Helicópteros del Sureste

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An AgustaWestland AW139 of Helisureste.

Helicópteros del Sureste (English: South East Helicopters) (also called Helisureste) is a helicopter service based in Mutxamel, Alicante, Spain.

Background[]

Helicópteros del Sureste is currently the primary responsibility of the "On-Shore" division of the .[1][2]

The company provides a variety of services:

  • passenger services
  • air ambulance
  • civil defense support
  • forest firefighting
  • aerial photography
  • aerial filming

Helicópteros del Sureste obtained a Declaration of Competence to provide scheduled passenger service. Since 1996, they have operated the service from the (Ceuta Heliport and Málaga Airport).

Each year they carry over 20,000 passengers in next-generation aircraft. The company was the first to offer flights from the Algeciras Heliport, providing crucial links through the Strait of Gibraltar.[3] It also runs the Malta-Gozo helilink.[4]

Destinations[]

Fleet[]

Notable employees[]

The company employed or contracted Mykola Melnyk, a Chernobyl hero helicopter pilot from Ukraine, using his expertise in piloting the Soviet-made Kamov helicopters.[5]

Sources[]

  1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-02-04. Retrieved 2010-05-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ "ROTOR on line - A publication of Eurocopter - INAER". Eurocopter.com. 2006-07-24. Archived from the original on 2013-01-22. Retrieved 2012-05-18.
  3. ^ "Gibraltar set to lose its air supremacy - Panorama Newspaper". Panorama.gi. Retrieved 2012-05-18.
  4. ^ "Malta Today". Malta Today. 2005-01-30. Archived from the original on 2012-03-19. Retrieved 2012-05-18.
  5. ^ "Former Chernobyl Pilot Soars Above His Obstacles". Archived from the original on 2011-03-17. Retrieved 2013-02-16.

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