Helijet Intl

Helijet International is a British Columbia helicopter airline founded in 1986, when it began scheduled flights between Vancouver and Victoria. Its head office and main hangar are at Vancouver International Airport. This listing covers its North Coast base at Seal Cove Aerodrome in Prince Rupert.

From Prince Rupert, Helijet flies helicopter charters for private travellers, fishing resort transfers, sightseeing, and utility and resource-industry work. The company also runs seasonal bases at Sandspit Airport on Haida Gwaii and at Bella Bella on the Central Coast, which shuttle passengers to lodges and resorts.

The Prince Rupert base offers 12-passenger twin-engine Sikorsky S-76 helicopters in season and 5-passenger Airbus AS350 helicopters all year. Seal Cove is also home to Helijet's North Coast air medical operation, an S-76 air ambulance run under contract with BC Ambulance Services and staffed around the clock.

Across the company, Helijet's fleet is mostly Sikorsky S-76s, plus two AS350s, a Learjet 31A and a Cessna Citation X. The two jets serve its medevac work and fixed-wing charter. Helijet holds Canadian air operator certificate 4622 and flies under the IATA code JB.

Flyers on the North Coast can use the Prince Rupert base for direct helicopter access to remote communities and lodges where there are few road or scheduled air links.