{"id":15997,"date":"2024-01-26T19:16:35","date_gmt":"2024-01-26T19:16:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=15997"},"modified":"2024-01-26T19:16:36","modified_gmt":"2024-01-26T19:16:36","slug":"omni-helicopters-guyana-celebrates-1st-anniversary-with-search-and-rescue-initiative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/omni-helicopters-guyana-celebrates-1st-anniversary-with-search-and-rescue-initiative\/","title":{"rendered":"Omni Helicopters Guyana Celebrates 1st Anniversary with Search and Rescue Initiative"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>Omni Helicopters Guyana Inc, in collaboration with Exxon Mobil, celebrated its first anniversary, reflecting on significant milestones achieved in the aviation sector. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Delecia-OMNI-Helicopters-1.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>One notable achievement is their commitment to providing training opportunities for young people, with a recent focus on search and rescue operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gerry Gouviea Jr, a pilot at Omni Helicopters Guyana Inc, highlighted their dedication to working with the Guyanese community to provide opportunities in operations dispatch, aviation security, and, most recently, search and rescue. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Six Guyanese individuals successfully completed rigorous training to become search and rescue technicians, playing a crucial role in life-saving efforts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lt Col Egbert Fields, Director General of the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA), applauded Omni Helicopters for their milestone and continuous contribution to the aviation sector. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Delecia-OMNI-Helicopters-2.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>He expressed pride in the equipment acquired by Omni and Exxon, stating that it enhances the country&#8217;s search and rescue capacity. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The GCAA&#8217;s upcoming audit will benefit from this improved capability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Omni Helicopters Guyana Inc commenced operations in Guyana on January 1, 2023. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In its first year, the company recorded 2,300 flights, transporting over 50,000 passengers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Omni Helicopters Guyana Inc, in collaboration with Exxon Mobil, celebrated its first anniversary, reflecting on significant milestones achieved in the aviation sector. One notable achievement is their commitment to providing&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":15998,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15997","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15997","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15997"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15997\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16001,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15997\/revisions\/16001"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15998"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}