INFLITE Tourism Group

INFLITE Tourism Group is a New Zealand group of helicopter, fixed-wing and tourism brands that describes itself as 100 percent New Zealand owned and operated. Its Auckland helicopter operation, Heletranz, has its office at 234 Rosedale Road, Albany, and says it has been flying since 1990.

Brands and services

• INFLITE Charters: private jet and helicopter charters, air transfers and freight across New Zealand, Australia and the South Pacific
• Heletranz: Auckland helicopter flights, including Waiheke Island, luxury lodges and national itineraries
• Mount Cook Ski Planes and Helicopters: scenic flights in Aoraki Mount Cook National Park, including a Tasman Glacier landing
• INFLITE Franz and Fox Helicopters: flights from the West Coast, including private Tasman Glacier landings
• Mount Cook Glacier Guiding: heli-hiking, snowshoeing and ice climbing, a joint venture with Fox Glacier Guiding
• Commercial tasking: commercial lifting, aerial filming and event coordination
• Tandem skydiving brands at Motueka, Franz and Fox, and Pukaki Airport

Helicopter fleet

The fleet page lists one Agusta 109 Grand, two Eurocopter EC130, ten AS350 Squirrels, two AS355 Twin Squirrels, one Eurocopter EC120 and one BK117-850D2 twin-turbine utility helicopter for sling and external load work. The Bell 427 and Bell 505 are also named. The group also operates a Pilatus Porter ski plane, and a Falcon 2000LX jet appears in its charter material.

Company facts

• Qualmark Gold and Toitu carboNZero certification shown on the site
• Operations in Auckland, the West Coast, Motueka, Pukaki and Aoraki Mount Cook
• Mount Cook Ski Planes and Helicopters marked 70 years of flying in 2025