BlueWay Offshore Norge AS was an offshore

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based at

Stavanger Airport, Sola Stavanger Airport ( no, Stavanger lufthavn; ), commonly just known as Sola, is an international airport located in Rogaland county, Norway. The airport is located southwest of the centre of the city of Stavanger inside the neighboring munici ...

Sola Sola is a municipality and a Seaside resort in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Jæren. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Solakrossen. Other villages include Tananger, Hålandsm ...

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. Established in 2009, it remained until 2014 when the group was sold to

Noordzee Helikopters Vlaanderen The NHV Group, is an operator of civilian helicopters based in Ostend, Belgium. NHV Group is specialized in business-to-business helicopter services, both offshore & onshore. Today, NHV Group states to be the only helicopter service provider with ...

History

The BlueWay Group had its basis in an ownership constellation for

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, a land-based helicopter operator. BlueWay was created when the Reiten Group bought part sixty percent of the stake in Airlift, with Helicopter Transport Group selling down from one hundred to forty percent. BlueWay Offshore was incorporated in 2009. Within two years it had reached a revenue of . Its first major contract came in 2012, when it signed with Royall Dutch Shell for transport to the fields Draugen and Ormen Lange. The latter required the company to establish a base at

Kristiansund Airport, Kvernberget Kristiansund Airport ( no, Kristiansund lufthavn; ) is an international airport serving Kristiansund, Norway. It is situated at Kvernberget on the island of Nordlandet and is the sole scheduled airport serving Nordmøre. The airport features a ...

. The same year it signed another agreement with Shell, this time in the Danish sector, with services commencing on 1 July 2014. BlueWay was taken over by

in 2014.

References

{{Portal bar, Norway, Companies, Aviation Defunct airlines of Norway Defunct helicopter airlines Airlines established in 2009 2009 establishments in Norway Companies based in Sola, Norway Airlines disestablished in 2014 2014 disestablishments in Norway