Christchurch Helicopters Limited

Christchurch Helicopters is a helicopter operator at Christchurch International Airport in New Zealand. It runs a pilot training school alongside commercial, agricultural, tourism and firefighting operations. Its pilot training page cites more than 20 years of flight training experience, and its sister company is Pacific Aircraft Services.

Pilot training

Courses cover the NZ Diploma in Aviation, Commercial Pilot Licence, Private Pilot Licence, Flight Instructor Rating and advanced training and ratings. The company says it is NZQA accredited, which allows student funding on the diploma, and it uses the Guimbal Cabri G2 as its primary training helicopter.

Scenic flights

Tours include Christchurch City, Lyttelton and Mt Herbert, the Grape Vine wine region, Akaroa and Banks Peninsula, the Southern Alps, Mt Cook and Tasman Glacier, Kaikoura marine life, Rakaia glaciers and a full day World in a Day trip. Trial flights, executive charter, transfers, hunting and fishing flights and weddings are also listed.

Commercial and agricultural work

• Heavy lifting up to 1.5 tonnes on request
• Firefighting, including a Simplex belly tank
• Frost control for vineyards and crops
• Sluicing, concrete and gravel placement, wire stringing and power pole lifting
• Aerial survey, LiDAR and aerial photography
• Spraying, sowing and spreading, mustering, wilding pine control and wild animal management

Aircraft

The site lists an Airbus AS355 F2 twin, an Airbus H125 B3E, two AS350 B2, a Eurocopter EC120 Colibri and two Guimbal Cabri G2. Other pages mention an MD500E and an MD520N.