COVID-19: Helicopter transport – challenges & experience

The COVID 19 outbreak has presented challenges worldwide to the helicopter operator. A mixture of military, civil utility and aeromedical helicopters have been pressed into service to transport patients, and the rapid development of the pandemic has allowed little time for ‘best practice’ to be developed. In the face of operational pressures manufacturers, military regulators and operators have pressed solutions into service to meet demand. The purpose of this webinar will be to provide for the first time a common forum for key stakeholders to come together and share experience – good and bad – of how those in the front line of service provision have managed the enormous challenges presented. The UK military guidelines that underline operations being performed by the Royal Air Force and Royal Navy will be described. The OEM view from Leonardo Helicopters will be shared, with particular emphasis on operations in North America. Closer to home, the operations of coast guard providers in Iceland, Ireland and the UK will also be reviewed to capture complex operations being executed in that domain.