Universal Helicopters

Universal Helicopters Newfoundland Limited (UHNL) currently operates 20 aircraft including the Bell 407, Bell 206L4, Bell 206LR, Eurocopter AS350BA and the Eurocopter AS350B2.

UHNL is a 100% Newfoundland and Labrador Company operating primarily in this province with service regularly extending to the Ungava Peninsula, the high Arctic, and other regions of Canada. Our company holds an International Operating Certificate and has completed several contracts in Greenland and the United States.

 

UHNL began operations in 1963 as Universal Helicopters Ltd. and was once a part of the Okanagan Helicopters group. Now a separate and independent company, UHNL has acquired a vast amount of experience providing specialty helicopter services in austere and remote areas for 50 years. All of our personnel have valuable managerial and field experience in all facets of the helicopter industry as well as our clients’ industries.  UHNL currently has approximately 50 employees, many of whom have been with our company for decades.

 

We have been operating helicopters for a half century in extreme and challenging conditions.

Subsequently, all of our pilots have extensive local area knowledge and experience operating in maritime, remote and mountainous environments, as well as being conversant with long line slinging, mineral exploration support and wildlife research and management.

 

Our innovative company was one of the first operators in the world to incorporate the Bell 407. We also participated in the research and development of an early version of Satellite Flight Following System. We are currently a test company for a new electronic flight information reporting system which can integrate with various departments within the company.

 

UHNL's corporate head office, main stores and accounting services are situated in Goose Bay, Labrador with other bases situated in St. John's, Pasadena and Gander, Newfoundland. Each location has permanent base personnel and hangar support facilities for year round operations and maintenance. UHNL has five decades of experience in maintaining and overhauling our aircraft in support of remote field operations. With the completion of our new 900 sq. meter facility in Goose Bay, this centre has now become the prime maintenance facility for UHNL in providing running maintenance, major airframe and component overhauls and inspections for our in-house requirements and third party clients. UHNL is a certified Bell Customer Service Facility.


Contact Us

P.O. Box 529, Stn. C
Happy Valley Goose Bay, NL
A0P 1C0 

Base Manager: Rick Dawe
Phone: 709-896-2444
Fax: 709-896-0996
Email: rdawe@uhnl.nf.ca