iTell Helicopters becomes Scandinavian Helicopter Center

The Swedish flight school iTell Helicopters is changing name to Scandinavian Helicopter Center. The new brand was inaugurated through an open-day arrangement at the base in Västerås on Saturday, October 18.

Scandinavian Helicopter Center, or simply Helicenter, will maintain, and expand, the line of business that has been set by iTell Helicopters since the start in the autumn of 2009. It is focused in pilot training and the sales of new Robinson helicopters, as well as dealing with pre-owned helicopters.

The company cooperates with Scandinavian Aviation Academy (SAA) in order to facilitate commercial pilot training (CPL) and type rating programmes. This team has a government contract for two classes of 10 civil helicopter pilots each, with the first class starting in January 2015 and the second starting in January 2016. The pilots will gain a full ATPL(H)IR theory and a CPL(H) license with 135 flight hours each, funded by the Swedish National Agency for Higher Vocational Education.

Helicenter offers instrument ratings in partnership with AH Flight School (owned by Arlanda Helicopter). The company further cooperates with Copterflyg (STORM Heliworks), through which it offers commercial helicopter operations like air taxi, photo flights and census operations.