 Subsidies of 1.9 million Norwegian krone (NOK) was granted for the route in 1973, and the service transported 5,359 passengers (from both Røst and Værøy).One of the helicopters was bought by Widerøe in December 1976 and the operations were subcontracted to Offshore Helicopters.The second Sikorsky was bought from Helilift in March 1978 and also operated by Offshore Helicopters.