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Alex Cunningham – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Alex Cunningham on 2016-06-20.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 14 June 2016 to Question 39766, what proportion of all flights between UK airports and oil rigs were undertaken by (a) AS332 Super Puma and (b) Eurocopter EC225 aircraft in each of those years.

Mr Robert Goodwill

The proportion of flights between UK airports and oil rigs undertaken by the AS3332 SUPER PUMA and Eurocopter EC225 aircraft in each year since 2007 is as follows:

Aircraft Type

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

AEROSPATIALE AS332 SUPER PUMA C1E

54.1%

42.5%

33.4%

28.7%

24.9%

23.5%

25.9%

13.4%

4.0%

EUROCOPTER EC225 (H225)

11.0%

14.6%

17.2%

23.4%

27.2%

21.0%

1.5%

15.8%

21.4%