Overflights Folder

From Glen Canyon Dam AMP
Revision as of 15:56, 17 April 2015 by Jthiriot (Talk | contribs) (add overflight stats)

Jump to: navigation, search

---Work in Progress--



LINK to Las Vegas Review Journal Article about Papillon (a business that flies over the Grand Canyon, Lake Mead, Hoover Dam, and the Colorado River]

  • the helicopter touring operation, which attracts 600,000 passengers a year, lost money its first four years...
  • The business began operating out of Boulder City Airport in 2004 and opened a 45,000-square-foot base there in 2009.
  • It’s only a half-hour helicopter ride from Boulder City to the Grand Canyon.
  • Passengers are usually experiencing the Grand Canyon for the first time
  • When Papillon started in 1965, the company ferried 1,000 annual tour passengers, who paid $39 each. These days, 600,000 passengers a year each pay $199
  • Papillon is now Boulder City’s biggest employer with 650 workers, including 200 pilots
  • Papillon competes against about five other helicopter touring companies
  • Papillon: STATS Document