With all the foregoing information which looks as though rotary flight is more expensive than fixed wing BUT.
Think of the financial advantages of flying a helicopter!
1, Owning your own, having it at home:-
a. You will not have to build a huge runway
b. You will not have to drive to the airfield where the fixed
wing is parked.
c. You will not be restricted by airfield opening times.
d. You will not pay landing fees, other than when you go to
refuel.
e. Fuel could be significantly cheaper if you have your own
tank and uplift sufficient according to supplier.
f. Even if you hire, landing fees should be less if you avoid
airfields until having to refuel.
There must be other savings.
It is my opinion that 'Landing fees' should be 'Air traffic fees' for helicopters and as the workload to accept and dispatch a helicopter is the same whatever the size There should be just one cost for helicopter inbound and outbound movements and not associated with weight as are fixed wing.
Does anybody else out there think that helicopters are unjustly over-charged in respect of landing fees? But that's another topic.
Insurance is an annual premium. Therefore, the more hours flown per year the less is the hourly rate. Insurance is a large part of helicopter operations, more risk, higher value items = more cost, when compared to fixed wing operations