Hesnes Air AS was a Norwegian private

airline An airline is a company that provides civil aviation, air transport services for traveling passengers and freight. Airlines use aircraft to supply these services and may form partnerships or Airline alliance, alliances with other airlines for ...

and helicopter company with registered office at Nøtterøy and office and hangar at

Sandefjord Airport, Torp Sandefjord Airport, Torp ( no, Sandefjord lufthavn, Torp; ) is an international airport located northeast of Sandefjord, Norway and south of Oslo. The airport features a runway aligned 18/36. Torp partially serves as a regional airport for Ves ...

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. The company was founded in 1992 and operates charter, cargo and ambulance flights, as well as helicopter operations throughout Europe. Hesnes Air specializes in complex and sophisticated aircraft- and helicopter services for both companies and private persons. The company is owned b
Hesnes Holding AS
which operates within shipping and ship brokerage. __TOC__

History

Hesnes Air was established in 1992 and was granted operating permission from the CAA the same year. As a helicopter company with an Airbus Helicopter H125 (formerly

Eurocopter AS 350 Airbus Helicopters SAS (formerly Eurocopter Group) is the helicopter manufacturing division of Airbus. It is the largest in the industry in terms of revenues and turbine helicopter deliveries. Its head office is located at Marseille Provence Ai ...

B3) Hesnes Air took on missions including long-line of flight, photo flights, cargo flights, predator monitoring, line monitoring, air taxi and passenger transport for private and business purposes across the country. The company expanded its operations in 2006 acquiring its first aircraft, a Beechcraft B200C King Air. This aircraft was used for freight charters and ambulance missions, including donor flights all over Europe. The company expanded its operations again in 2007 with their second plane, a Cessna Citation Encore. In 2012 the company acquired an additional Cessna Citation Encore, and again in 2015 the fleet was expanded with a

Cessna Citation Bravo The Cessna Citation II are light corporate jets built by Cessna as part of the Citation family. Stretched from the Citation I, the Model 550 was announced in September 1976, first flew on January 31, 1977, and was certified in March 1978. The ...

and a second Airbus Helicopter H125 (formerly

). In April 2018 Pegasus Helicopter has signed an agreement with its Hesnes Air to take over Hesnes' helicopter operations. In May 2018, the Swedish company Hummingbird Aviation acquired Hesnes Air. The company established a new base for the new Norwegian part of H-bird at Oslo Airport.Hummingbird Aviation
envaspotter.net, (Norwegian), access date 21 September 2020

Fleet

Hesnes Air operated the following: Image:HAIR-LNIDC.jpg, The Company's Cessna Citation Encore C560 LN-IDC Image:HAIRC560.JPG, The Company's Cessna Citation Encore C560 LN-IDC/LN-IDB Image:LN-IDD.jpg, The Company's Cessna Citation Bravo 550 LN-IDD Image:HAIRAS350.JPG, The Company's Eurocopter AS 350 B3 LN-ODS Image:LN-OMW.jpg, The Company's Eurocopter AS 350 B3 LN-OMW

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* {{Airlines of Norway Defunct airlines of Norway Airlines established in 1992 Transport companies of Vestfold og Telemark Companies based in Sandefjord Norwegian companies established in 1992 2018 disestablishments in Norway