In February 2024, Niagara Helicopters placed an order for six Airbus Helicopters H130 to renew its air tourism fleet in Niagara Falls, Ontario. Airbus H130, C-GNND, is the first of the new helicopters and was registered to Niagara Helicopters on August 5, 2025 after completion by Airbus Helicopters Canada in Fort Erie, Ontario. The new H130s will replace four older EC130 T2s (C-GTZN, C-GTZO, C-GTZP and C-GTZQ) delivered in 2015 which replaced a fleet of Bell 407s. Helicopter Transportation Services (HTS) bought Niagara from Ruedi Hafen in 2012. Helicopter tours began in Niagara Falls in 1961.

Helicopter sightseeing has been one of the attractions in Niagara Falls, Ontario since the early 1960s. The first Niagara Helicopters operated a large flight training school in the 1960s and 1970s were low time students would build time flying tourists in Bell 47s. Today's Niagara Helicopters began as PanAir Helicopter Services which was bought by Reudi Hafen in the mid-1980s. Hafen sold the company to Helicopter Transportation Services in 2012, which introduced four EC 130 T2s in 2015 for its nine-minute sightseeing flights over The Falls. Six new Airbus H130s were ordered in February 2024.

The early Bell 407 production models from 1996 have been replaced by four Airbus - Eurocopter EC130-T2 models in 2015.

Had a marvellous scenic flight on this over the Falls. Such is the urgency of passenger turnover, it was almost impossible to pause even for a few seconds for a photo on disembarking!

This colourful EC-130 belongs to Niagara Helicopters who fly tours of Niagara Falls. Sadly it was far too windy to do a tour, otherwise I would have done one in a heartbeat!

Has the Niagara Helicopters logo on the cowling.