Airbus Corporate Helicopters ACH130 cabin redesigned with Italian interiors

Airbus Corporate Helicopters has redesigned the cabin of the ACH130 with a new ACH Line Interior, developed with Borghino Sellier and Flist Interiors, two Italian specialists in helicopter interiors. The refresh marries Italian design with Swiss engineering and rolls out across the entire ACH fleet without altering the aircraft’s performance or handling.

The collaboration reflects a deliberate choice. Borghino Sellier and Flist Interiors have decades of experience outfitting business aircraft and helicopters across Europe. Rather than importing a generic cabin solution, Airbus Corporate Helicopters kept the design work in Italy, working with established specialists. The result establishes a unified visual language across the ACH range while letting individual operators tailor colours, materials and finishes to their preference.

Harvey Hira examined the announcement and photography. The cabin styling uses the fuselage geometry rather than fighting it: precision metalwork, leather and natural textiles are specified to age gracefully under the thermal and pressure stresses of helicopter flight. Customisation runs deep. Owners choose from a palette of colours and material combinations rather than a fixed menu, ensuring each aircraft reflects its operator’s identity while the fleet reads visually consistent.

Air Delta, the Italian operator based in Verona, flies the first examples and will validate how the interior performs under real conditions. The operator runs charter and private missions across the Alps and Mediterranean. Deliveries of aircraft equipped with the ACH Line Interior begin in the coming months, with existing ACH130 operators able to retrofit the new cabin through Airbus Corporate Helicopters’ service centres.

The photography and film direction credits on the announcement suggest this is not merely a technical refresh but a considered design statement. Mountain light, clean lines, the geometry of the fuselage seen from inside and out, the proportions of the new finishes: these are things that matter when you are flying an aircraft that lets you see the world from angles most machines cannot reach. The Dolomites setting is deliberate. Those peaks demand a helicopter that can land anywhere and handle thin air; the new interior asks that when you do land, the cabin deserves to match the view.

The ACH130 already possessed the performance credentials. The new ACH Line Interior is Airbus Corporate Helicopters saying that the experience inside matters as much as what the aircraft can do. Availability across the fleet begins shortly.

Airbus Helicopters, the parent company, established its corporate division to serve private owners and operators who demand both performance and refinement. The ACH130 itself evolved from the H130, a machine renowned for high-altitude capability and single-engine reliability, making it the choice for operators who fly to remote locations where conventional landing sites do not exist. The collaboration with Borghino Sellier and Flist Interiors places the redesign in the hands of workshops with decades of experience outfitting business aircraft and helicopters across Europe, a deliberate choice that ensures the cabin meets the same exacting standards as the airframe.

The ACH Line Interior introduces materials and finishes selected for durability under the thermal and pressure stresses of helicopter flight while maintaining the aesthetic consistency that owners expect in a premium cabin. Leather, natural textiles and precision metalwork are specified to age gracefully, a distinction that separates considered design from functional specification. Customisation remains central to the offer: owners choose from a palette of colours and material combinations rather than selecting from a fixed menu, ensuring that each aircraft reflects its operator’s identity while maintaining the unified visual language across the fleet.

Air Delta, based in Verona, operates a fleet of ACH130s for charter and private missions across the Alps and Mediterranean, positioning the operator as both early adopter and practical validator of the new interior concept. The operator’s endorsement matters within European aviation circles, where word of cabin comfort, material quality and finish precision travels among peers making acquisition decisions. Deliveries of aircraft equipped with the ACH Line Interior begin in the coming months, with existing ACH130 operators able to retrofit the new cabin configuration through Airbus Corporate Helicopters’ service centres.

Imagery courtesy of Airbus Corporate Helicopters (@airbus_corporate_helicopters).