Meanttobe: Bond is now owned by Avincis, not World Helicopters. (Rebrand) I hope your other information is up to date.
Why is everyone automatically assuming its Bond/Avincis bid that is 20% lower? Surely it could be Bristow?
One final point... Bristow rescued 7,000 people over the last 2 decades, CHC rescue between 200 and 800 people per base (Ireland slightly different), Avincis rescued 7,000 people in ONE year.... Those figures tell me that Avincis is the World Leader in SAR, HEMS etc.... Are they not going to be the top bidder?
(All figures from respective websites)