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Héli-Union is a French-based helicopter service company located in Toussus-le-Noble, which is a part of CNN (Compagnie Nationale de Navigation), a French Maritime company.

Héli-Union has a broad scope of expertise, including offshore and onshore point-to-point personnel transportation services for oil and gas companies, limited search and rescue (SAR) services, medevac services, helicopter maintenance, repair and modification services, along with helicopter pilot training services, to government and civil organisations worldwide.

History
Héli-Union started to purchase shares of Air Gabon and became a major shareholder of Air Gabon until this day. Héli-Union Helicopter school was established in Paris and Tarbes lourdes airport. Approved by the French Civil Aviation, It was a completely self-contained and fully equipped school with the latest instructional material. Héli-Union entered the South American market for the first time using its Lama helicopter, by signing a contract with Total and Hispanoil in Bolivia. During this decade, the rapid development of Héli-Union had opened enormous opportunities for the company to work in new countries: Myanmar, Gabon, Cameroon, Congo, Vietnam, the Philippines, Somalia, Yemen, Iraq, Tanzania, Libya, Tunisia, Greenland, Portugal, Italy, Bolivia, Brazil, Equator, Yugoslavia, Malta, Norway and the UK. Héli-Union relocated its headquarter from Paris to Toussus Le Noble.
 * 1961 Héli-Union SARL was created by Jean-Claude Roussel, the President of Roussel laboratories who was mesmerized by the helicopter transport industry.
 * 1963 First offshore mission with a Dutch company, Screiner Airways for Oil Seismic Survey in the Wadden Sea.
 * 1982 Héli-Union was one of the first companies to operate Dauphin N for offshore Oil and Gas activities.
 * 1986 All the maintenance activities of Héli-Union were relocated from Issy les Moulineaux to Toussus Le Noble.
 * 1988 Héli-Union assisted one of today’s most known motor suppliers, Turbomeca, by lending one of its fleet as a prototype to create a more functional version of s-76A, which then known as S-76A+.
 * 1994 Héli-Union Industry was established in Toussus le Noble.
 * 2000 Héli-Union decided to separate from its French subsidiary (CNN) in order to focus on international offshore market.
 * 2002 Héli-Union Training Center (HUTC) was created in Champniers, France.
 * 2004 Héli-Union acquired 2 Super Puma AS332 L1.
 * 2005 Héli-Union Acquired 10 Dauphin AS365 N3 and 2 EC145.
 * 2011 Héli-Union welcomed two EC 225 to its fleet.
 * 2012 Héli-Union Training Center significantly improved its training facility by installing the only Dauphin N3 helicopter full flight simulator in Europe.
 * 2013 Héli-Union Training Center purchased two Cabri G2 to support the Héli-Union cadet pilot training program.
 * 2014 Héli-Union acquired the third EC225.
 * 2015 Héli-Union extended its fleet by purchasing six new generation intermediate twin-engine helicopters: AW139.
 * 2016 Héli-Union utilised its newly acquired AgustaWestland AW139 helicopters to perform in its first offshore helicopter search-and-rescue (SAR) program in France.

Offshore/Onshore helicopter Operations
Héli-Union provides constant support throughout the complete process of oil and gas field development project in diverse locations around the world. They offer helicopter services such as transportation of personnel to various offshore platforms, helicopter training, aircraft supports and maintenance.
 * Crew Change
 * LIMSAR
 * Medevac
 * Aerial Work

Industry-Maintenance Center
Heli-Union offers a wide range of helicopter maintenance and support services to its helicopters and to third parties (civil and military customers).

Training Center
Established in 2002, Héli-Union Training Center offers a comprehensive range of highly-professional training schemes ranging from ab initio training, commercial license for public transport, to simulator-based recurrent training.