Performance Helicopter International Captain Wing

Metairie, Louisiana 1949-Current

This company was incorporated February 21, 1949 as Petroleum Bell Helicopters, Inc. Petroleum Helicopters, Inc. (PHI), operates one of the largest fleets of commercial helicopters in the world. It provides a wide and diverse range of transportation services to the petroleum company, principally in the Gulf Mexico. It also has contract operations at various places throughout the world, including spots in South America, Asia, and Africa. The company also provides medical and emergency evacuation services, including a air ambulance operation in addition to scheduled chartered passenger air transportation and nonscheduled chartered air freight.