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{{Infobox company
| name = Global Vectra Helicorp Limited
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| type = [[Public company|Public]]<br />{{BSE|532773}}<br />{{NSE|GLOBALVECT}}
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| predecessor = Azal (company)
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| foundation = {{Start date|1997}}
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| location_city = [[Mumbai]]
| location_country = [[India]]
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| locations = [[Mumbai]], [[Delhi]], [[Bangalore]]
| area_served = [[India]]
| key_people = [[Ravi Rishi]]<br /> S. J. S. Saighal (Chairman)<br />Neil Seabrook (CEO)
| industry = [[Aviation]]
| products =
| services = Offshore & onshore helicopter transportation services
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| homepage = [https://web.archive.org/web/20160714205725/http://www.globalhelicorp.com/index.asp Global Vectra] (Archive Copy: 14 July 2016)
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'''Global Vectra Helicorp Limited''' (GVHL) is India’s largest private helicopter company. It has fleet of 29 aircraft ranging from small light helicopters to medium-sized twin engined helicopters seating 4 to 15 passengers. The Company is promoted by [[Non-resident Indian and person of Indian origin|Non-resident Indian]] businessman [[Ravi Rishi]].<ref name="Who is Ravi Rishi">{{cite news|title=Who is Ravi Rishi|publisher=Business Standard|accessdate=9 September 2016|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/who-is-ravi-rishi-112033100042_1.html}}</ref>

The company is headquartered in Mumbai at the [[Juhu Aerodrome]] where its offshore wing services the oil and gas industry with forward bases at [[Visakhapatnam]] and [[Rajahmundry]].<ref name="GVHL Profile">url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110923095347/http://www.globalhelicorp.com/about-gvhl.asp|archive-date=23 September 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> The onshore operation, covering the entire Indian subcontinent, is based in New Delhi and Bangalore.<ref>{{cite web|title= Annual Report 2011 |url=http://www.globalhelicorp.com/pdf/GVHL-AR-2011.pdf | accessdate= 2 August 2012|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130412090246/http://www.globalhelicorp.com/pdf/GVHL-AR-2011.pdf|archivedate=12 April 2013}}</ref> GVHL is listed on the [[National Stock Exchange of India|National Stock Exchange]] and the [[Bombay Stock Exchange]] having ISO 9001-2008, 14001-2004, and OHSAS 18001-2007 certifications covering flight operations, engineering, safety, quality control, and commercial systems.

==History==
The company was founded in 1997 as Azal and started off-shore operations in 1998 with 3 helicopters. The UK based businessman [[Ravi Rishi]] of Vectra Group acquired it in 2004 and the company went public in 2006.<ref>{{cite web|title= History|url=http://www.globalhelicorp.com/about-history.asp |publisher=GVHL | accessdate= 2 August 2012 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120808065637/http://www.globalhelicorp.com/about-history.asp |archivedate=8 August 2012}}</ref> A new hangar measuring 6000 square metres was inaugurated in January 2009. The company's maintenance facility for its Bell fleet housed in this hangar meets international quality standards and has received certification from the [[Directorate General of Civil Aviation (India)|DGCA]].

==Birdie Airport Shuttle Service==
Birdie operates twin-engine helicopters seating 9 Passengers from [[Bangalore International Airport Limited]] (BIAL), 40 km from the city centre, to helipads at [[HAL Airport]], [[Whitefield, Bangalore|Whitefield]], [[Electronics City]], and [[Mysore]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Birdie|url=http://www.globalhelicorp.com/onshore-division.asp|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120814103237/http://www.globalhelicorp.com/onshore-division.asp|archivedate=14 August 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Global Vectra to launch helicopter charter services in Bangalore|url=http://www.livemint.com/2009/02/13121943/Global-Vectra-to-launch-helico.html|publisher=[[Livemint]]|accessdate= 2 August 2012}}</ref>

==Fleet==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Helicopter !! In service !! Orders
|-
| [[Bell 412EP]] || 15 || –
|-
| [[Eurocopter EC135|EC 135]] || 1 || –
|-
| [[AS350B3]] || 2 || –
|-
| [[AS350B3E]] || 2 || –
|-
| [[EC 130T2]] || 2 || –
|-
| [[AW139]] || 5 || –
|-
| [[AW169]] || 2 || 1
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Helicopter airlines]]
[[Category:Companies based in Mumbai]]
[[Category:Airlines of India]]
[[Category:1987 establishments in Maharashtra]]
[[Category:Indian companies established in 1987]]
[[Category:Airlines established in 1987]]

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