be updated . please update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information . june 2016 bond aviation group type private industry airline founded 1961 . ceased operating as bond aviation group in 2016 1961 . ceased operating as bond aviation group in 2016 headquarters staverton england united kingdom parent babcock international subsidiaries bond air services bond offshore helicopters website bondaviationgroup.com bond aviation group was the name of a large british helicopter operator based at gloucestershire airport staverton . it was purchased by babcock international in 2014 . it incorporated bond air services and bond offshore helicopters . all bond businesses in the uk changed their names in 2016 and today operate as babcock part of the group s mission critical services businesses within the international division . bond offshore helicopters has become babcock mission critical services offshore and bond air services has become babcock mission critical services onshore . both companies hold a united kingdom civil aviation authority type b operating licence and they are permitted to carry passengers cargo and mail on aircraft with less than 20 seats . 1 bond mainly operates eurocopter aircraft . contents 1 history 2 bond offshore helicopters 3 bond air services 4 references 5 external links history edit a dh .86 express of bond air services at liverpool john lennon airport on the day of the grand national in 1950 . founded in 1961 the company first entered the offshore transport industry in 1972 providing helicopters mainly in support of offshore oil and gas operations . 2 by the late 1990s bond operated a fleet of over 200 helicopters . in 1995 the business was merged with helikopter service group of norway . the group organisation was formed in 1999 when bond was acquired from helikopter service group . in 2014 the group s parent company avincis was purchased by the babcock international group . all uk operations under the bond name adopted the babcock name in 2016 . bond offshore helicopters edit in 2001 bond offshore helicopters was formed at aberdeen airport to take advantage of the booming north sea oil and gas crew replacement requirement . 2002 saw bp award bond offshore the largest ever offshore helicopter transport service contract worth 120 million to provide all of their aberdeen based helicopter support operations . this part of the group now employs 250 people and has a forecast turnover of 59m . 3 in addition to the oil and gas industry service contract bond also operates a search & rescue operation in the north sea . the company operate the eurocopter super puma as332l2 eurocopter 365n3 dauphin and eurocopter ec225 super puma ii . in 2016 bond offshore helicopters changed its name to babcock mission critical services offshore bond air services edit see also bond air services a eurocopter ec 135 owned and operated by bond air services air ambulance re fuelling at glasgow city heliport in western scotland . glasgow science tower in the background . bond air services is the largest operator of air ambulance and police aviation units in the uk . 3 using mainly eurocopter ec 135 and bolkow bo 105 helicopters they operate from 17 bases around the uk and have 2 headquarters staverton and glasgow . in 2016 bond air services changed its name to babcock mission critical services onshore . references edit http www.caa.co.uk default.aspx catid 183 & pagetype 90 & pageid 9068 caa website about us . bond aviation group . retrieved 12 december 2014 . a b http www.hays.com jobs bond welcome.html bond profile external links edit official website v t e airlines of the united kingdom and channel islands passenger major british airways ba cityflyer easyjet flybe jet2.com monarch airlines thomas cook airlines thomson airways virgin atlantic minor airtanker services aurigny blue islands bmi regional bristow helicopters eastern airways hebridean air services isles of scilly skybus jota aviation loganair 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