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               <H4 ALIGN=CENTER>      As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 23, 2002.</H4>

                                                                           <H4 ALIGN=RIGHT>   Registration No.  333-____ </H4>

<H4 ALIGN=CENTER>SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<BR>Washington,
DC 20549</H4>

<H4 ALIGN=CENTER>Form S-8</H4>

                                        <P ALIGN=CENTER>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
                                                  UNDER<BR>
                                             THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933<BR><BR></P>




<P ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=5><b>Offshore
Logistics, Inc.</B></FONT><BR>

                           <font size=-1>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</font></P>


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<tr>
      <td width=10%>&nbsp;</td>                  <td width=40% align=center> <b>Delaware</B><BR>
              (State or other jurisdiction of<BR>
              incorporation or organization)</td><td width=10%>&nbsp;</td>
<td align=center>
<b>72-0679819</b><BR>
(IRS Employer<BR>
Identification Number)</td><td width=20%>&nbsp;</td></tr>

<tr><td>&nbsp;</td><td align=center><b>                      224 Rue de Jean<BR>
            P. O. Box 5C, Lafayette, Louisiana</b><BR>
         (Address of principal executive offices)</td><td>&nbsp;</td>
 <td align=center><BR><b>70505</B><BR>
 (Zip Code)</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr>
</table>



<H4 ALIGN=CENTER>OFFSHORE
LOGISTICS, INC.<BR>

                               1994 LONG-TERM MANAGEMENT INCENTIVE PLAN, as amended</H4>
                                         <P ALIGN=CENTER>     (Full title of the plan)</P>

<H4 ALIGN=CENTER>George M.
Small<BR>
President and Chief Executive Officer<BR>

Offshore
Logistics, Inc. <BR>
224 Rue de Jean

P.O. Box 5-C<BR>
Lafayette,
Louisiana 70505<BR>

(337)
233-1221</H4>

 <P ALIGN=CENTER>(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number,<BR>
                                    including area code, of agent for service)</P>

 <P ALIGN=CENTER>                                                 With a Copy to:<BR>
                                                  Paul M. Haygood<BR>
                             Correro Fishman Haygood Phelps Walmsley &amp; Casteix, L.L.P. <BR>
                                        201 St. Charles Avenue, 46th Floor<BR>
                                           New Orleans, Louisiana 70170<BR>
                                                  (504) 586-5252<BR></P>





<H4 ALIGN=CENTER>CALCULATION
OF REGISTRATION FEE</H4>

<TABLE BORDER=1>
<TR><TD WIDTH=10%> Title of<BR> Securities To Be <BR> Registered </TD>
<TD WIDTH=10%>Amount To Be <BR>Registered(1)</TD>
<TD WIDTH=10%>Proposed<BR> Maximum <BR>Offering <BR> Price Per<BR> Share(2)</TD>
<TD WIDTH=10%> Proposed<BR> Maximum <BR>Aggregate Offering<BR>  Price(2) </TD>
<TD WIDTH=10%>Amount of <BR>Registration <BR>Fee(5)</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>Common Stock, <BR>$.01 par value<BR><BR><BR>Totals</TD>
<TD>1,320,000 shares<BR><BR>680,000 shares<BR><BR>2,000,000 shares </TD>
<TD VALIGN=TOP>$18.325 (3)<BR><BR>$17.316 (4)<BR><BR></TD>
<TD>$24,189,000.00<bR><BR>$11,774,880.00 <BR><BR> $35,963,880.00  </TD>
<TD>$2,225.39<BR><BR>$1,083.28<BR><BR> $3,308.67</TD></TR>
</TABLE>


<OL TYPE=1>

<LI>
Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
&#147;Securities Act&#148;), the Registration Statement also includes an
indeterminable number of additional shares that may become issuable pursuant to
an antidilution adjustment under provisions of the Offshore Logistics, Inc. 1994
Long-Term Management Incentive Plan (&#147;the Plan&#148;). Further, in the
event that pursuant to the terms of the Plan or the applicable Agreement, any
options or other awards outstanding are forfeited, expire, or cancelled without
being exercised or otherwise terminate without being exercised or in the event
that any stock appreciation rights are exercised for cash, the options or other
awards and the shares related thereto would again be available for issuance and
sale pursuant to this Registration Statement under the Plan provisions. <BR><BR>

<LI> Computed in accordance with Rule 457(c) and (h)(1) and estimated solely for the purpose of calculating
         the registration fee. <BR><BR>


<LI>Based on a price per share of $18.325, which represents the average of the high
and low prices of the common stock reported on the Nasdaq National Market on
September 17, 2002. <BR><BR>

<LI>Based on the price at which outstanding options may be exercised. <BR><BR>


<LI>The amount of the registration fee was calculated pursuant to Section&#160;6(b)
of the Securities Act, and was determined by multiplying the Proposed Maximum
Aggregate Offering Price by .000092.</ol>  <BR><BR>

<H4 ALIGN=CENTER>PART II<BR>

INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</H4>

<H5 ALIGN=LEFT>Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference</H5>

 <P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is being filed pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8
(Registration of Additional Shares) under the Securities Act to register additional shares of the Offshore
Logistics, Inc.'s Common Stock issuable pursuant to the Plan.  As permitted by General Instruction E to Form S-8,
this Registration Statement omits certain information otherwise required by Form S-8.  Unless otherwise noted
herein, this Registration Statement incorporates by reference the contents of Offshore Logistics, Inc.'s
registration statement relating to the Plan on Form S-8 (Registration No. 33-87450), and all exhibits thereto,
which was filed with the Commission on December 12, 1994.</P>

<H5 ALIGN=LEFT>Item 8. Exhibits.</H5>

         <P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following exhibits are filed as part of this registration statement:</P>

<TABLE>
<TR><TD WIDTH=10%><U>Exhibit<BR> Number</U></TD><TD WIDTH=10%>&nbsp;</TD><TD ALIGN=CENTER>   <U>   Description of Exhibit</U></TD></TR>
</table>
<TABLE WIDTH=100% CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=0><TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=5%><FONT SIZE=3></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=5%><FONT SIZE=3>4.1</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=90%><FONT SIZE=3>
Delaware Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (filed as Exhibit 3(10) to
the Company&#146;s Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1989), and
incorporated herein by reference.</FONT></TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<BR>

<TABLE WIDTH=100% CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=0>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=5%><FONT SIZE=3></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=5%><FONT SIZE=3>4.2</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=90%><FONT SIZE=3>
Agreement and Plan of Merger dated December 29, 1987 (filed as exhibit 3(11) to
the Company&#146;s Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1989), and
incorporated herein by reference.</FONT></TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<BR>
<TABLE WIDTH=100% CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=0>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=5%><FONT SIZE=3></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=5%><FONT SIZE=3>4.3</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=90%><FONT SIZE=3>
Certificate of Merger dated December 29, 1987 (filed as Exhibit 3(3) to the
Company&#146;s Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1990), and
incorporated herein by reference. </FONT></TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<BR>

<TABLE WIDTH=100% CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=0>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=5%><FONT SIZE=3></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=5%><FONT SIZE=3>4.4</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=90%><FONT SIZE=3>
Certificate of Correction of Certificate of Merger dated January 20, 1988 (filed
as exhibit 3(4) to the Company&#146;s Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June
30, 1990), and incorporated herein by reference.</FONT></TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<BR>

<TABLE WIDTH=100% CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=0>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=5%><FONT SIZE=3></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=5%><FONT SIZE=3>4.5</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=90%><FONT SIZE=3>
Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation dated November 30, 1989
(filed as exhibit 3(5) to the Company&#146;s Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
June 30, 1990), and incorporated herein by reference.</FONT></TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<BR>

<TABLE WIDTH=100% CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=0>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=5%><FONT SIZE=3></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=5%><FONT SIZE=3>4.6</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=90%><FONT SIZE=3>
Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation dated December 9, 1992
(filed as Exhibit 3 to the Company&#146;s Form 8-K filed in December 1992), and
incorporated herein by reference.</FONT></TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<BR>

<TABLE WIDTH=100% CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=0>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=5%><FONT SIZE=3></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=5%><FONT SIZE=3>4.7</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=90%><FONT SIZE=3>
Form of Restricted Stock Agreement (filed as exhibit 4.9 to the Company&#146;s
Form S-8 filed December 12, 1994), and incorporated herein by reference.</FONT></TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<BR>

<TABLE WIDTH=100% CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=0>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=5%><FONT SIZE=3></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=5%><FONT SIZE=3>4.8</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=90%><FONT SIZE=3>
Rights Agreement and Form of Rights Certificate (filed as Exhibit 4 to the
Company&#146;s Form 8A filed in February 1996), and incorporated herein by
reference.</FONT></TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<BR>

<TABLE WIDTH=100% CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=0>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=5%><FONT SIZE=3></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=5%><FONT SIZE=3>4.9</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=90%><FONT SIZE=3>
Amended and Restated By-laws of the Company (filed as Exhibit 3(7) to the
Company&#146;s Form 8-K filed in February 1996), and incorporated herein by
reference.</FONT></TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<BR>

<TABLE WIDTH=100% CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=0>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=5%><FONT SIZE=3></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=5%><FONT SIZE=3>4.10</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=90%><FONT SIZE=3>
Certificate of Designation of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock
(filed as Exhibit 3(9) to the Company&#146;s Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
June 30, 1996), and incorporated herein by reference.</FONT></TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<BR>

<TABLE WIDTH=100% CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=0>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=5%><FONT SIZE=3></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=5%><FONT SIZE=3>4.11</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=90%><FONT SIZE=3>
First Amendment to Rights Agreement (filed as Exhibit 5 to the Company&#146;s
Form 8A-A filed in May 1997), and incorporated herein by reference.</FONT></TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<BR>
<TABLE WIDTH=100% CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=0>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=5%><FONT SIZE=3></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=5%><FONT SIZE=3>4.12</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=90%><FONT SIZE=3>
Offshore Logistics, Inc. 1994 Long-Term Management Incentive Plan, as amended.</FONT></TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
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<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=5%><FONT SIZE=3></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=5%><FONT SIZE=3>5.0</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=90%><FONT SIZE=3>
Opinion of Correro, Fishman, Haygood, Phelps, Walmsley &amp;Casteix, as to the legality
                 of the securities being registered hereby.</FONT></TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
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<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=5%><FONT SIZE=3></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=5%><FONT SIZE=3>23.0</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=90%><FONT SIZE=3>
Consent of Counsel (included in Exhibit 5.0).</FONT></TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<BR><TABLE WIDTH=100% CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=0>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=5%><FONT SIZE=3></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=5%><FONT SIZE=3>24.0</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=90%><FONT SIZE=3>
Powers of Attorney.</FONT></TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<BR>


<H4 ALIGN=CENTER>EXPERTS</H4>

 <P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The audited financial statements and schedules incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement
have been audited by Arthur Andersen LLP, independent public accountants, as set forth in its reports, in
reliance upon the authority of said firm as experts in giving said reports.</P>

 <P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; We have not been able to obtain, after reasonable efforts, the written consent of Arthur Andersen to our
naming it in this Registration Statement as having certified our consolidated financial statements which are
incorporated by reference as required by Section 7 of the Securities Act.  We have dispensed with the requirement
to file Arthur Andersen's consent in reliance on Rule 437a under the Securities Act.  Because Arthur Andersen has
not consented to the incorporation of its report in this registration statement, you will not be able to recover
against Arthur Andersen under Section 11 of the Securities Act for any untrue statements of a material fact
contained in the financial statements audited by Arthur Andersen or any omissions to state a material fact
required to be stated therein.</P>





<H4 ALIGN=CENTER>SIGNATURES</H4>

<P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Company certifies that it has reasonable
grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this
registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of
Lafayette, State of Louisiana, on September 23, 2002.</P>
<table>
<tr><td width=45%>&nbsp;</td><td><b>OFFSHORE
LOGISTICS, INC.
<BR><BR><BR></B></td></tr>


<tr><td>&nbsp;</td><td>   BY:<u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ George M. Small&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u><BR>
            &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;George M. Small<BR>
            &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<i>President and Chief Executive Officer
</i><BR><BR></td></tr>
</table>
<P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement has
been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.</P>
<table>
<tr><td width=30% align=center><u>Signature</u></td><td align=center><u>Title </u></td><td width=20% align=center><u>Date</u></td></tr>
<tr><td><u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ George M. Small &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u><br>George M. Small </td>
    <td>President, Chief Executive Officer<br> (Principal Executive Officer) and<br> Director</td>
    <td>September 23, 2002</td></tr>
<tr><td><u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ H. Eddy Dupuis  &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u><br> H. Eddy Dupuis  </td>
    <td>Secretary, Treasurer, Chief Financial <br> Officer (Principal Financial and <br>Accounting Officer)</td>
    <td>September 23, 2002</td></tr>
<tr><td><u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; * &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u><br>Kenneth M. Jones  </td>
    <td>Chairman of the Board </td>
    <td>September 23, 2002</td></tr>
 <tr><td><u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; * &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u><br>Peter N. Buckley   </td>
    <td>Director</td>
    <td>September 23, 2002</td></tr>
<tr><td><u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u><br>Stephen J. Cannon  </td>
    <td>Director</td>
    <td></td></tr>
<tr><td><u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; * &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u><br>Jonathan H. Cartwright   </td>
    <td>Director</td>
    <td>September 23, 2002</td></tr>
<tr><td><u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u><br>David M. Johnson   </td>
    <td>Director</td>
    <td></td></tr>
<tr><td><u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; * &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u><br>Pierre H. Jungels   </td>
    <td>Director</td>
    <td>September 23, 2002</td></tr>
<tr><td><u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; * &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u><br>Ken C. Tamblyn  </td>
    <td>Director</td>
    <td>September 23, 2002</td></tr>
<tr><td><u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; * &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u><br>Robert W. Waldrup   </td>
    <td>Director</td>
    <td>September 23, 2002</td></tr>
<tr><td><u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; * &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u><br> Howard Wolf   </td>
    <td>Director</td>
    <td>September 23, 2002</td></tr>

<tr><td>&nbsp;</td></tr>
<tr><td>&nbsp;</td></tr>

<tr><td>* By:<u>&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ H. Eddy Dupuis&nbsp;&nbsp;</u><br>
 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; H. Eddy Dupuis<br>
 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Attorney-In-Fact</td></tr>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 23, 2002.
Registration No.  333-____
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
DC 20549
Form S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Offshore
Logistics, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
72-0679819
(IRS Employer
Identification Number)
224 Rue de Jean
P. O. Box 5C, Lafayette, Louisiana
(Address of principal executive offices)
70505
(Zip Code)
OFFSHORE
LOGISTICS, INC.
1994 LONG-TERM MANAGEMENT INCENTIVE PLAN, as amended
(Full title of the plan)
George M.
Small
President and Chief Executive Officer
Offshore
Logistics, Inc.
224 Rue de Jean

P.O. Box 5-C
Lafayette,
Louisiana 70505
(337)
233-1221
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including area code, of agent for service)
With a Copy to:
Paul M. Haygood
Correro Fishman Haygood Phelps Walmsley & Casteix, L.L.P.
201 St. Charles Avenue, 46th Floor
New Orleans, Louisiana 70170
(504) 586-5252
CALCULATION
OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of
Securities To Be
Registered
Amount To Be
Registered(1)
Proposed
Maximum
Offering
Price Per
Share(2)
Proposed
Maximum
Aggregate Offering
Price(2)
Amount of
Registration
Fee(5)
Common Stock,
$.01 par value
Totals
1,320,000 shares
680,000 shares
2,000,000 shares
$18.325 (3)
$17.316 (4)
$24,189,000.00
$11,774,880.00
$35,963,880.00
$2,225.39
$1,083.28
$3,308.67
Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Securities Act"), the Registration Statement also includes an
indeterminable number of additional shares that may become issuable pursuant to
an antidilution adjustment under provisions of the Offshore Logistics, Inc. 1994
Long-Term Management Incentive Plan ("the Plan"). Further, in the
event that pursuant to the terms of the Plan or the applicable Agreement, any
options or other awards outstanding are forfeited, expire, or cancelled without
being exercised or otherwise terminate without being exercised or in the event
that any stock appreciation rights are exercised for cash, the options or other
awards and the shares related thereto would again be available for issuance and
sale pursuant to this Registration Statement under the Plan provisions.
Computed in accordance with Rule 457(c) and (h)(1) and estimated solely for the purpose of calculating
         the registration fee.
Based on a price per share of $18.325, which represents the average of the high
and low prices of the common stock reported on the Nasdaq National Market on
September 17, 2002.
Based on the price at which outstanding options may be exercised.
The amount of the registration fee was calculated pursuant to Section 6(b)
of the Securities Act, and was determined by multiplying the Proposed Maximum
Aggregate Offering Price by .000092.
PART II
INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference
This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is being filed pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8
(Registration of Additional Shares) under the Securities Act to register additional shares of the Offshore
Logistics, Inc.'s Common Stock issuable pursuant to the Plan.  As permitted by General Instruction E to Form S-8,
this Registration Statement omits certain information otherwise required by Form S-8.  Unless otherwise noted
herein, this Registration Statement incorporates by reference the contents of Offshore Logistics, Inc.'s
registration statement relating to the Plan on Form S-8 (Registration No. 33-87450), and all exhibits thereto,
which was filed with the Commission on December 12, 1994.
Item 8. Exhibits.
The following exhibits are filed as part of this registration statement:
Exhibit
Number
Description of Exhibit
4.1
Delaware Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (filed as Exhibit 3(10) to
the Company's Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1989), and
incorporated herein by reference.
4.2
Agreement and Plan of Merger dated December 29, 1987 (filed as exhibit 3(11) to
the Company's Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1989), and
incorporated herein by reference.
4.3
Certificate of Merger dated December 29, 1987 (filed as Exhibit 3(3) to the
Company's Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1990), and
incorporated herein by reference.
4.4
Certificate of Correction of Certificate of Merger dated January 20, 1988 (filed
as exhibit 3(4) to the Company's Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June
30, 1990), and incorporated herein by reference.
4.5
Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation dated November 30, 1989
(filed as exhibit 3(5) to the Company's Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
June 30, 1990), and incorporated herein by reference.
4.6
Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation dated December 9, 1992
(filed as Exhibit 3 to the Company's Form 8-K filed in December 1992), and
incorporated herein by reference.
4.7
Form of Restricted Stock Agreement (filed as exhibit 4.9 to the Company's
Form S-8 filed December 12, 1994), and incorporated herein by reference.
4.8
Rights Agreement and Form of Rights Certificate (filed as Exhibit 4 to the
Company's Form 8A filed in February 1996), and incorporated herein by
reference.
4.9
Amended and Restated By-laws of the Company (filed as Exhibit 3(7) to the
Company's Form 8-K filed in February 1996), and incorporated herein by
reference.
4.10
Certificate of Designation of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock
(filed as Exhibit 3(9) to the Company's Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
June 30, 1996), and incorporated herein by reference.
4.11
First Amendment to Rights Agreement (filed as Exhibit 5 to the Company's
Form 8A-A filed in May 1997), and incorporated herein by reference.
4.12
Offshore Logistics, Inc. 1994 Long-Term Management Incentive Plan, as amended.
5.0
Opinion of Correro, Fishman, Haygood, Phelps, Walmsley &Casteix, as to the legality
                 of the securities being registered hereby.
23.0
Consent of Counsel (included in Exhibit 5.0).
24.0
Powers of Attorney.
EXPERTS
The audited financial statements and schedules incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement
have been audited by Arthur Andersen LLP, independent public accountants, as set forth in its reports, in
reliance upon the authority of said firm as experts in giving said reports.
We have not been able to obtain, after reasonable efforts, the written consent of Arthur Andersen to our
naming it in this Registration Statement as having certified our consolidated financial statements which are
incorporated by reference as required by Section 7 of the Securities Act.  We have dispensed with the requirement
to file Arthur Andersen's consent in reliance on Rule 437a under the Securities Act.  Because Arthur Andersen has
not consented to the incorporation of its report in this registration statement, you will not be able to recover
against Arthur Andersen under Section 11 of the Securities Act for any untrue statements of a material fact
contained in the financial statements audited by Arthur Andersen or any omissions to state a material fact
required to be stated therein.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Company certifies that it has reasonable
grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this
registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of
Lafayette, State of Louisiana, on September 23, 2002.
OFFSHORE
LOGISTICS, INC.
BY:
/s/ George M. Small
George M. Small
President and Chief Executive Officer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement has
been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ George M. Small
George M. Small
President, Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer) and
Director
September 23, 2002
/s/ H. Eddy Dupuis
H. Eddy Dupuis
Secretary, Treasurer, Chief Financial
Officer (Principal Financial and
Accounting Officer)
September 23, 2002
*
Kenneth M. Jones
Chairman of the Board
September 23, 2002
*
Peter N. Buckley
Director
September 23, 2002
Stephen J. Cannon
Director
*
Jonathan H. Cartwright
Director
September 23, 2002
David M. Johnson
Director
*
Pierre H. Jungels
Director
September 23, 2002
*
Ken C. Tamblyn
Director
September 23, 2002
*
Robert W. Waldrup
Director
September 23, 2002
*
Howard Wolf
Director
September 23, 2002
* By:
/s/ H. Eddy Dupuis
H. Eddy Dupuis
Attorney-In-Fact