Iran Helicopter Co. (Sakheh)

in the year 1979 the helicopter services organization was formed by the amalgamation of iranian helicopter aviation company (ihac) and helicopter aviation services -haso . in the year 2004 the helicopter services organization (hso) changed its name to iran helicopter company (ihc) and became one of the affiliated companies of the national iranian oil company (nioc) and now it is a private civil aviation company . it owns about 35 helicopters of8 different types, such as ecureuil b2 and b3 ,bell 212 and bell 205 , as a main carrier, it is the largest (non-military) helicopter service provider in the country and the middle east, with the least rate of accidents on the world scale. the main task of the company is to back-up and safe-guard petrochemical industries and provide the same services for the foreign oil and gas operating companies, such as, total ,shell, agip, hydro zagross ,edison gas, b.g.p., c.g.g. and terras persia to fulfill its obligations to its customers, it complements i