Heliswiss AG is a
Swiss
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helicopter company with headquarters on the property of
Bern Airport
The Regional Aerodrome Bern-Belp , marketed as ''Bern Airport'',, french: Aéroport de Berne, it, Aeroporto di Berna, rm, Eroport da Berna officially referred to as in German, is a regional aerodrome serving Bern, the de facto capital of Switz ...
in
Belp
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). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
, near
Bern
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, neighboring_municipalities = Bremgarten bei Bern, Frauenkappelen, Ittigen, Kirchlindach, Köniz, Mühleberg, Muri bei Bern, Neuenegg, Ostermundigen, Wohlen bei Bern, Zollikofen
, website ...
.
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
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,
Suriname
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, 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
![SA315B Lama HB-XTD Heliswiss img 3124](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/da/SA315B_Lama_HB-XTD_Heliswiss_img_3124.jpg)
Swiss Helicopter's fleet comprises some 36 helicopters (as at December 2013):
[swissheli.com: ]
Heliswiss Flotte
' Retrieved 20 January 2013
Bases
Flughafen Bern-Belp
The Regional Aerodrome Bern-Belp , marketed as ''Bern Airport'',, french: Aéroport de Berne, it, Aeroporto di Berna, rm, Eroport da Berna officially referred to as in German, is a regional aerodrome serving Bern, the de facto capital of Switz ...
,
Samedan GR,
Domat/Ems GR,
Locarno Airport
Locarno Airport, german: Flugplatz Locarno, french: Aéroport de Locarno , mil ICAO code LSMO, also known as Locarno-Magadino Airport, is an airport located near the city of Locarno, Ticino, Switzerland. It is a mixed civilian and military ai ...
,
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
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only)
References
External links
Homepage Heliswiss
{{Authority control
Airlines of Switzerland
Helicopter airlines
Airlines established in 1958
1958 establishments in Switzerland