Starspeed Sees Transformational Change in 40 Years of Operations
This year has seen Starspeed operate in its 60thcountry: Something that 40 years ago would have seemed impossible.When Starspeed started in the VIP helicopter management and charter business in 1978, the privately owned aircraft were mainly small, single-engined helicopters. They were used only in good weather, within a locally defined area of operations, for short hops as an alternative to a car journey. It was very much an expensive luxury used for pleasure and convenience rather than providing any calculable benefit. Now the market is very different. The customers, the aircraft