Bristow Group to Present at the Howard Weil 36th Annual Energy Conference

HOUSTON, March 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Bristow Group Inc. (NYSE: BRS), a leading provider of helicopter services to the offshore energy industry, today announced that the Company will be presenting at the Howard Weil 36th Annual Energy Conference to be held in New Orleans, Louisiana on April 6 - 10, 2008. William E. Chiles, President and Chief Executive Officer of Bristow Group, is scheduled to present on Tuesday, April 8, at 3:15 p.m. Central Time (4:15 p.m. Eastern Time). The Conference is not being webcast.

ABOUT BRISTOW GROUP INC.

Bristow Group Inc. is the leading provider of helicopter services to the worldwide offshore energy industry based on the number of aircraft operated. Through its subsidiaries, affiliates and joint ventures, the Company has major transportation operations in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico and the North Sea, and in most of the other major offshore oil and gas producing regions of the world, including Alaska, Australia, Mexico, Nigeria, Russia and Trinidad. For more information, visit the Company's website at http://www.bristowgroup.com.

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Linda McNeill, Treasury Manager

(713) 267-7622

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Released March 31, 2008