CHC Helicopter is preparing a multi-million pound investment in its longtime base in Dyce, Aberdeen. The company has said that the expansion will benefit offshore workers, the oil-and-gas companies for which they work, and CHC’s own people.
CHC has said that the project will transform CHC’s facilities and further raise its capabilities in Dyce by considerably expanding hangar capacity, creating a larger and more streamlined passenger terminal, and providing for a new operations center.
The development will be delivered in two phases. The first phase will double the size of the existing hangar, where the company’s engineers can maintain more than 20 heavy aircraft. That work is planned to begin during the first half of calendar 2015.
“We are determined to not only respond to the needs of customers, but anticipate them, and to constantly enhance the experience of offshore workers.”
In the second phase, expected to start the following year, CHC will redevelop its passenger terminal, promising to improve the experience for offshore workers. The transformed two-storey terminal will include a new passenger lounge as well as dedicated space for CHC’s major oil-and-gas customers.
Mark Abbey , regional director for CHC West North Sea, said that the company is investing in people, its fleet and its facilities in Aberdeen, other U.K. locations and around the world.
“This increased financial commitment is part of a very broad, ongoing commitment in Aberdeen and to the people who rely on us,” said Abbey . “We are determined to not only respond to the needs of customers, but anticipate them, and to constantly enhance the experience of offshore workers.
“Customers are responding favourably to our improved tools, systems and processes, rewarding us with a number of major, long-term contracts this year. The expansion of our operations in Aberdeen is expected to broaden and extend that trend.”
Presently, CHC carries more than 140,000 people on over 9,000 flights a year from the Aberdeen base. CHC has more than 20 helicopters in Scotland serving the offshore oil-and-gas industry.
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