Our History

Lomas Helicopters was set up by David Lomas in 1989 originally operating from Exeter Airport. In 1992 the main office was moved to the family Estate in North Devon which was when Emma came onboard as the Operations Manager.

Since inception the company has taken part in a great variety of tasks from pleasure flying at large corporate events, local scenic tours around the South West peninsular to aerial filming for a variety of national and international television companies and film production houses. We were involved with the Aerial Filming of the 2004 Olympics in Athens, the 2006 Asian Games in Doha and the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.

Aerial Lifting is another of our specialties. With a hook and a strop attached to the belly of the helicopter we have lifted many items from concrete pipes and dumpy bags full of stone to a live cow which was stuck in the mud. One of our last tasks was to lift and place the statue of King Arthur onto Tintagel Island.

Since the early 90’s the requirement for a refuelling stop in North Devon has increased. We are perfectly situated away from any other airfield so that the Air Ambulance, Police, Coastguard and other Utilities have a fuel stop where there otherwise wouldn’t be.

Our Heliport at Lomas Helicopters has now become more popular due to the closure of more and more military bases and civilian airfields.

We are a family owned and operated company, based at our own Helipad, with all our own vehicles and equipment which enables us to be particularly flexible and versatile.
David Lomas is the Managing Director, Emma Lomas is the Operations Manager and Gary Hulme is our Helipad Manager.

Lomas Helicopters no longer undertakes passenger transport flights. We are instead a dedicated Privately Owned and Run NATO Approved Heliport.