Airbus Helicopters H225 vs Enstrom 480b vs Piaggio Avanti Evo

The Airbus H225 is a heavy, twin‑engine helicopter designed for offshore transport, SAR, and utility missions. It typically carries around 16–19 passengers in a transport layout and offers a practical range on the order of roughly 500–700 nautical miles depending on configuration, payload, and reserves. Its strengths are vertical access, lifting capability, and operating to helidecks or unimproved sites rather than speed or runway efficiency. The Enstrom 480B is a light, single‑engine helicopter in a much smaller category, generally configured for about 4–5 occupants. Its typical range is roughly 200–300 nautical miles, making it better suited to short hops, training, patrol, or local utility work where low operating complexity and landing flexibility matter more than payload or distance. The Piaggio Avanti EVO is a pressurized, twin‑turboprop fixed‑wing business aircraft. It commonly seats about 6–8 passengers (plus crew) and delivers substantially longer range than the helicopters, roughly 1,200–1,700 nautical miles, with far higher cruise speed and efficiency, but it requires suitable runways rather than vertical landing capability.