The Charter a Group (Battersea)

Battersea Helicopter is a trading name of Charter-A Ltd, a UK helicopter charter company. It arranges flights to and from the London Heliport at Battersea. Charter-A's related websites name Redhill Aerodrome (EGKR) in Surrey as the company's home base, with its operations team working from Hangar 1 there.

The company focuses on on-demand helicopter charter. Its trips include point-to-point flights across the UK, direct routes into Europe such as central Paris, and helicopter transfers between Battersea and airports like Heathrow, Gatwick, Luton, Stansted, Farnborough, Biggin Hill and Manchester. It also lists flights to racing and sporting events such as Royal Ascot, Silverstone and Cheltenham, plus hotel transfers and sightseeing tours. Private jet and turboprop charter is offered through the parent Charter-A brand.

The site says the company only uses twin-engine helicopters for flights from Battersea. Types listed are the 8-seat Airbus H145 D3, the 6-seat Agusta 109 Grand and the 5-passenger Eurocopter AS355 Twin Squirrel. The company states that every helicopter it uses is on an Air Operator Certificate (AOC) and regulated by the UK Civil Aviation Authority. Flyers should take this to mean that it arranges flights with third-party AOC operators, not that it flies its own aircraft under its own certificate.

Battersea Helicopter is a separate business from The London Heliport itself, and the company says so on its site. Heliport opening hours are published on the website, and longer operating hours can be arranged in advance. Phone lines are listed as open 24 hours a day.