Air Total has been awarded a 2 year
Jet A-1 Contract with Wiking Helicopters to work on the Galloper Wind Farm
project. Managed by Innogy
SE on behalf of the other partners the project will generate enough power for up
to 380,700 homes. Around 700 UK jobs are being created during the construction
of the wind farm, and 90 long-term east coast jobs will be created, once it is
operational.
Total will supply Wiking
with Jet A-1 as well as providing a fully self bunded refuelling
tank with pumps that allow Wiking to fuel their aircraft and support
a number of offshore customers with personnel and material.
As part of this contract
Total will assist with practical and fuel quality control training
to ensure that Wiking Helicopters are flying their missions as
safely as possible.
Since its founding in
August 1975, Wiking has flown more than 112,000 flight hours
accident-free, mostly in missions in the sea and coastal areas of
the North Sea.
In addition to
supplying offshore facilities, more than 55,000 flights were carried
out accident-free in the Seelotsenversetzdienst. |
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Since the beginning of
the first construction activities of offshore wind farms, Wiking has
been carrying out supply flights and crew changes in the North Sea.
| Photo © WIKING Helikopter Service GmbH |
“One of the Total group’s
aims is to be the Responsible Energy Major so it made perfect sense for us to
support this project and was important for us to do so,” said
Ben Marchant,
General Aviation Manager at Total UK.
The contract means that Air Total
will continue to work closely with Wiking in areas such as fuel quality and
standards, as well as ensuring security of supply to ensure the risk of fuel
shortage at the site is completely minimised. |