopter transportation around the North Sea and Baltic Sea.
Overview
[edit]Wiking was specialised in offshore winching of passengers to vessels and wind turbines. Since the start in 1975, Wiking had been providing its services to the maritime pilots "Lotsenbrüderschaft Weser and Jade" in the German Bight.
Wiking Helikopter Service also was an Airbus Helicopters and Leonardo Helicopters Customer Support Center and provides maintenance services on the Leonardo AW139 and Airbus Helicopters H145 helicopters in Europe.
In October 2022, Wiking filed for bankruptcy and was partially taken over by German helicopter operator Northern Helicopter NHC.[1]
Fleet
[edit]As of June 2022, WIKING Helikopter Service operated the following helicopters:[2]
References
[edit]- ^ aerokurier.de (German) 11 January 2023
- ^ "Helikopterflotte" (in German). Wiking Helikopter Service. Archived from the original on 15 May 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
