Cougar Helicopters

Not to be confused with Eurocopter AS532 Cougar.

Cougar Helicopters (a VIH Aviation Group Company) is a St. John's based commercial helicopter company servicing offshore oil and gas fields off the coast of Newfoundland. Cougar has permanent facilities in St. John's and Halifax. The company is affiliated with Bristow Helicopters which has a financial stake in Cougar.^[5][6]

Cougar Helicopters Incorporated

Sikorsky S-92 landing at Ilulissat Airport, Greenland
IATA ICAO Call sign - CHI[1] COUGAR[1]
Founded	Halifax, Nova Scotia
Commenced operations	1984; 41 years ago (1984)
AOC #	4791[2]
Hubs	St. John's, Newfoundland
Fleet size	9[3]
Destinations	Hibernia GBS White Rose oil field Terra Nova oil field
Parent company	VIH Aviation Group
Headquarters	St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Key people	Ken Norie, President and CEO Hank Williams, General Manager[4]
Website	www.cougar.ca/

Services

Cougar Helicopter, St. Johns, NL

Cougar Helicopters currently services platforms and ships located off Newfoundland in the:

• Hibernia oil field
• Terra Nova oil field
• White Rose oil field
• Hebron-Ben Nevis oil field

Fleet

As of May 2024, Cougar Helicopters operates a fleet of eight Sikorsky S-92A and one Bell 412EP.^[3]

Incidents and accidents

On 12 March 2009, Cougar Helicopters Flight 91, a Cougar Sikorsky S-92A helicopter carrying 18 passengers and crew en route to an oil platform off the coast of Newfoundland, ditched and sank in 178 metres of water. 17 of the 18 people on board died in the crash.^[7][8]