The meeting held on 26 October in Aberdeen, Scotland, had the representatives share information related to the helicopter ditching incident, discuss the unavailability of certain types of helicopters and how to reduce the crippling effect of it on the offshore operations.
Oil & Gas UK operations director Paul Dymond said though the nine helicopters were re-introduced into service, 25 remain unavailable.
"This is a significant proportion of the offshore fleet and as yet it is too early to say when we can expect these aircraft to be re-introduced," Dymond added.
"Naturally the knock-on effects of this are delays and backlogs of flights with considerable inconvenience to the workforce and the potential to impact offshore operations.
"Therefore as an industry it is important that we can work together to ensure we can continue to operate offshore safely and minimise disruption as far as possible."
The country’s oil and gas industry has supported the suspension of aircrafts until increased safety of the aircrafts is ascertained.
