Heli-Expo 2011: Helicopter Association Kicks Off Biggest Show Ever
“It’s going to be a really big show,” HAI chairman David Chevalier (CEO of Blue Hawaiian Helicopters) told attendees yesterday morning at the annual gener

“It’s going to be a really big show,” HAI chairman David Chevalier (CEO of Blue Hawaiian Helicopters) told attendees yesterday morning at the annual general membership meeting and breakfast that kicked off Heli-Expo 2011.

In fact, with more than 600 exhibitors, a predicted 20,000 attendees over the three-day show and almost one million square feet of display and meeting areas, this is the biggest Heli-Expo ever, featuring several new activities and events. These include an aviation association town hall meeting with CEOs of major alphabet groups, live streaming of forums to a global audience via the Internet, and perhaps most exciting, a heliport adjacent to the convention center that will be in operation throughout the gathering.