Commercial Helicopters (Aust) Pty Ltd is based at Mudgee, in the Central West of New South Wales & has been in operation since 1991.

The founder, Mark Rogers along with his wife Kate, started their business with a piston-engine Bell Kawasaki way out in the bush on the well-known cotton property, “Colly Farms Ltd”.

Soon after the venture started, Mark was expanding into the Macquarie Valley at Warren and tackling the growing industry of aerial cotton spraying in environmentally sensitive areas, as well as air work and charter work.

In 2002, the company needed a new base more suited to its ever-changing work demands and moved to Mudgee where hanger space and land adjacent to Mudgee Airport was purchased. Presently, the helicopter fleet consists of 4 x Bell 206 B3 Jetrangers, 3 x Bell 206 Longrangers and a Bell Iroquois. With the ever expanding fleet needing maintenance, Mark decided to established his own maintenance facility. In late 2009 a purpose built hangar was completed and Oz Choppers P/L (Helicopter Maintenance & Refurbishment Specialists) was formed. Commercial Helicopters have acquired a further 2 x Bell 206 B3 Jetrangers and these will be the first to be overhauled and refurbished at this new facility.

All of Commercial Helicopters aircraft are fitted with “Spidertracks” Satellite Tracking System. This is a “real time” satellite tracking system which lets you know where all the aircraft are at given time.

Spidertracks is great for several reasons – we are able to monitor the aircraft to ensure the safety of the pilot, crew and passengers, we can determine the exact location of the aircraft in the event of a breakdown or an emergency, we can cross reference flying times for clients and we can determine locations if there are any conflicting reports of where an aircraft has been. It can also be incorporated with google earth thus letting drivers know roads in the vicinity.

*check out their website www.spidertracks.com

Commercial Helicopters are an Australian based company predominantly providing services to Rural and Government clients. In 2002 Commercial Helicopters set about sourcing a sustainable future in the industry by getting serious about environmental issues. This included the implementation of a quality assured Environmental Management System or EMS, committing ourselves to the prevention of environmental pollution.

Commercial Helicopters undertake detailed risk assessments of all our operations. Resulting from these assessments are operational controls that utilise the latest environmental technology to manage operations ranging from aerial spraying to waste management. The commitment to our EMS means the only possible outcome is the continual improvement of our valued environmental performance.

Under the Commercial Helicopters EMS, Commercial Helicopters comply with and exceed all legal and contractual obligations delivering the client a high quality service with a high degree of due diligence. All employees are aware of, trained in and must comply with our EMS programme.

Commercial Helicopters believe communication is a core component of the management system, both internally and externally. The company actively promotes employee and client contributions towards shaping our EMS. Working together for a better future.