Offshore Industry: Helicopters
(asked on 20th June 2016) - View Source
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 14 June 2016 to Question 39766, what proportion of all flights between UK airports and oil rigs were undertaken by (a) AS332 Super Puma and (b) Eurocopter EC225 aircraft in each of those years.
The proportion of flights between UK airports and oil rigs undertaken by the AS3332 SUPER PUMA and Eurocopter EC225 aircraft in each year since 2007 is as follows:
Aircraft Type | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
AEROSPATIALE AS332 SUPER PUMA C1E | 54.1% | 42.5% | 33.4% | 28.7% | 24.9% | 23.5% | 25.9% | 13.4% | 4.0% |
EUROCOPTER EC225 (H225) | 11.0% | 14.6% | 17.2% | 23.4% | 27.2% | 21.0% | 1.5% | 15.8% | 21.4% |