Fortescue Helicopters are a leading provider of helicopter services wherever we go. Our home base is Newman, with further WA bases at Broome, Perth and Kojonup we are lucky to get to see a lot of our great home state each day. Our QLD operation working from Horn Island supports operations across the North of Cape York and Torres Strait, a truly beautiful part of the world. With client requirements seeing us working in the NT SA QLD NSW and Vic over the past 12 months, we are proud that no job is too big or too small for us to help no matter where it is.
Fortescue Helicopters are proudly the Pilbara’s only locally owned and operated aviation business who can conduct Mustering, Aerial Work and Charter. We have grown over the last eleven years from having three R22’s in 2014 to now operating nine R22’s, four R44’s and two R66 TURBINE Robinson Helicopters, as well as 5 Bell 206 LongRangers and 2 Bell 407’s.
We are a passenger carrying charter approved operator under the Flight Safety Foundation’s BARS’s framework standards and proudly regularly provide services to Department Fire Emergency Services, WA Police, Federal Department of Agriculture, Federal Environmental Agencies, Rio Tinto, Mineral Resources, Department of Primary Industry and Regional Development WA, BHP Billiton Ltd, Fortescue Mining Group (FMG), Glencore, Roy Hill, Hancock Prospecting, and Jumbuck Pastoral among numerous other large and small corporate and private customers.
VISION
To provide the safest and highest quality of aerial mustering and helicopter services to pastoral, mining and tourism industries.
- Safety, for our pilots and clients is our number one priority
- We believe safety is a company culture, not just a practice.
- We have above industry and regulatory standard procedures outlined in our CASA approved operations manual to ensure industry best practice operations no matter what task is at hand
- Quality; To ensure we deliver the best service possible with the best possible outcomes for people, animals and businesses we interact with
- Teamwork; keeping communication lines open between all team members with a strong social and just culture policy to ensure all our team members can contribute to the business and each other.
- Sustainability; To ensure that any growth and profitability of the business isn’t at the compromise of the safety and/or quality of services provided.
- Profitability and Accountability; ensuring we work as team with our board to ensure we meet or exceed any financial KPI’s set.
- To contribute to the future development of the industry’s served, including participation in research and development projects.
- Knowledge, to learn more about what we do to be more effective in our client’s businesses
MISSION
For Management and Staff to treat our and each customers livestock and business interests as if they were our own and they were paying for Fortescue’s services themselves
- To continue to build on the strong business and personal relationships the company holds with clientele, ensuring open communication to work together on how the company can assist clients.
- Respect – by treating each animal and each job with the highest regard for both human and livestock safety.
- Professionalism – during and after work hours.
- Accountability – by adhering to strict financial controls
- Communication – Follow-up with the clients upon completion of jobs
- By having a team environment where all members work together in-line with the company’s core values and strive to deliver on the mission statement each day
