PremiAir
 

The PremiAir base at Denham has been closed this week and the buildings reclaimed by the landlord. A notice on the door bans entrance - written by an asset valuation company.
Thoughts are with some great employees.

Also see some of the comments on: http://www.pprune.org/rotorheads/449...istration.html

That explains why they wouldn't offer us fuel this week!!?!

MADY

What effect does this have on the London HEMS aircraft?

What effect does it have on the Blackbushe operation?

The Hems aircraft has permission to carry on as normal

Thats a real shame...I hope those who were or are in charge take a long look at what has happened and hang their heads.....

Good Luck guys. Hope it all carries on at BB.....

From the same hangar?

same old story isnt it...

When the parent company suffered a few months ago the offical line goes out "it will not affect us" and then a few months down the line the doors close!

MADY

I am quite sure...not 100% certain but quite sure that id Davis didnt have anything to do with the running then it would be in a much better position.

As far as I am concerned that bloke should be shot......t:mad:at

+1 to Captb747's comments.

Apparently it is only Denham affected. Fingers crossed for all concerned that the business continues from Blackbushe.

Yes Bravo 73, from the same hanger. All with the landlords permission.

Jet A1 is still available at Denham, under the airfield's control. Call the airfield office.

"only Denham affected" - maybe. But that's still a lot of shocked employees who were told to get out of the buildings with no notice.

JimBall - totally agree 100%, was not trying to suggest otherwise.

However I stand by my comment that I sincerely hope for all involved in the day-to-day operations, that the business is able to continue from Blackbushe (or elsewhere).

Ah, that's good to hear.

My thoughts are with all the guys at Denham . I hangared my squirrel there for a few years and the guys on the hangar floor were great . I still used to pop in for a coffee and ciggy and a gossip outside the back door . Very sad to see another company that should have flourished fail due to people in suits :ugh:

Yes, in this case, as if often true, it's a huge shame for the shop floor workers.

As far as the ownership in a suit is concerned, what a terrible shame - couldn't have happened to a nicer bloke....could it?

Very sorry to hear this news. Best wishes to all the employees - hope you all find a slot in our "streamlined" industry.

From what has not been said, I assume the Premiar police pilots are still in work at their various bases? Fingers crossed.

Premiair seem to be going the same way Manns went 18 months ago. Is there another Gama in the wings to come to the rescue?

Very sad news. Had a few years working for them and were some of the most enjoyable, great bunch and wish them all the best for the future.

As far as I can find out, yes, the police pilots are all still employed and operating as normal. I believe that the company itself is still operating too, with charter aircraft and maintenance at Blackbushe, and that there have been no redundancies.

I just hope for the sake of all involved that what i've heard is correct, and that this does not change.

And the Royal contract?

...is nothing to do with PremiAir (other than occasionally borrowing pilots).

Well who does all their maintenance and the majority of their charter then?

Back to the thread - what a shame the owner has used the Company as a cash cow now all his other businesses have gone. I feel sorry for all those who have worked so hard to try to do their best in the face of adversity over the last few years.

Hopefully another owner can be found, but preferably one with more helicopter vision than GAMA turned out to have for the former Mann empire, and before the company loses all its remaining good people.

The rumour is that there are some interested parties in the wings but that Mr D@v!€$ is such a toxic entity that no-one has any interest in dealing with him so they will wait until the company goes into administration and deal with the administrators instead. (Can't say i blame them).

Hope it gets sorted soon for the good of all concerned.

OH

Helisniper:

"Hopefully another owner can be found, but preferably one with more helicopter vision than GAMA turned out to have for the former Mann empire, and before the company loses all its remaining good people"

What have Gama done to neglect helicopters? I understood they'd taken on all of the contract helicopter engineers, are re-furbing the Heli hangar and have actively pushed to attract new work.

I hope all goes well for the folks at PremiAir, got some friends there.

I too hope all goes well for the people there, I was one of the team from 2000-2005, based at Denham for most of those. A couple of articles on helihub.

UK – PremiAir problems mount with key resignation(s) | Helihub - the Helicopter Industry Data Source

UK – PremiAir stops trading at Denham – what’s next? | Helihub - the Helicopter Industry Data Source

Really sad news for the workforce. I left PremiAir a couple of years ago (on good terms!) and found them to be a great employer. Hopefully they will bounce back!

any more news on what's happenning at Blackbushe?

Aircraft are landing, aircraft are taking off. :)

Let's re-phrase that...
Any more news on PremiAir at Blackbushe, now that Denham ops appears to have taken a turn for the worse?

:(

The word hourglass comes to mind.

Would like to know what happened to those customers whose helis were locked in the hangars at Denham through PremiAir's non-payment of rent?

Yes, the Denham side of things is now operating out of Blackbush.

Class. Reading between the lines, Premier owe Denham a shed load of money to the point that airfield management are forced to change the locks. I'll take a stab at a few hundred thousand in rent and fuel. One also presumes that there has been previous discussion between the parties as no one would be daft enough to lock the doors at the first opportunity. Management transfer business activity to another airfield, for which everyone should be eternally grateful, leaving Denham with an IOU.

Call me a bluff old traditionalist, but I'm not convinced this will do anything other than provide short term respite to an apparent cash flow problem; the elephant is almost definitely still in the room. The bit that gets under my skin is that for every company that fails, another is almost inevitably dragged down.

No customer helis were affected, nor any PremiAir helis.

Lets hope blackbushe are offering rent / fuel etc on a prepay basis :)

.............and let us hope Denham get paid..........

PremiAir got sold today.:ok:

To Graham Avery....who he?

I hope it all works out.

No obvious aviator with that name after a brief search.