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Commitments and Contingencies - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)
In Millions, unless otherwise specified
3 Months Ended 1 Months Ended 0 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Land_Parcel
Mar. 31, 2014
Aircraft
Jan. 02, 2015
Aircraft
Long-term Purchase Commitment [Line Items]      
Total aircraft deposits $ 7.4phii_OtherAssetsDepositsOnAircraftPurchase    
Aggregate estimated probable liability environmental matters 0.2us-gaap_AccrualForEnvironmentalLossContingencies    
Number of parcels of land exists 2phii_NumberOfLandParcels    
Aggregate commitments under operating leases 305.6phii_AggregateCommitmentsUnderOperatingLeases    
Operational lease payable 38.3phii_OperationalLeasePayable    
Lease commitment for aircraft 290.8phii_LeaseCommitmentForAircraft    
Facility lease commitments 14.8phii_FacilityLeaseCommitments    
2016 [Member]      
Long-term Purchase Commitment [Line Items]      
Aggregate purchase price for aircraft 67.8us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireProductiveAssets
/ us-gaap_LongTermPurchaseCommitmentByCategoryOfItemPurchasedAxis
= phii_TwoThousandAndSixteenMember
   
2017 [Member]      
Long-term Purchase Commitment [Line Items]      
Aggregate purchase price for aircraft 55.7us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireProductiveAssets
/ us-gaap_LongTermPurchaseCommitmentByCategoryOfItemPurchasedAxis
= phii_TwoThousandAndSeventeenMember
   
2018 [Member]      
Long-term Purchase Commitment [Line Items]      
Aggregate purchase price for aircraft 127.0us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireProductiveAssets
/ us-gaap_LongTermPurchaseCommitmentByCategoryOfItemPurchasedAxis
= phii_TwoThousandAndEighteenMember
   
2019 [Member]      
Long-term Purchase Commitment [Line Items]      
Aggregate purchase price for aircraft 150.4us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireProductiveAssets
/ us-gaap_LongTermPurchaseCommitmentByCategoryOfItemPurchasedAxis
= phii_TwoThousandAndNineteenMember
   
Heavy Helicopters [Member]      
Long-term Purchase Commitment [Line Items]      
Number of aircraft purchased   6phii_NumberOfAircraftPurchased
/ us-gaap_AircraftTypeAxis
= phii_HeavyHelicoptersMember
 
Number of aircrafts delivered 1phii_NumberOfAircraftDelivered
/ us-gaap_AircraftTypeAxis
= phii_HeavyHelicoptersMember
   
Heavy Aircraft [Member]      
Long-term Purchase Commitment [Line Items]      
Number of aircraft purchased     1phii_NumberOfAircraftPurchased
/ us-gaap_AircraftTypeAxis
= phii_HeavyTransportAircraftMember
Aggregate purchase price for aircraft     $ 17.7us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireProductiveAssets
/ us-gaap_AircraftTypeAxis
= phii_HeavyTransportAircraftMember