Built in 1983 as G-BKZE, this airframe was till early 1993 used by British Airways Helicopters. Brintel Helicopters was next, leasing it to the UN in 1994. As from August 2000, the heli was part of CHC Scotia, before Heli Austria obtained it in June 2016, applying an overall red paint scheme. However, it already wore this green paint when it was transferred to the Lions Air Group in April 2024. Operated for "European Firecats", a joint venture of Lions Air and Heli Austria using Super Pumas in the fire fighting role. Note the modified main landing gear sponsons, reducing the EW by 135 kgs.

This 1981 built helicopter is amog the first produced and thus one of the oldest Bell 412 still flying. It started its career in Australia as VH-XCF with CareFlight QLD before joining Heli Austria in May 2016. Swiss operator Lions Air chartered OE-XHT for the winter season 2016/2017 and based it at Sion, after which Heli Austria assigned it to a fire fighting contract in Spain. A couple of years ago, Heli Austria started to paint each of its helicopters in a unique color, and most wear a nicer layout like this all black color. At least 5 Bell 412's have so far been operated by Heli Austria.

Even though the HEMS market is "flooded" with Airbus H145 helicopters these days, it's nice to see that Heli-Austria takes a different route, at least for the time being. Thanks to the austrian company, aviation enthusiasts can still enjoy MD902 Explorers in the HEMS role. At the time of upload, the company operated no less than nine of it's own, while two more - HB-ZZW and HB-ZZM - are registered in Switzerland, owned by Linth Air Service but leased to Heli-Austria. HB-ZZM pictured here was built in 2000 and till the end of 2016 served as G-HPOL with the Humberside Police in the UK.

This MD-902 was built in 2001 and delivered initially to Mercy Air (of California) as N411MA. Itlater went to Calstar as N902EX and joined Heli-Austria in June 2013. It is pictured on the heli-Austria ramp at LOAV.

Pictured in front of the Heli-Austria hangar at LOAV.

Fire fighting against the nearby wildfire at that time.

ex LN-OMT, PR-FNT, C-GGKX, VH-LYH

This Super Puma was built in 1997 as a AS332L1 and was previously registered VH-LYH, C-GGKX, PR-FNT, LN-OMT. As I understand it, the frame has undergone an upgrade to be now powered by Makila 1A1 engines and now has a state-of-art new generation avionics suite in a glass cockpit. It was renamed as a H215 in December 2015 (the military version is H215M). the frame was a static exhibit at AirPower 2022 and is pictured after the conclusion of the show.