Panalpina Heliship recently arranged for 13 medium and heavy civil helicopters to be shipped out of Afghanistan. In most cases, the helicopters were flown to Dubai aboard An-124 or Il-76 cargo aircraft and then either air-forwarded or ocean shipped to their final destinations. Models shipped by Panalpina included the Bell 212, Sikorsky S-61, Airbus AS330J and Columbia 234.

Once the helicopters arrived at their destination airport or port, Panalpina arranged for either trucking to a final destination or supported reassembly and fly-off from the port. Panalpina is displaying a slide show of the process at its booth here at Heli-Expo.

The company provides transportation and logistics services to international helicopter operators, OEMs and MROs worldwide through offices in Vancouver and New Orleans.