Nautilus Aviation has built an outstanding reputation based on the quality and diversity of our fleet, and our commitment to safety across the range of flight taskings we complete.

Our priority remains the safety of passengers and personnel always.

Nautilus Aviation has developed our Safety Management System within a framework of Just Culture.

We constantly seek improvement across our systems, policies and procedures through proactive engagement with our people and customers.

We adhere to strict industry safety guidelines determined by the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA), Occupational Health and Safety legislation and relevant Australian ISO standards where we maintain ISO 9001 Accreditation.

Nautilus Aviation also hold a Gold Accredited Basic Aviation Risk Standard (BARS) across all areas of operation.

The Flight Safety Foundation’s (FSF) BARS program is designed to provide organisations that engage contracted aircraft operators with a standard to assist in the risk-based management of aviation activities.

The Standard is suited to any organisation that uses aircraft operators to provide contracted aviation support for their operations, particularly within remote and challenging environments.

Remote and sometimes isolated, Northern Australia can be a challenging region to work.

At both our North Queensland and Northern Territory bases, Nautilus Aviation works closely with our government, mining, resource and telecommunications clients to provide an agile mode of transport to access these remote areas, while ensuring deadlines are met on budget.

Our Services:

• Mining support
• Geotechnical sampling
• Pipeline inspection
• Powerline inspection
• Radio communication tower maintenance
• Government agency projects
• Shipping and Port Services
• Feral animal control
• Policing and surveillance
• Border security

Our helicopters offer safe and efficient mapping solutions for aerial surveys and are fitted with the latest GPS systems, allowing recorded data to be overlaid onto satellite images or imported to GIS software with ease.

Nautilus Aviation has a proven track record completing aerial survey projects across North Queensland and the Northern Territory for government agencies and universities.

Survey options include:

• Weed surveys
• Seagrass surveys
• Mine and geological surveys
• Cultural surveys
• Flora and fauna spotting
• Great Barrier Reef surveys

Contact us about any other survey requirements you have, and we’ll work with you on a solution.

Nautilus Aviation offers sling, heavy, and precision lifting services to assist you moving equipment including in remote and inaccessible areas.

Our helicopters have long-line capability including all the equipment required to suit for a broad range of situations – all tested and maintained to the national standard.

Our experienced long-line pilots are experts at precision operations in various locations.

Nautilus Aviation are your heavy lift helicopter experts in northern Australia, utilising our Bell 212S (Eagle Single) with external load of 1,800 kg on the hook.

Nautilus Aviation is trusted by government agencies across Australia due to our outstanding reputation built on the quality and diversity of our fleet, our focus on safety, and our proven ability to deliver the highest quality service.

Given the sheer size and scale of Australia, Nautilus Aviation’s coverage in remote areas enables us to service our government clients with ease, even with short timeframes.

We can help with:

• Remote health access
• Infrastructure technology solutions
• Remote electoral and voting assistance
• Communities, housing and digital economies
• Remote education
• Parks and wildlife monitoring and management
• Defence and border security

Nautilus Aviation provide helicopter support services across Shipping and Port environments including:

• Helicopter Marine Pilot Transfer operations
• Crew changes to/from ships for international crews
• Transfer of ship provisions and spare parts
• Transfer of Technicians and Marine Surveyors
• Nautilus Aviation also hold CASA approvals for NVG (Night Vision Goggles) and winch operation

It is recognised that the use of helicopters in a port environment can add safety benefits as well as driving efficiency across port and marine operations.

Our fleet of helicopters located at our Queensland and Northern Territory bases provide smooth and comfortable transport for any film or photographic project.  This coupled with our ability to access remote areas means television news crews can get to most scenes when important news needs to be covered.

Nautilus Aviation is able to rig camera equipment including gimbals to the exterior of the helicopter and doors can be removed to provide a clear field of view to ensure unobstructed shots, whilst still keeping safety paramount. With a seamless collaboration between pilot and photographer, we can safely manoeuvre into any position to capture the desired shots at the right composition and light.