360 Aviation

360 Aviation is a helicopter business based at Hangar 11C, Wonderboom National Airport, in the north of Pretoria, Gauteng. The company says it started in 2012. Business directory profiles name Tamryn van Staden as the founder and give May 2012 as the start date.

Most of its work is with helicopters. It trains pilots for private, commercial and instructor ratings. It flies charters, scenic flights and tours, and airport and lodge transfers within South Africa. It also sells new and used helicopters. Other services listed on its website are aircraft maintenance, hangar space, hire-and-fly, and aerial filming and photography.

A large part of the business is wildlife work. This includes mass (boma) capture, chemical capture by darting, and game counts for the game farming sector. The company also offers flights for events such as weddings, proposals, children's parties and corporate team-building days.

The fleet page lists Robinson R22, R44 and R66 helicopters, Bell 206 JetRanger and LongRanger, Airbus (Eurocopter) AS350 and Aerospatiale Gazelle types. These are used for training, charter, hire-and-fly and tours. The site does not give tail numbers or the number of each type.

The website shows a South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA) maintenance organisation approval (AMO 1370) and a training organisation approval (ATO 1005). No air operator certificate number for commercial charter was found on the pages reviewed. Flyers booking a charter should ask which certificate the flight will run under. The company is mainly a training, utility and short-range helicopter business, not a private jet charter provider.