Mark Huber is an aviation industry veteran who has worked in the flight training, aircraft sales, aircraft component, and airport development businesses. He has flight time in more than 50 different and diverse aircraft, including helicopters, aerobatic aircraft, vintage warbirds, jet fighters, business jets and turboprops, and transport-category aircraft. He has jumped out of several of these—on purpose—with a parachute. His defense and aviation journalism has been published in a variety of national and international periodicals.

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Sharply lower oil and gas flying helped send helicopter service provider PHI's latest quarterly revenues plunging by $31.4 million year-over-year for the quarter ending June 30, but the company still managed to post a modest $4.277 million profit for the period thanks to a strong $13.9 million quarterly profit from its air medical sector. Overall revenues for the quarter were $167.1 million, compared with $198.5 million in the same period last year, with $29.7 million of that decline directly attributable to lower volume of oil and gas flying.

 


Its oil and gas segment posted a loss for the quarter of $5.8 million, compared with a profit of $11.3 million a year ago. While air medical was profitable for the quarter, both profit and revenues were down in the sector compared to the same period a year ago, with profit falling from $15.5 million and revenues down $6.1 million from the year ago period.

 


PHI's oil and gas revenues for the first six months of the year dipped almost $61 million from the year-ago period. For the first six months of the year, the company posted an overall net loss of $4.6 million versus a profit of $16.8 million in the same time frame last year.

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