Heli Rezia

Heli Rezia SA is a helicopter company in the canton of Ticino, with its head office and main base at Ambrì at the foot of the Gotthard. It was founded in 1989 by a group of entrepreneurs and holds Swiss Federal Office of Civil Aviation (FOCA) air operator certificate CH.AOC.3027.

The company flies aerial work, passenger transport, flight training and special missions from bases at Ambrì, San Vittore near Bellinzona and Leysin near Lake Geneva, and since 2021 through Heli Rezia North across the canton of Graubünden. It lists construction lifting, placing pools and other structures, supplying mountain huts, timber extraction with forestry companies, avalanche control with explosives and the fitting of avalanche barriers. The company states that it works with civil authorities on population protection missions, fights forest fires and flies missions for Rega to recover injured livestock in the Alps. It also carries people on a human external cargo hook and offers commercial (CPL) and private (PPL) pilot courses.

The aircraft on the Swiss register under its certificate are three Airbus H125 (AS350 Ecureuil) helicopters, which the company describes as the backbone of its fleet for both underslung loads and passenger flights. Its school uses a Guimbal Cabri G2 dedicated to training. No third party safety audit is published for the company.