Summit Helicopters is a Canadian aviation company that provides charter services throughout remote areas of

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as well as the United Kingdom and Indonesia. Summit Helicopters is a member of the

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and is a sister company to

Summit Air Summit Air (8199400 Canada Inc. is a Canadian airline headquartered in Yellowknife that operates scheduled, charter and cargo aviation throughout the Northwest Territories, Nunavut, and Yukon. Summit Air is a member of the Ledcor Group of Com ...

. Summit Helicopters operates two different types of helicopters, all equipped with "onboard

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approved medevac kit." 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

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residents, Rob Carroll, Kevin Lang and Geoff Furniss, founded Trinity Helicopters in 2009. 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. Summit acquired CC Helicopters of

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in 2014. CC Helicopters had over 30 years of experience in the

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and operated a fleet of light, intermediate, and medium helicopters with

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(IFR) and

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(VFR) crews based at

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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,

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Fleet

As of September 2024, Summit Helicopters has the following aircraft registered with

(TC).

References

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