Helicopter Express, Inc.

Helicopter Express is a helicopter operator founded in 1995 in the Atlanta area by pilot Scott Runyan, who remains its owner and CEO. The company previously flew from DeKalb-Peachtree Airport near Chamblee, and a 2024 trade-press feature reports that it moved its headquarters to a large site in Tate, Georgia, in 2023.

The company's core business is utility and heavy-lift work rather than passenger travel. Its website lists aerial crane and construction support, firefighting, disaster relief and aerial cinematography, with charter trips offered alongside these services.

Its published fleet runs from light single-engine types such as the Bell 407HP, Bell 206B-3 and Airbus AS350 B3 to the Bell 412EPX, Bell 429 and Bell 205, and up to heavy-lift Kaman K-Max and Sikorsky S-64 Skycrane aircraft. A November 2024 sponsored feature put the fleet at 31 helicopters, with additional Bell 412EPX deliveries scheduled into 2025.

Beyond Georgia, the same feature lists bases in Dallas, Jackson Hole, Stuart (Florida) and Lancaster (California). The company's site describes international contract work in countries including Greece, Saudi Arabia, Australia, Chile and Italy.

Flyers looking for passenger charter should confirm aircraft availability and pricing directly, since the operator's main focus is industrial and government contract flying.