Heliswiss AG is a

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helicopter company with headquarters on the property of

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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

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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

Swiss Helicopter's fleet comprises some 36 helicopters (as at December 2013):swissheli.com:
Heliswiss Flotte
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Bases

Flughafen Bern-Belp, Samedan GR, Domat/Ems GR,

Locarno Airport International Locarno Airport , 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 airport. The airfield is used simultaneously by ...

, 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 (

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References

External links

Homepage Heliswiss
{{Authority control Airlines of Switzerland Helicopter airlines Airlines established in 1958 1958 establishments in Switzerland Companies based in the canton of Bern