Heliamérica Perú

Heliamerica S.A.C. is a Peruvian helicopter company incorporated on 22 June 2001 in Iquitos. Its website says it builds on 25 years of experience of its founding group, Helicoptere Service, which was founded in France in 1987. At the start of 2012 ownership passed to Grupo Lomex, a Mexican group with helicopter and executive aviation businesses, including Transpais Aereo and ASESA.

Services

• Internal and external (long line) cargo
• Passenger transport and VIP flights
• Reconnaissance flights and aerial photography
• Maintenance for Bell 412 series helicopters and Pratt and Whitney PT6T-3 series engines, including vibration analysis of rotating components

Operations

The company lists its areas of operation as the oil, gas and mining industry, the electrical and energy industry, passenger and cargo transport, environment and the agricultural and forestry industries, emergencies and aerial photography. Operating bases named on the site are the maintenance base (OMA 066) at Tarapoto, Nuevo Mundo for Repsol and Quince Mil for Hunt Oil.

Fleet and maintenance

Heliamerica operates Bell 412 helicopters, supplied by ASESA, and holds permits for commercial aviation in aerial work and special air transport. Its maintenance workshop is approved by Peru's civil aviation authority (DGAC) as OMA No. 66 and covers line inspections, scheduled inspections, major component changes, special inspections and additional equipment (STC) work on the Bell 412 and its engines.

Company facts

• Incorporated 22 June 2001 in Iquitos
• Air operator certificate AOC No. 032-2013
• Maintenance organisation OMA No. 66
• Owner since 2012: Grupo Lomex