Heliswiss AG is a Swiss helicopter company with headquarters on the property of Bern Airport in Belp, Switzerland, near Bern."Bern-Belp base ." Heliswiss. Retrieved on 25 February 2011. "Heliswiss is an international helicopter company based at Bern-Belp Airport."
History
Heliswiss - the oldest helicopter company in Switzerland - was founded as „Heliswiss Schweizerische Helikopter AG“ with headquarters in Berne-Belp on April 17, 1953. This was the beginning of helicopter flying in Switzerland. During the following years Heliswiss expanded in Switzerland and formed a network with bases in Belp BE, Samedan GR, Domat Ems GR, Locarno TI, Erstfeld UR, Gampel VS, Gstaad BE and Gruyères FR.
During the build-up of the rescue-company Schweizerische Rettungsflugwacht (REGA) as an independent network, Heliswiss carried out rescue missions on their behalf.
Heliswiss carried out operations all over the world: in Greenland, Suriname, North Africa and South America.
The first helicopter owned by Heliswiss was a Bell 47 G-1. It was registered as HB-XAG on September 23, 1953. From 1963 Heliswiss started to expand and began to operate with medium helicopters like the Agusta Bell 204B with a turbine power of 1050 HP and an external load of up to 1500 kg. From 1979 Heliswiss operated a Bell 214 (external load up to 2.8 t). Since 1991 Heliswiss operates a Russian Kamov 32A12 which was joined by a second one in 2015.
Current fleet
Swiss Helicopter's fleet comprises some 36 helicopters (as at December 2013):swissheli.com: Heliswiss Flotte Retrieved 20 January 2013 +Heliwiss fleet Aircraft In Fleet Passengers NotesAS350B3,D2175Aerospatiale SA 315B Lama14Eurocopter EC120 Colibri54Bell 20624Kamov KA-32A12 216operated by Heliswiss International AGSchweizer 269/300 C32Super Puma119EC13016Guimbal Cabri G221EC13517Total36
Bases Flughafen Bern-Belp, Samedan GR, Domat/Ems GR, Locarno Airport, Erstfeld UR, Gampel VS and Gruyères FR. Gstaad BE(winter base)
Products Flight-training (basic training, commercial pilot, mountain training, night-flight) Charter flights VIP-flights Heli-skiing Film- and foto-flights External load flights (up to 5000 kg), logging Firefighting
Partners/Subsidiaries Air Grischa BOHAG Heli Gotthard Heliswiss International AG Eliticino Air Zermatt AG Rhein-Helikopter AG (Liechtenstein only)
References
External links
Homepage Heliswiss Heliswiss Fleetlist