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Long Term Debt - Components of Long-term Debt (Parenthetical) (Detail)
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Mar. 31, 2014
Debt Instrument [Line Items]    
Interest rate on Senior Notes 5.25%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage  
5.25% Senior Notes due March 15, 2019 [Member]    
Debt Instrument [Line Items]    
Interest rate on Senior Notes 5.25%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= phii_FivePointTwoFivePercentageSeniorNotesDueMarchFifteenTwoThousandNineteenMember
5.25%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= phii_FivePointTwoFivePercentageSeniorNotesDueMarchFifteenTwoThousandNineteenMember
Senior Notes payable periods Mar. 15, 2019