page_title: Babcock Mission Critical Services Offshore
section_title: Offices
hierarchical_section_title: Babcock Mission Critical Services Offshore / History / Offices
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context_page_description: Babcock Mission Critical Services Offshore Limited is a British helicopter operator, specialising in providing offshore helicopter transportation services to North Sea and Irish Sea oil and gas platforms.
  Babcock operates a mixed fleet of helicopters on behalf of more than 10 major customers. Annually they transport around 200,000 men and women to and from offshore oil and gas platforms from bases at Aberdeen, Norwich, Blackpool and Sumburgh airports. Babcock also operates two specialist Search and Rescue aircraft to support the Oil and Gas industry. These two AW139 helicopters are based at Aberdeen airport and equipped with specialist search and rescue equipment and provide 24-hour SAR coverage for the central North Sea.
  Bond Offshore Helicopters became a Babcock International Group company when Babcock acquired the Avincis group in May 2014.
context_section_description: Babcock Mission Critical Services Offshore Limited is based in Aberdeen, Scotland with additional operations located in Blackpool, Norwich and Sumburgh. Babcock opened a new terminal – Terminal 2 – in Aberdeen in 2014, initially serving Nexen passengers. In 2015 Babcock opened a major new hangar at Aberdeen airport to accommodate its fleet. The 21,000 square foot hangar at the east side of the airport is used as both a maintenance and storage facility for S-92, H175, AW139 and AS365N3 helicopters.
  . In May 2017 licensed engineering staff at Babcock Mission Critical Services voted for their union Prospect to be recognised for collective bargaining
caption: New Aberdeen hangar interior
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