Bristow Group to Present at the Lehman Brothers CEO Energy/Power Conference

HOUSTON, Aug. 27 /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 Lehman Brothers CEO Energy/Power Conference to be held in New York City, September 2 - 4, 2008.

William E. Chiles, President and Chief Executive Officer of Bristow Group, is scheduled to present on Thursday, September 4, at 10:25 a.m. Eastern Time (9:25 a.m. Central Time). A live broadcast of the presentation and the accompanying slides will be available in the Investor Relations section of the Bristow Group website at http://www.bristowgroup.com and will be archived there for approximately 90 days.

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.

Contact:

Linda McNeill, Investor Relations

(713) 267-7622