Heliwest S.r.l.

Heliwest S.r.l. is an Italian helicopter operator based in Motta di Costigliole, in the province of Asti, Piedmont. It has been operating for over thirty years, having started in 1993 in the field of aerial work. The company now offers a broad range of helicopter services across Italy.

Heliwest operates a fleet of helicopters and provides a variety of aviation services. These include external load transport, passenger flights, scenic tours, aerial filming, inspections, and firefighting. The company serves clients needing support in areas like construction, forestry, civil protection, and tourism.

The company highlights external load transport as a core activity. This covers tasks such as concrete pouring, carrying avalanche and rockfall barriers, transporting pylons for power lines, cableways and ski lifts, timber, supplies to mountain refuges, power line stringing, and phytosanitary treatments. These services support infrastructure and environmental management across mountainous and hard-to-access areas.

Passenger transport services include VIP flights, scenic flights over wine landscapes and regional valleys, heliskiing tours in alpine areas, and staff transfers to work sites. Heliwest also specializes in aerial photography, filming, inspection, and spotting, using helicopters equipped with large sliding doors to facilitate this work. Forest firefighting and civil protection represent major activities for the company.

The Heliwest fleet includes several helicopter models such as the Schweizer Hughes 269, the AS350 B1, B2, B3 Ecureuil variants, the twin-engine AS355 F2, and the twin-engine EC135 T2. Hook capacities reach up to 1,400 kilograms on the B3 variant. This diverse fleet allows the company to handle many types of missions across Italy’s geography.

Heliwest is also an approved flight training organization (ATO) under identifier IT.ATO.0052. It offers type rating, renewal, and difference courses for the AS350, AS355, EC135, and 269 helicopters. Some courses include flight instructor and type rating instructor training, some of which take place on a flight simulation training device.

The company maintains an integrated management system certified to ISO 9001:2015 for quality, ISO 14001:2015 for environmental management, and ISO 45001:2018 for occupational health and safety. Heliwest has a safety management system and operates from a main base equipped with offices, hangars, a maintenance workshop, a technical office, and a spare parts store.

Services

• External load transport
• Passenger transport
• Scenic flights
• Heliskiing tours
• Staff transfers
• Aerial filming
• Aerial photography
• Inspection and spotting
• Forest firefighting
• Flight training