UK Search and Rescue Helicopter Facilities
Bristow Helicopters has won a £1.6bn 10-year contract to take over the UK’s helicopter search and rescue operations on behalf of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency. Under the new contract, 22 helicopters will operate from 10 locations around the UK. Seven of these locations require new Search and Rescue (SAR) bases to be constructed on existing airport/airbase sites.