Heli Austria

Heli Austria GmbH is a helicopter operator based at the heliport in St. Johann im Pongau, Austria. It works together with Heli Tirol, the air rescue organisation Martin Flugrettung and the Heli Austria Flight Academy, and the website says the group has served customers with helicopters for more than 35 years.

Services

• Assembly flights (Montageflüge)
• Film and photo flights
• VIP and taxi flights
• Mountain hut supply
• Avalanche control blasting
• Heavy-lift transport
• Inspection flights
• Logging
• Animal rescue
• Firefighting
• Scenic flights, with a flight calendar published on the site
• Heli skiing in Iceland

Group companies

Martin Flugrettung runs air rescue helicopters from stations across Austria, including St. Johann im Pongau (Martin 1), Karres (Martin 2), Scharnstein (Martin 3), Matrei in Osttirol (Martin 4), Hinterglemm (Martin 6), Mayrhofen im Zillertal (Martin 7), Hochgurgl (Martin 8) and Ennspongau (Martin 10). The site mentions an H 145 used by Martin Flugrettung and an EC 135 in its image captions. Heli Tirol is the sister helicopter company in Tyrol, and the Flight Academy trains pilots.

Flight training

Through the Flight Academy the group offers PPL(H), CPL(H) in modular and integrated form, flight instructor courses, ATPL(H) theory, night rating, type ratings, aviation medical examinations, language proficiency and radio licences.

Company facts

• Base: heliport at St. Johann im Pongau
• Group experience stated as more than 35 years
• Online shop and scenic flight calendar on the website

The website also gives separate contact details for the Flight Academy (academy@heli-austria.at, +43 664 888 11 101) and for Heli Tirol (fly@heli-tirol.at, +43 5412 61421), and links to a Swiss sister site, Heli Air Swiss.