Advanced Flight Limited

Advanced Flight is a helicopter charter and management company based at Auckland Heliport in Onehunga, Auckland. It has provided aviation services to private helicopter owners and charter guests since 1998. The company began in a small shed and now runs an award winning heliport. It says it was the first in New Zealand to operate the EC130 and the twin engine Bell 429.

Services

• Charter: touring around New Zealand, planned around the client's timetable, including exclusive retreats, superyachts and golf courses
• Heli management: engineering and maintenance available 365 days a year, heliport operation, and full service arrangements for superyacht owners
• Special operations: human sling, external load, firefighting, aerial survey and photography, superyacht and police operations
• Sales and training

The site also says it houses and maintains Auckland based helicopters for NZ Police and supports Rocket Lab with mid-air recovery of booster rockets.

Fleet

• Airbus H130, single engine, six passengers plus pilot
• Bell 429, twin engine, seven passengers plus pilot
• Airbus H145, twin engine, nine passengers plus pilot
• Guimbal Cabri G2, used for training

Flight school

Advanced Flight operates as a Civil Aviation certified Part 141 training organisation and does its checks and training in house. It offers Private Pilot Licence, Commercial Pilot Licence and trial flights, flies two Cabri G2 helicopters, and uses a Bell 429 flight simulator for instrument currency and multi-crew training. It also conducts night vision goggle training for the Police Air Support Unit.

Company facts

• Established 1998
• More than 25 full-time pilots, three flight examiners and four multiengine instructors