Heliwest S.r.l.

Heliwest is an Italian helicopter operator based in Motta di Costigliole, in the province of Asti, Piedmont. The company started in 1993 as a small business in agricultural aerial treatments. Today its site describes a fleet of 25 helicopters working across Italy in aerial work, passenger transport, firefighting, flight training and maintenance.

Services

• External load transport, which the company calls one of its main activities: concrete pours, avalanche and rockfall barriers, pylons for power lines, cableways and ski lifts, timber, supplies to mountain huts, power line stringing and phytosanitary treatments
• Passenger transport, including VIP flights, scenic flights and heliskiing tours in mountain areas, and staff transfers to building sites
• Scenic tours over the Langhe-Roero and Monferrato wine landscapes and the Occitan valleys of the Cuneo area
• Aerial filming, photography, inspection and spotting, with helicopters that have large sliding doors
• Forest firefighting and civil protection, described as the main activity of the company
• Pilot training

Fleet

The fleet page lists the Schweizer Hughes 269, the AS350 B1, B2 and B3 Ecureuil, the twin-engine AS355 F2 and the twin-engine EC135 T2. The site gives hook capacities of up to 1,400 kg for the B3.

Pilot school

Heliwest holds approval as a training organisation (IT.ATO.0052). Courses include type rating, renewal and differences on the AS350, AS355, EC135 and 269, flight instructor and type rating instructor courses, some of them on a flight simulation training device.

Company facts

• Founded in 1993
• Integrated management system to ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015 and ISO 45001:2018, plus a Safety Management System
• Main base has offices, hangars, a maintenance workshop, a technical office and a spare parts store