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Ultra-deepwater ops draw Era to the Gulf

“It’s a far different business today from what it was when I moved to Alaska 26 years ago,” Richard “Lash” Larew, executive v-p of Era Aviation, told

By David A. Lombardo • Contributor

January 21, 2008

“It’s a far different business today from what it was when I moved to Alaska 26 years ago,” Richard “Lash” Larew, executive v-p of Era Aviation, told AIN. “Today, flightseeing accounts for the majority of our business in Alaska and it has since the late 1990s.

“The preponderance of the oil exploration business has been forced out of Alaska and moved to the more oil-friendly Gulf Coast,” Larew explained. “The Gulf of Mexico now accounts for more than 50 percent of Era’s total gross revenue, but it certainly didn’t start out that way.”

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