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OPERATOR OVERVIEW<br />
in <strong>2023</strong>, moving up the places from 18 in 2022 to 13 in <strong>2023</strong>.<br />
HeliKorea, the largest commercial helicopter operator in South<br />
Korea, operated 19 helicopters. In addition, there were eight<br />
other operators from Japan, China, and Papua New Guinea that<br />
expanded their fleets in <strong>2023</strong>.<br />
A total of six operators in the top 20 saw a reduction in their<br />
fleet numbers in <strong>2023</strong>. The largest reduction was seen by China<br />
Southern GA, a company specializing in Offshore operations,<br />
which reduced its helicopter fleet by four aircraft in <strong>2023</strong>. Other<br />
operators on the list that reduced their fleet by only one aircraft in<br />
the past year were COHC (75) and State Grid GA (33) from China,<br />
McDermott Aviation (39) from Australia, VNH (25) from Vietnam<br />
and Advanced Flight (19) from New Zealand.<br />
TOP 10 NON-COMMERCIAL OPERATORS BY FLEET SIZE<br />
JAPAN NATIONAL POLICE<br />
95<br />
JAPAN COAST GUARD<br />
58<br />
KOREA FORESTRY SERVICE<br />
46<br />
JAPAN PREFECTURAL AIR RESCUE<br />
42<br />
KOREA NATIONAL 119 RESCUE<br />
29<br />
JAPAN FIRE DEPARTMENT<br />
27<br />
MOT<br />
GOV'T OF INDIA<br />
20<br />
19<br />
ROYAL MALAYSIAN POLICE AIR WING<br />
HK GOVERNMENT FLYING SERVICE<br />
9<br />
11<br />
NOTE:<br />
Please note that the current fleet numbers for non-commercial operators has been revised according to our selection criteria, that specifies the helicopters must<br />
strictly be designated with civilian registration only, to be included in the fleet count.<br />
Government Agencies and State Operators that fly helicopters with non-civil registrations in their respective countries are not included.<br />
By the end of <strong>2023</strong>, there were a total of 403 government operated<br />
non-commercial helicopters in the Asia-Pacific region, accounting<br />
for 10% of the entire Asia-Pacific helicopter fleet.<br />
Japan maintained the number one position with a total of 222<br />
aircraft accounting for 55% of the total government fleet. The<br />
largest fleet was the Japan National Police, which operated<br />
95 helicopters, followed by the Japan Coast Guard (58), Japan<br />
Prefectural Air Rescue (42) and the Japan Fire Department (27).<br />
The South Korean government operated the second largest<br />
number of governmental helicopters in the Asia-Pacific region<br />
with 75: Korea Forestry Service (46) and Korea National 119<br />
Rescue (29).<br />
The governments of mainland China and Hong Kong operated a<br />
total of 38 helicopters: China’s Ministry of Transport (MoT), HK<br />
Government Flying Service (nine), China National Police (six) and<br />
Civil Aviation Flight University of China (three).<br />
<strong>YE</strong> <strong>2023</strong> ASIA-PACIFIC CIVIL HELICOPTER FLEET REPORT | 15
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