HELOG is a former
helicopter airline company
An airline is a company that provides air transport services for traveling passengers and freight. Airlines use aircraft to supply these services and may form partnerships or alliances with other airlines for codeshare agreements, in which ...
based in
Germany which runs training courses in
Africa.
Overview
According to the company's website, it is headquartered in the Bavarian town of
Bad Reichenhall.
Its chief project was an academy in
Liberia
Liberia (), officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country on the West African coast. It is bordered by Sierra Leone to Liberia–Sierra Leone border, its northwest, Guinea to its north, Ivory Coast to its east, and the Atlantic Ocean ...
which trains school-leavers to maintain and repair machinery. The academy is supported by Germany's
Federal Ministry of Education and Research.
Helog says it has also signed an agreement with aid agency
Mercy Corps to train students how to install
renewable energy
Renewable energy is energy that is collected from renewable resources that are naturally replenished on a human timescale. It includes sources such as sunlight, wind, the movement of water, and geothermal heat. Although most renewable energy ...
systems in households.
Donors include:
*
HeidelbergCement,
*
Labdoo, and
*
Merck Group.
History
In its previous incarnation, Helog operated a range of aviation services, including:
:* Aerial firefighting in Germany and Switzerland, operating out of
Ainring and
Küssnacht.
:*Humanitarian aid, disaster relief, logistics and surveillance.
:*
Hovercraft
A hovercraft, also known as an air-cushion vehicle or ACV, is an amphibious Craft (vehicle), craft capable of travelling over land, water, mud, ice, and other surfaces.
Hovercraft use blowers to produce a large volume of air below the hull ...
transport in
Sierra Leone between
Lungi International Airport and
Freetown. Helog says that during more than 40 years of operation, it also gained experience in
heavy lift and
logging
Logging is the process of cutting, processing, and moving trees to a location for transport. It may include skidding, on-site processing, and loading of trees or logs onto trucks or skeleton cars.
Logging is the beginning of a supply chain ...
.
In 2009, WikiLeaks released a United Nations audit from 2007 which detailed invoices submitted by Helog. The UN disagreed about the availability of helicopters in
Sudan
Sudan ( or ; ar, السودان, as-Sūdān, officially the Republic of the Sudan ( ar, جمهورية السودان, link=no, Jumhūriyyat as-Sūdān), is a country in Northeast Africa. It shares borders with the Central African Republic t ...
during a $29 million peacekeeping contract. In 2010, police in Freetown became involved when a Helog helicopter was thought to have landed at a hospital without prior notice.
In 2012, Helog management decided to refocus their business on training.
In August 2016, Helog opened its academy in Liberia.
References
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External links
Official siteUnited Nations Global Compact
Helicopter airlines