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HAC NEWS

CANCELLATION OF HAC CONFERENCE & TRADESHOW 2020

Ladies & Gentlemen:

This year’s Convention was set to mark 25 years for HAC. An annual opportunity for you to meet with

your suppliers and to benefit from discussions around the business of helicopter operations, and safety in

our industry. We all benefit from this dialogue, but we can only hold the event when the health and safety

of our delegates and exhibitors can be assured, and this year HAC and its Board have decided to cancel
our 2020 Annual Convention, scheduled to take place in Vancouver, November 5-7 2020.

Recent pronouncements by the Premier of BC and the BC Minister of Health outlining British

Columbia’s Business Restart Plans, virtually ban large gatherings of people for the foreseeable future.
Current health-related international travel restrictions and the uncertain economic climate in the

helicopter industry have made any travel-related decisions difficult for operators and exhibitors. The

decision to cancel was made after careful consideration by the Board, and following discussions with key

member-companies, and our YVR 2020 host venues.

In November of 2020, we will still be holding our Annual General Meeting (in a format, to be discussed)

and some limited presentation-programming. We hope you will understand this decision in these

uncertain times.

Please ensure that you have marked your calendars for HAC 2021 in Vancouver BC November 4-6 when

we hope to be able to meet again face-to-face. To our Operators and Associates, Convention and

Corporate Sponsors, and our Exhibitors – thank you for your continuing support.

Regards,

Fred Jones

President & CEO