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power on the front line. It means a lot to the customer farms. Previously, all of Bel Air”s activities were based in
that we have a competent head of base who is allowed the Danish part of the North Sea, but the outlook today
to make decisions and has support from home,” says is very different and international:
Susanne Hessellund, who is pleased to have a firm foun-
dation for the business in the form of the flights from “We have been involved in operations in Germany,
Den Helder. Romania, Gabon, Finland, the Netherlands and the UK.
We have been to Turkey and Russia, and we have had
Servicing helicopters has also become a core part of Bel largely positive experiences across the board. You learn a
Air”s offering, both at the base in Esbjerg but also in the lot from working with other cultures and seeing that our
form of technicians travelling on-site, to as far away as way of thinking about business is not necessarily the only
the Falkland Islands and Australia, to service helicopters. one that works,” says Susanne Hessellund:
“We have seen new business areas and markets grow as “We've got really good and useful insight into how
a result of us opening ourselves up to new opportunities. others work, and we learned a lot about ourselves and
We knew there was potential in servicing others and what we can accomplish when we stand together as a
using our vast experience to do it, and we are continuing team. We are definitely stronger as an organisation and
to expand that business area. We have also utilised our are more robust today. And I”m so impressed and proud
network and cultivated new partnerships,” Susanne that our entire team overcame tough odds and managed
Hessellund says. to keep up their spirits through the entire process,” she
says. n
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Bel Air has entered new markets by flying crew change
to vessels installing pipelines and servicing offshore wind

As a fleet leader for the AW189 helicopter, Bel Air’s pilots and technicians possess great expertise.
This, in itself, has led to a market of servicing and knowledge sharing.

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