Pawan Hans
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Pawan Hans Limited (PHL) is a transport service operated as a central public sector undertaking based at Noida in Delhi NCR, India. It is a Mini Ratna-I category PSU under the ownership of Ministry of Civil Aviation of the Government of India. It has cumulatively flown more than 1 million hours and has had 2.5 million landings on its fleet since its formation. The registered office is located in New Delhi. The corporate headquarter is located at Sector-1 in Noida with regional office at New Delhi, Mumbai and Guwahati. The operations are based at the Juhu Aerodrome in Vile Parle (West), Mumbai.[2]
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Founded | 15 October 1985; 38 years ago (1985-10-15) as Helicopter Corporation of India | ||||||
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Commenced operations | November 1, 1985 (1985-11-01) | ||||||
Hubs | Juhu Aerodrome, Mumbai | ||||||
Secondary hubs | Rohini Heliport, Delhi | ||||||
Fleet size | 42 | ||||||
Parent company | Ministry of Civil Aviation, Government of India | ||||||
Headquarters | Sector-1, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India | ||||||
Revenue | ₹372.90 crore (US$47 million)(2020–21) | ||||||
Operating income | ₹−18.71 crore (US$−2.3 million)(2020-21) | ||||||
Net income | ₹−886.59 lakh (US$−1.1 million)(2020-21) | ||||||
Employees | 1000+ | ||||||
Website | www |
It is the country's one and only government-owned-helicopter service provider with the objective of providing helicopter support services to the oil sector for its off-shore exploration operations, services in remote areas and charter services for promotion of tourism.