Helicopter on Rent in India

• Travel. Point-to-point trips for a family or a business team, between cities, airports and hill towns, on a private helicopter charter; see corporate helicopter charter for business travel.
• Weddings. The couple's arrival, guest transfers and the departure after the vidaai; see helicopter for wedding, and flower showering by helicopter for petals from the sky.
• Yatra. A helicopter for your own group to the Himalayan shrines: Chardham, Do Dham, a private Badrinath charter and other pilgrim charters.
• Scenic flights. Short helicopter joy rides over the hills, for a birthday, an anniversary or a proposal.
• Medical transfers. Air ambulance flights from remote places to hospitals.
• Campaigns and work. Election duty tours, film shooting, aerial survey and heli skiing.

There is no single rate card, because each hire is put together for the trip. The main things that decide the quote are:

• Flying time. You pay for the time the helicopter is in the air on your trip.
• Positioning. If the helicopter has to fly from its base to your starting point and back, that flying is part of the price.
• The aircraft. A single-engine helicopter costs less to fly than a twin-engine one; twin-engine aircraft suit longer sectors and VIP movement.
• Seats. Most single-engine helicopters seat five or six, so the cost is shared across the group.
• Landing permissions. Landing somewhere other than an airport or an established helipad needs permission, which takes time and may add cost.
• Your dates. Availability depends on which operators have a helicopter free on the day, and the busy yatra and wedding seasons fill first.

So the rent is shared on request: send the route, date and passengers and you get a written quote that says what is included.

1. Send the route, the date, how many are flying (with each passenger's weight) and the purpose of the flight, here or on +91-9634801801.
2. The requirement goes to the operators who fly that kind of mission, and their quotations come back with validity, inclusions and flying hours on each one.
3. You choose and accept a quote; the booking is confirmed once it is paid as the quote sets out.
4. Landing permissions are arranged where the route needs them, and the operator confirms the reporting time and place.

Plan early for a wedding, an event or a date in the yatra season, and keep a spare date in mind, because helicopters fly in daylight and fair weather only and the pilot has the final say on the day.

Most of our flying is in Uttarakhand, from Dehradun: see helicopter service in Uttarakhand and helicopter service in Dehradun. A helicopter can be hired elsewhere in India on enquiry too, wherever an operator can fly there and the permissions can be arranged; see helicopter services in India.

• The operator. Ask which operator will fly you; every hire is flown by a permit-holding operator, not by us.
• A written quote. It should state the aircraft, the flying time, the route and date, and what is and is not included.
• Weather and refunds. Ask what happens if weather or a permission stops the flight, and what the refund terms are.
• Payment. Pay only against the written quote, and never into a personal account.