Air Touraine

Air Touraine is an air company in the Loire Valley of France, founded in 1978 and based at Neuvy-le-Roi. It flies helicopters, hot-air balloons and an airship, and also carries out professional aerial work and runs a pilot school called Air Touraine Academy.

Helicopter services

• Scenic flights to the Loire chateaux, including Chenonceau, Villandry, Chambord and Fontevraud
• Gastronomic flights, including a truffle flight
• Introductory flights and transfers
• Departures from the airports of Tours, Amboise, Poitiers and Angers

Pilot training

Air Touraine Academy offers introductory flights where the customer takes the controls. The site lists a 15-minute first-handling flight and a 30-minute pilot immersion flight, and its news says the academy is the only French school to offer the Bell 505.

Professional aerial work

• Surveillance and inspection of gas networks, railways and fire risk
• Mapping, LIDAR and thermography
• Express cargo and aerial photography
• Crop air-mixing and frost protection
• Lifting and handling

Balloons, airship and events

Hot-air balloon flights run in the Sarthe and in the chateaux region, and an airship flight leaves from Chenonceau. The company also organises flights for weddings, proposals, works councils, groups and corporate events.

Company facts

• Founded in 1978, according to the site
• Based at Neuvy-le-Roi
• Average customer rating shown as 4.7 out of 5
• A CSR project named Green Flag is mentioned