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Two totally different aircraft with different uses and demands. Niagara Helicopters flies they Bell 407 which is a single engine (the flight path they follow allows them to never be far from a safe landing area in an emergency, away from the city) help which probably costs $2000-2500/hr to...

The AW139 is expensive to fly, way more then "just the cost of fuel". Considering the hourly flight costs of "cheaper" helicopters (Robinson R44 piston engine approx $650/hr, Bell 206 turbine approx $1200/hr), my first guess is that the Ornge bird is running the taxpayers closer to the $4000/hr...

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