Pawan Hans Limited (PHL) is a transport service operated as a central public sector undertaking based at Noida in Delhi NCR, India.

It is a Mini Ratna-I category PSU under the ownership of Ministry of Civil Aviation of the Government of India.

[4] During 1987, the technical and structural problem, which plagued the PHL from the beginning, started increasing and some 9 Westland and 7 Dauphins were grounded.

Kalam who at that time was Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India barely escaped when the rotor of a helicopter carrying him broke down, bringing down the chopper belonging to PHL.

[8] On 26 August 2004, PHL signed a MOU with Uttaranchal government's Garhwal Mandal Vikas Nigam Ltd to promote tourism in state.

[11] In 2008, PHI gave Dauphin N-3 helicopters to state anti-naxal operation cell as to counter Maoist insurgency in Vidarbha District.

The service began with an eight-seater Cessna 208A Amphibian seaplane named Jal Hans will be used by PHHL to ferry tourists between Port Blair and Havelock Island in the presence of Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel.

[14] On 29 April 2011, a Pawan Hans AS350 B-3 helicopter carrying Dorjee Khandu, the Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh, and four other people went missing.

Pawan Hans is an "Approved Maintenance Centre of Eurocopter" and also the first ISO 9001: 2000 certified aviation company in India.

[19][20] PHL runs helicopter services from Phata to the Kedarnath Temple during yatra seasons i.e., May-June and September-October every year.

[29] In 2011, PHHLs operations in the North Eastern States of India came under serious public criticism due to safety issues.

[30] After the crash that killed the Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh Dorjee Khandu and five others, it operations in the North East region were suspended and DGCA was asked to conduct safety audit of the company.