For those who have enough money, they can buy their own personal helicopter. There is no greater way to quickly scoot across town for a business meeting than by air. Never again get stuck in traffic when you have one of these amazing machines.
Here are the top 12 luxury helicopters on the market today.
AgustaWestland- AW101 VVIP
The AgustaWestland AW101 combines the most advanced technologies, mission systems and manufacturing expertise with a proven aircraft design. With the largest cabin in its class and with stand-up head room, excellent safety features and incorporating the latest in vibration reduction technology the AW101 is ideally suited to both the VVIP Head of State transport and to Commercial roles including long range Search and Rescue and Disaster Relief.
Bell- 525 Relentless
The Bell 525 Relentless defines the new “super medium” product class – positioned at the upper end of the medium class and designed to offer best-in-class capabilities to customers. It features superior payload and range, cabin and cargo volumes and crew visibility. Capable of carrying up to 16 passengers, the Bell 525 Relentless is designed to support customers in various mission configurations including oil & gas, search & rescue, helicopter emergency medical services and VIP/corporate transport.
Bell- 412EP
The Bell412 is a utility helicopter manufactured by Bell Helicopter. It is a development of the Bell 212 with the major difference being the composite four-blade main rotor. This version featuring larger fuel capacity, higher takeoff weight and optional seating arrangements. It is also equipped with a dual digital automatic flight control system.
AgustaWestland- AW109 Grand Versace VIP
That’s right, this is a helicopter. AugustaWestland teamed up with the Italian fashion hosue to create a super luxe interior for this fancier version of the AW109. The cabin AW109 Grand is longer than the regular AW109, though the specs are about the same: it still have a top speed of about 177 mph and a range of 599 miles. The only difference is that all 599 of those miles will be more luxurious for the VIP passengers.
Bell- 429 WLG
Delivering exceptional speed, range and hover performance, the Bell 429WLG also offers retractable landing gear for ground taxi operations. The Bell 429WLG delivers 152 knot (282 km/h) speed with a state-of-the-art cockpit featuring single pilot IFR and WAAS precision approach capabilities. Its interior is exceptionally spacious with seating for up to seven passengers plus a pilot and can be reconfigured for any number of different missions.
Eurocopter- EC135
Brown leather interior.
6 Passenger VIP Seating Configuration, three forward passenger seats, facing backwards, two rear passenger seats, facing forward.
AgustaWestland- AW119
The AgustaWestlandAW119 Koala is an eight-seat utility helicopter powered by a single turboshaft engine produced for the civil market. Introduced as the Agusta A119 Koala prior to the Agusta-Westland merger, it is targeted at operators favoring lower running costs of a single-engine aircraft over redundancy of a twin.
AgustaWestland- A119
The AgustaWestland AW119 Koala is an eight-seat utility helicopter powered by a single turboshaft engine produced for the civil market. Introduced as the Agusta A119 Koala prior to the Agusta-Westland merger, it is targeted at operators favoring lower running costs of a single-engine aircraft over redundancy of a twin. Both pilot and co-pilot seats as well as 6 passenger seats in midbrown leather, carpets throughout cockpit and cabin is light brown.
Bell- 407
The Bell 407 integrates reliability, speed, performance, and maneuverability with a cabin configurable for an array of missions and payloads. Its Rolls Royce 250-C47B turbine FADEC engine delivers exceptional hot & high performance with the ability to cruise at 140 knots (259 km/hr). The 407’s spacious cabin seats up to five passengers in wide-open club-passenger seating and can be reconfigured to accommodate any number of tasks and payloads.
For added passenger comfort, the Bell 407 also provides a very quiet and smooth ride in virtually all weather conditions. In addition to offering outstanding product features, the 407 is backed by Bell’s renowned in-service support, voted #1 by our customers for nineteen years running. The Bell 407 is proof that you don’t have to sacrifice comfort for performance.
Eurocopter- AS350 B3E
The high-performance member of the Ecureuil family, the AS350 B3 outclasses all other single engine helicopters for performance, versatility, safety and competitive acquisition and maintenance costs. It excels in hot conditions and very high altitudes, and broke records when a standard production aircraft landed on the top of Mount Everest in 2005 (altitude: 29,029 ft / 8,848 m). And the best keeps getting even better – Eurocopter is taking this aircraft to a whole new level with the enhanced AS350 B3e.
MD- 600N
The MD 600N is an eight-seated, light, single turbine engine helicopter with high performance and an increased measure of versatility. Its dramatically low operating costs paired with its performance make this helicopter a focal model. The MD 600N can fly faster than the MD 500 and provides exceptional agility and handling.
Bell- 206L3 Long Ranger
The 6 passenger stretch version of the popular Jet Ranger. This smooth and efficient intermediate helicopter features low fuel consumption while moving 6 passengers or 1,300 lbs external load. The Long Ranger excels in situations where large crews require transportation and larger sling capacity is required.
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