Esperia Aviation Services S.p.A.

Esperia Aviation is a helicopter operator based at Rome Urbe Airport in Italy. Founded in 2009, the company describes itself as the first in Italy to offer helicopter services dedicated to executive and high-profile customers. Alongside passenger flights it runs its own maintenance organisation, manages helicopters for other owners and trains pilots.

Services

• Business and leisure flights with Esperia crews, with destinations listed on its site such as Florence, Elba, Porto Cervo, Capri, Amalfi, Monaco, Lake Como, Courchevel and St. Moritz
• Tours and incentives
• AMO Part-145 maintenance
• CAMO technical management
• Fleet management for its own and privately owned helicopters
• Helipad management, including consulting and integration into a national network of certified helipads
• Design and construction of aviation infrastructure, including ground level and raised helipads
• Consultancy on installing flight decks on motoryachts
• Helicopter pilot training

Fleet

Esperia operates AgustaWestland AW109S twin-engine helicopters in a VIP configuration. The fleet page gives Pratt & Whitney PW207C engines with full FADEC, a maximum takeoff weight of 3,175 kg, a cruising speed of 287 km/h, VFR and IFR day and night certification and a two pilot crew.

Pilot training

Esperia is an Approved Training Organisation (IT.ATO.0051) at Rome Urbe. It offers initial and additional type rating courses, difference courses and instrument rating courses on the A109S and AW109SP, taught by type rating instructors and examiners.

Company facts

• Founded in 2009
• Air Operator Certificate IT.AOC.0135, under European Regulation 965/2012
• Approved Training Organisation IT.ATO.0051
• EASA Part-145 and CAMO approved, per its site
• Base: Rome Urbe Airport