Reaches places with no road, runway or harbour, and shows a client a lot of country in twenty minutes.
Helicopters do two jobs here. They land where there is no road, runway or harbour: a glacier snout, a ridge, a village of forty people. And they cover a lot of ground fast, so a client sees the shape of a place in twenty minutes.
In Greenland helicopters are part of the public transport network, and the scheduled links are often the best option. In Norway, Iceland and Finland they are chartered and priced by the hour. Plan them around the weather, not the timetable.
The last leg in, where the alternative is a long boat crossing or a full day of driving.
Ice caps, calving glacier fronts, mountain ridges. Landing makes a much bigger trip of it, and landing is the part that needs permission.
A lift to the start of a ski tour or a summit day. Guiding, avalanche assessment and permits are booked separately, and the guide leads the day, not the pilot.
Using the existing rotary network to reach the small communities of Disko Bay and the east coast.
Better said now than found out on the day. We would rather lose the booking than have it go wrong in front of your client.
You cannot land everywhere. National parks and protected areas restrict or ban it, permission takes weeks, and it is sometimes refused.
Pilots work to strict cloud and visibility limits. Flights get cancelled or turned back more often than clients expect.
Weight limits are strict. The more fuel, luggage and altitude involved, the fewer passengers fit.
Reindeer husbandry districts and noise-sensitive areas carry seasonal restrictions on low flying and landings.
Nordic Privé operates directly in Finland. In the other countries we work with local partner teams we have checked, and we stay responsible for the whole trip.
Charter flights across a region where scheduled services are thin and seasonal. Often saves a full day of travel.
The part of a trip clients remember longest. There are not many senior guides, so book early.
Archipelagos of tens of thousands of islands, and fjords you see very little of from a car. Short season, and the skipper decides the route.
Dates, group size, and the two places you need to link. We come back with what is available, what it costs, and what happens if the weather stops it.