Evergreen International Aviation
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Evergreen International Aviation, Inc. was a global aviation services company based in McMinnville, Oregon, United States. Founded in 1960, Evergreen was primarily known publicly for commercial helicopter operations in agricultural and forestry applications.
Founded | 1960 as Evergreen Helicopters |
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Defunct | 2014 |
Fate | Chapter 7 bankruptcy liquidation |
Headquarters | McMinnville, Oregon, United States |
Key people | Delford M. Smith |
The airline division, Evergreen International Airlines, operated worldwide, in 168 countries, and by the end had been reduced to a fleet of all-cargo Boeing 747 freighters. The company also operated a helicopter division, Evergreen Helicopters which was sold to Erickson Air-Crane, an Oregon-based helicopter operator, for $250 million in 2013. Faced with bankruptcy and tax investigations,[1] Evergreen ceased all aviation-related operations in 2013 and shut down in 2014.[1]