CHS Central Helicopter Services

CHS Central Helicopter Services AG, also called CentralHeli, is a Swiss helicopter operator founded in 1997. Its registered office is at Luzernerstrasse 11 in Cham, and its helicopters are based at Buttwil airfield (LSZU) on the border of the cantons of Aargau and Lucerne. It serves mainly Central Switzerland and the cantons of Aargau, Basel, Solothurn and Zurich.

Services

• Private charter, business and airport taxi flights and transfers
• Scenic flights, glacier flights, heli-ski, trips of one to four days and culinary experiences
• Flights for club, sport and company events, weddings and birthdays
• Work flights: transport, assembly, special timber work, log transport, large animal rescue, hut supply and photo and film flights
• Flight school: discovery flights, pilot training, type ratings, night flying, mountain training and flight instructor training

Fleet

The company flies a Bell 407, a Bell 206 and a Guimbal Cabri G2. The Cabri G2 is a training helicopter with a glass cockpit that joined the fleet around January 2023.

History

In 1997 the company began with pilot training on the Enstrom 280 and with sightseeing and taxi flights on the Bell 206BIII JetRanger, which it still operates. It bought the Bell 407 in 2005, which added cargo transport, mainly across the Swiss Central Plateau. The company reports that several dozen flight students have graduated and that it has flown thousands of sightseeing and work flights.

Company facts

• Founded in 1997
• Operates under European approval and is supervised by the Swiss Federal Office of Civil Aviation, as stated on the site
• Operating base: Flugplatz Buttwil, CH-5632 Buttwil