Voland Website Teases Andorra-Barcelona Helicopter Flights Amid Doubts

A website promoting premium helicopter flights from Andorra's forthcoming national heliport to Barcelona—and vice versa—has sparked widespread interest, but the operation behind it appears more like a market test than a concrete plan.

The site, Voland, markets itself with the tagline "From the beach to the slopes in 30 minutes," pitching direct links between Pal, Andorra, and the Catalan capital. It invites people to join a waiting list, but no formal permissions have been sought to operate from the heliport, due to open this spring. Government Transport Department officials are monitoring the initiative, sources say, yet no operator has applied for approval or been awarded a concession.

For a public heliport, authorised operators can use the facility by paying the required fees, but Voland lacks any such accreditation. The website is linked to Vantech SL, a registered Andorran company focused on developing simulators and IT software—not aviation services. Vantech also connects to Vantech Investments, a Madrid-based firm tied to real estate, with shared personnel including a father-son duo.

The son is a mechanical engineer who founded Vantech around a decade ago, specialising in aerial simulators for pilot training, ground crews, aircraft de-icing, winter airport operations, and infrastructure expansions. He has ties to the Polytechnic University of Valencia and transport projects, such as rail-related work. The father is similarly linked to transport sectors. Another figure is a tax-specialist lawyer based in Alicante, active in Spanish companies and registered as a brand in Andorra in 2021.

No evidence suggests Voland is a genuine operator. The promotion may simply gauge demand, or Vantech could be working for an undisclosed client eyeing the heliport. Authorities have not commented further, and the project remains at the conceptual stage.