The prodigal sons of the North Sea oil-support community, brothers Stephen and Peter Bond, have returned to the fray more than eight weeks early. The first operational flights by Bond Offshore Helicopters (BOH) took off last month. Managing director Geoff Williams said there are several reasons behind the move, but it was always their intention to start flying in advance of the contracted date of August 1.
“It’s partly an accelerated development program, but enthusiastic teamwork from our people and market demand have played their part as well.”
Williams has more than 25 years of helicopter operations experience in Africa, Australia, southeast Asia and Europe. He joined Bond from CHC Australia (formerly Lloyd Helicopters), where he was executive director. He previously held senior management positions in technical, engineering, logistics and projects within CHC.
His extensive engineering experience across a broad range of twin-engine helicopter types includes work on products from Eurocopter, Sikorsky and Bell. Williams was well known to the Bond brothers for more than 10 years before joining the company, the three having worked together when Lloyd Helicopters was part of the Bond Group.
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