HHS Hanseatic Helicopter Service GmbH

HHS Hanseatic Helicopter Service GmbH is a helicopter operator at Hamburg Airport, Germany. It has operated since 2004 and says its flight and training operations have been accident-free since the start. The company is owned and managed by Frank Pröber, who holds CPL(H), FI(H) and FE(H) licences.

Sightseeing flights

Hamburg sightseeing flights depart from the General Aviation Terminal at Hamburg Airport. The small flight takes 20 minutes and the large flight 30 minutes, with scheduled weekend dates and a fixed route over the Außenalster, the city centre, the port, the Elbphilharmonie and past the Airbus site at Finkenwerder. A private flight of 20 to 60 minutes can be booked for up to four people on a date and route of the customer's choice.

Charter and work flights

• Door-to-door taxi and VIP charter
• Sylt shuttle, about 60 minutes from Hamburg
• Föhr shuttle, about 50 minutes, and Norderney shuttle, about 70 minutes
• Cargo flights for urgent production or spare parts, without dangerous goods
• Aerial photography and film flights
• Inspection of pipelines and high-voltage power lines

Fleet

The charter fleet is an Airbus H120 and a Bell 407 GX, both in VIP configuration, carrying up to six passengers at about 200 km/h. Pilot profiles also name the Robinson R44, EC 120 and EC 130 / AS350. A general permission allows landings away from airfields in Germany with the landowner's consent.

Approvals

• EASA Air Operator Certificate under Regulation (EC) No 1008/2008
• Own CAMO approval under Regulation (EU) No 1321/2014
• Maintenance by an EASA Part 145 organisation