EXHIBIT
23
Consent
of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
The
Board
of Directors and Stockholders
Bristow
Group Inc.:
We
consent to the incorporation by reference in registration statement No.
333-115473, No. 333-121207 and No. 333-140565 on Form S-8 of Bristow Group
Inc.
of our report dated May 22, 2007, with respect to the consolidated balance
sheets of Bristow Group Inc. as of March 31, 2007 and 2006, and the related
consolidated statements of income, stockholders’ investment and cash flows for
each of the years in the three-year period ended March 31, 2007,
management’s assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial
reporting as of March 31, 2007, and the effectiveness of internal control
over financial reporting as of March 31, 2007, which reports appear in the
March 31, 2007, Annual Report on Form 10-K of Bristow Group
Inc.
As
discussed in Notes 1 and 8, respectively, to the consolidated financial
statements, the Company changed its method of accounting for
defined benefit plans as of March 31, 2007, and its method of accounting
for stock-based compensation plans as of April 1, 2006.
/s/
KPMG
LLP
Houston,
Texas
May
22,
2007