3 S92 are about to turn up for a contract in Port Hedland WA, they were marking the taxi ways out 2 weeks ago

I think the thing to remember here is that Airnorth has been very profitable in the past. They have only started loosing money since Bristow came on board. I have no doubt money has been shifted overseas. At the end of the day, they are a helicopter company attempting to run a fixed wing business - it was never going to work. The sooner they get MB back onboard, the better. Together we try.

Word on the street is that MB, is about to go on the board of CASA.

Its only short term contract 6-9 months.

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Same Santos drilling contract they have been supporting contract as Bristow has been supporting from Karratha, 2x S-92s. Bristow has 5 in country now, 3 are heading to the North Sea.

Pavement

The recent Bristow 10Q flings have shown Air North to be making a small loss, profit or loss is highly dependent on the fuel price.

The whole idea was to buy airlines (Eastern in the UK and Air North in Australia) and to control the whole travel supply chain for the offshore oil and gas workforce. But in Australia, Bristow customers didn't buy it, in fact, they are very adverse to having one logistics transport supplier. Bristow canvassed their customers and the reaction was negative.

But one or two management types in Bristow had delusions of grandeur and with the cash rolling in at that time from helicopter operations, they went ahead and did it anyway. After the purchase, Bristow didn't actually try to make the tie up with the helicopter contracts so Air North was always going to be a stepchild. They installed a "tea bag and toilet paper sheet counting" finance type as Air North CEO who had briefly held a position in Bristow as Service Delivery Manager. He was moved to Air North because the Bristow Helicopter customers neither liked the service nor the Manager.

If it's the person that is still CEO at AN now, then that individual is also CEO of Bristow Australia.

Good I've got photos!

CASA website says:

Mr Michael Bridge

First appointed: 1 October 2018

WaanBeBiggles

Same one. Ex Finance Manager Bristow, Head of Bristow Travel where he honed his tea bag counting and toilet paper rationing skills. After a brief spell as Bristow Service Delivery Manager, a new concept introduced by the then Bristow Australia CEO but which lasted only weeks, the purchase of Air North provided a promotion opportunity which also conveniently moved him away from the important oil and gas clients.

The Bristow Financial Year ends in April. Between April 2017 and April 2018 (latest figures not yet available) Bristow (mostly) and Air North lost $31,776,293 between them in Australia alone.

From memory AirNorth accounted for less than $2mil of that loss, roughly the cost of only one second hand CF34-8E from the sandpit. How many new engines did AN need in the last FY? So if it weren't for that, it wouldn't be a stretch to argue the company is a profitable entity..

As I said previously, Airnorth has been a very profitable company. It's just being run by monkeys at the moment.