In early 2008, HeliDax, a subsidiary of the DCI group, won the first Public Private Partnership (PPP) contract, initiated by the French Ministry of the Armed Forces, for the supply of helicopter flight hours for the benefit of the EALAT (School of Dax Army Light Aviation).
Over the past 15 years, HeliDax has provided nearly 22,000 flight hours annually and has now logged 250,000 flight hours on the H120 fleet. The DCI group is the world's leading private H120 operator, with a fleet of 40 helicopters, including 36 within its subsidiary HeliDax.
The DCI group maintains a privileged partnership with the industrialist Airbus Helicopters, which was recently strengthened with the signing, in the summer of 2022, of an “HCare” type contract. This first reference on an H120 fleet aims to guarantee, over time, the best quality of service for the benefit of the Ministry of the Armed Forces. The DCI group and Airbus Helicopters are also partnering in numerous helicopter capacity provision programs for foreign armed and security forces. HeliDax provides maintenance for these 40 machines but also performs maintenance in operational condition (MCO) services and implements its own helicopter modernization solutions for other fleets.