Helicópteros del Sureste explained

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 INAERgroup.^[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 liner Ceuta-Málaga 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

Web site: Grupo Inaer . 2010-05-16 . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20100204072106/http://www.grupoinaer.com/ . 2010-02-04 .
Web site: ROTOR on line - A publication of Eurocopter - INAER . Eurocopter.com . 2006-07-24 . 2012-05-18 . https://archive.today/20130122124551/http://www.eurocopter.com/w1/jrotor/70/AS365%20N3.html . 2013-01-22 . dead .
Web site: Gibraltar set to lose its air supremacy - Panorama Newspaper . Panorama.gi . 2012-05-18.
Web site: Malta Today . Malta Today . 2005-01-30 . 2012-05-18 . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120319221112/http://www.maltatoday.com.mt/2005/01/30/t7.html . 2012-03-19 .
Web site: Former Chernobyl Pilot Soars Above His Obstacles . 2013-02-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110317233041/http://www.sptimes.ru/index.php?action_id=2&story_id=3713 . 2011-03-17 . dead .