List of helicopter airlines
This is a list of helicopter airlines. These are airlines which provide transport for passengers or cargo, or both, with fleets that comprise a significant proportion of helicopters.

A Eurocopter AS350 of Heli Air Monaco flying over the Vista Palace Hotel in Monte Carlo
Helicopter airlines
In operation

A Scandinavian AirAmbulance EC135 helicopter

A Sky Shuttle Helicopters helicopter at Shun Tak Heliport, Hong Kong
Company name | Headquarters | Country | Other regions serviced | Subsidiaries |
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Air Dynasty | Kathmandu | Nepal | ||
Air Greenland | Nuussuaq | Denmark
(Greenland) |
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Air Harrods | London | United Kingdom | ||
Air-Transport Europe | Poprad | Slovakia | ||
Altitude Air | Kathmandu | Nepal | ||
Atlantic Airways | Vágar | Denmark
(Faroe Islands) |
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Babcock Mission Critical Services | London | United Kingdom | Africa, Australia, North America, Scandinavia | |
Bristow Helicopters | Houston | United States | Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America | |
British International Helicopters | Coventry | United Kingdom | Falkland Islands | |
Caribbean Helicopters | Antigua | Antigua and Barbuda | Montserrat, Saint Kitts and Nevis | |
CHC Helicopter | Richmond | Canada | Africa, Australia, Brazil, Denmark, Ireland, Netherlands, Norway, United Kingdom | |
Columbia Helicopters | Aurora | United States | ||
Copterline | Estonia | Finland, North Sea | In operation since bankruptcy? | |
Cougar Helicopters | St. John's | Canada | ||
DAP Helicópteros | Punta Arenas | Chile | ||
Fishtail Air | Kathmandu | Nepal | ||
Global Vectra Helicorp | Mumbai | India | ||
Gulf Helicopters | Doha | Qatar | India, Middle East, North Africa | |
Heli Air | Wellesbourne | United Kingdom | ||
Heli Air Monaco | Fontvieille | Monaco | France, Italy, Switzerland | |
Heli Air Services | Sofia | Bulgaria | Afghanistan, Africa | |
Heli Holland | Emmen | Netherlands | ||
Heliandes | Medellin | Colombia | ||
Helicol | Bogotá | Colombia | ||
Helicópteros de Guatemala | Guatemala City | Guatemala | ||
Helicópteros del Sureste | Mutxamel | Spain | ||
Helijet | Vancouver | Canada | ||
Heliswiss | Bern | Switzerland | ||
Helitrans | Stjørdal | Norway | ||
HNZ Group | Les Cèdres | Canada | Afghanistan, Antarctica, Australia, New Zealand, Southeast Asia, United States | |
Kazaviaspas | Astana | Kazakhstan | ||
Jämtlands Flyg | Östersund | Sweden | ||
Lufttransport | Tromsø | Norway | Sweden | |
Monacair | Monaco | Monaco | France | |
Noordzee Helikopters Vlaanderen | Ostend | Belgium | ||
Northumbria Helicopters | Newcastle upon Tyne | United Kingdom | ||
Pawan Hans | New Delhi | India | ||
Petroleum Air Services | Cairo | Egypt | ||
Petroleum Helicopters International | Lafayette | United States | Antarctic | |
Polar Airlines | Yakutsk | Russia | ||
Shree Airlines | Kathmandu | Nepal | ||
Simrik Air | Kathmandu | Nepal | ||
Sky Service | Almaty | Kazakhstan | ||
Sky Shuttle Helicopters | Macau | China | Hong Kong | |
Summit Helicopters | Yellowknife | Canada | Indonesia, United Kingdom | |
Toho Air Service | Tokyo | Japan | ||
UTair Aviation | Khanty-Mansiysk | Russia | ||
Various others, see separate article. | Russia | |||
Vertical de Aviación | Bogotá | Colombia | ||
Vietnam Helicopter Corporation | Hanoi | Vietnam | Southeast Asia | |
Wiking Helikopter Service | Bremen | Germany | North Sea |
Defunct or renamed

A Los Angeles Airways helicopter taking off from the roof of the Terminal Annex Post office to inaugurate helicopter air-mail service, 1947
Company name | Headquarters | Country | Commenced operations | Ceased operations |
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Air Alpha Greenland | Ilulissat | Denmark (Greenland) | 1994 | 2006 |
Air America | Washington, DC | United States | 1946 | 1976 |
Arizona Helicopters | United States | 1970s | ||
Asian Airlines | Kathmandu | Nepal | 1993 | |
Australian Helicopters | Australia | |||
Bajan Helicopters | Bridgetown | Barbados | 1989 | 2009 |
Bond Air Services | Australia | |||
Bond Aviation Group | Staverton | United Kingdom | 1961 | 2016 |
Bond Offshore Helicopters | Australia | |||
Boun Oum Airways | 1964 | 1967 | ||
Braathens Helikopter | Sola | Norway | 1989 | 1993 |
British Airways Helicopters | United Kingdom | 1964 | 1986 | |
Burundaiavia | Almaty | Kazakhstan | 1946 | ? |
Continental Air Services, Inc | Los Angeles, California | United States | 1965 | 1965 |
Copterline Oy | Helsinki | Finland | 2002 | 2010 |
East Asia Airlines | ||||
East Pakistan Helicopter Service | East Pakistan | 1960s | ||
Hong Kong Air International | Hong Kong | Hong Kong | 1971 | 1976 |
Impro Airways | Kathmandu | Nepal | 2006 | 2008 |
Karnali Air | Kathmandu | Nepal | 2001 | |
Los Angeles Airways | Los Angeles, California | United States | 1947 | 1971 |
New York Airways | New York City | United States | 1949 | 1979 |
New York Helicopter | New York City | United States | 1980 | 1988 |
Norrlandsflyg | Gothenburg | Sweden | 1961 | 2011 |
Norsk Helikopter | ||||
San Francisco and Oakland Helicopter Airlines | Oakland, California | United States | 1961 | 1985 |
Schreiner Airways | ||||
Sealand Helicopters | St. John's, Newfoundland | Canada | 1977 | 1988 |
Silver State Helicopters | Las Vegas | United States | 1999 | 2008 |
Universal Helicopters | St. John's | Canada | 1963 | 2020 |
US Helicopter | New York City | United States | 2004 | 2009 |
Services offered
Some companies focus solely on winning ongoing contracts in a single industry sector, such as oil & gas. Other companies cater to a wider range of clients by offering one-off charter flights on an ad hoc basis. Services can include:
- Aid – disaster relief, humanitarian aid
- Agriculture – crop dusting, game monitoring, hydroseeding, livestock mustering, pest control, wildlife management
- Firefighting – helicopter bucket, helitack
- Flight training
- Forestry – heli-logging, stream restoration
- Freight – aerial crane, airdrop; general cargo and mail delivery in remote areas
- Industrial – construction, inspection and maintenance of overhead power lines, pipelines, mobile phone towers, offshore wind farms, hydropower facilities, and other infrastructure
- Maritime – pilot transfer and other ship-to-shore transport
- Medical – air ambulance, medical evacuation
- Military – aeromedical evacuation, pilot training; airlift, vertical replenishment and other logistical support
- Oil & gas – transporting crews to and from offshore platforms
- Passenger – VIP & corporate charter; scheduled flights from remote areas
- Photography – aerial photography, archaeology, film production, photogrammetry, television news reporting
- Science – water sampling, wildlife monitoring, snow radar, support to research stations in the Arctic and Antarctic
- Search & rescue – air-sea rescue, mountain rescue
- Surveillance – border control, coast guard, police
- Survey – aeromagnetic, mineral exploration, reflection seismology
- Tourism – sightseeing tours, heliskiing
Other helicopter companies
These are companies which do not qualify as airlines, strictly speaking, because they specialise in services other than the transport of passengers and cargo.
Company name | Headquarter country | Principal services | Status |
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Air Methods | United States | Medical evacuation, tourism | Active |
Carson Helicopters | United States | Aerial lift, firefighting | Active |
Croman Corporation | United States | Agriculture, forestry, industrial | Active |
Erickson | United States | Aerial cranes, firefighting, forestry, industrial | Active |
Evergreen International Aviation | United States | Agriculture, firefighting, forestry, industrial, military | Defunct |
Global Traffic Network | United States | Traffic reporting | Active |
Helog | Germany | Training | Active |
Roberts Aircraft | United States | Agriculture, mapping | Active |
Swanson Group Aviation | United States | Aerial cranes, firefighting, heli-logging, mapping | Active |
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