Owners and operators of helicopters are gearing up for the first International Heli Trade, which will take place between October 5 and 7 at the Geneva Palexpo, Switzerland.

Exhibitors include Robinson, AgustaWestland and Bell Helicopters. The event will play host to conferences and meetings to be held by the European Helicopter Association (EHA), Groupement Français de l’Hélicoptere (GFH) and the Swiss Helicopter Association (SHA).

The exhibition will feature a series of free workshops and seminars as well as two conferences: Future Helicopter Markets, which will debate pressing issues about commercial operations, and Emergency Response Helicopter, which aims to focus on case studies from a range of emergency response agencies. The keynote speech, ‘Emergency Antarctica’, will be given by pilot Jennifer Murray.