DAP Helicópteros is a Helicopter operator based in Punta Arenas

Punta Arenas, Chile

Punta Arenas is a commune and the capital city of Chile's southernmost region, Magallanes and Antartica Chilena. The city was officially renamed Magallanes in 1927, but in 1938 it was changed back to Punta Arenas...

, Chile

Chile

Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...

. It operates scheduled and charter services in the
southern Patagonia

Patagonia

Patagonia is a region located in Argentina and Chile, integrating the southernmost section of the Andes mountains to the southwest towards the Pacific ocean and from the east of the cordillera to the valleys it follows south through Colorado River towards Carmen de Patagones in the Atlantic Ocean...

 area, and also operates flights on behalf of the state-owned oil company, ENAP

Empresa Nacional del Petróleo

Empresa Nacional del Petróleo, or ENAP is a state owned company in Chile, based in Las Condes. The company is engaged in the exploration, production, refining, and marketing of hydrocarbons and their derivatives. ENAP was created by Law No. 9618, June 19, 1950...

. Its main base is
Presidente Carlos Ibáñez del Campo International Airport]], Punta Arenas.
The ambulance fleet covers the mayority of the Chilean territoriy.

History

The airline is the helicopter division of Aerovías DAP

Aerovias DAP

Aerovías DAP is an airline based in Punta Arenas, Chile. It operates scheduled and charterservices in the southern Patagonia area, Antarctic continent and also operates flights on behalf of the state-owned oil company, ENAP. Its main baseIs Carlos Ibanez Del Campo International Airport, Punta...

 which was established in 1979 and is wholly owned by the Pivcevic family. Its name DAP is the acronym of its creator, Domingo Andrés Pivcevic, a Punta Arenas businessman.
DAP Helicopteros has a great clear record of 95.000 flied hours without mayor accidents having provide 8.390 conecutive days with 24 hours service in OffShore and EMS.
DAP has a higest safety standard and has being audired by Aviateq and BARS standars for mining services. This was also the first rotor wing company in Chile to present SMS (safety management sistem) program to local DGAC. This company is well known for being the one with the best safety records in Chile and has being recognized as a AS355F "Reference fleet" by Eurocopter.

Fleet

DAP Helicópteros fleet comprises:

• 4 Eurocopter AS355
  Eurocopter AS355
  The Eurocopter AS355 Ecureuil 2 is a twin-engine light helicopter originally manufactured by Aérospatiale...
  
  F Twinstar for off-shore petrol ops,
• 5 MBB Bo 105CB-4 for Emergency medical services
  Emergency medical services
  Emergency medical services are a type of emergency service dedicated to providing out-of-hospital acute medical care and/or transport to definitive care, to patients with illnesses and injuries which the patient, or the medical practitioner, believes constitutes a medical emergency...
  
   operations; three are based at Santiago-Lo Aguirre helipad while one is based at Punta Arenas and one in Antarctica.
• 4 Eurocopter BO105CBS EMS equipes and certify as air ambulance. Those where the first in Chile.
• 1 Eurocopter EC-135 (to be operated by DAP Helicópteros Argentina SA)

The recent agreement between DAP and Chile's oil Company (ENAP, Empresa Nacional del Petróleo) implied the renovation of the helicopters currently in use.

• 1 Eurocopter AS350B3 for mining services in the north of Chile