Helicópteros del Sureste
# Helicópteros del Sureste

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.

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. It also runs the Malta-Gozo helilink.

## Destinations

* Ceuta
* Algeciras
* Málaga Airport

## Fleet

* Agusta A109S
* AgustaWestland AW139
* Bell 412SP
* Bell 206
* Aerospatiale SA 330 Puma
* Kamov Ka-32

## 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.

## Sources

* ↑ "Grupo Inaer". Archived from the original on 2010-02-04. Retrieved 2010-05-16.
* ↑ "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.
* ↑ "Gibraltar set to lose its air supremacy - Panorama Newspaper". Panorama.gi. Retrieved 2012-05-18.
* ↑ "Malta Today". Malta Today. 2005-01-30. Archived from the original on 2012-03-19. Retrieved 2012-05-18.
* ↑ "Former Chernobyl Pilot Soars Above His Obstacles". Archived from the original on 2011-03-17. Retrieved 2013-02-16.
