Eagle Valais

Eagle Valais is a helicopter company based at Sion airport in the Valais region of Switzerland. Its website says the company has offered aerial work and passenger flights since 2002. It is a member of the HBG Helicopter group.

Aerial work is the core of the business. The website lists transport of materials, assembly work, services for foresters, mountain hut supply, firefighting, avalanche triggering, and photo and film flights. Each of these is a separate service page on the site.

For foresters, the company offers reconnaissance flights to find areas to work or to assess natural damage. Its crews also deploy and move logging teams. The forestry page describes winch installation, timber extraction by helicopter, and tree felling near power lines and railways.

The company also runs panoramic flights from Sion. Its listed tours include the Tour du Cervin around the Matterhorn, the Tour du Mont Blanc, the Tour des Combins, and the Tour des Alpes Valaisannes. It also flies a route over the north of the Rhone Valley.

Other services include VIP flights, parachute drops, and heli skiing. Heli skiing is offered as its own service page. The company also runs a flight training school called FHATO. The website says the school is certified, and it lists introductory flights and PPL H and CPL H licence training.

The website also lists maintenance services and a shop. Its contact form covers aerial work, private transfers, scenic flights, partnerships and press, recruitment, mountain rescue, heli skiing, maintenance, and FHATO flight training. The website describes helicopters as a low impact choice in tight areas and mentions sustainable aviation fuel.

The website lists a shop page for branded merchandise and a blog with news. Its contact page lets visitors choose a request type, including aerial work, a private transfer or VIP flight, a panoramic flight, a partnership or press enquiry, recruitment, mountain rescue, heli skiing, maintenance, or flight training.

Services

• Aerial work
• Material transport
• Assembly work
• Forestry services
• Hut supply
• Firefighting
• Panoramic flights
• VIP flights
• Heli skiing
• Flight training