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New medical helicopter serves Jefferson County, Missouri

New medical helicopter serves Jefferson County, Missouri

25-Nov-2010Source: STLtoday

Survival One, is based at Jefferson Regional Medical Center, and owned by Survival Flight of Glendale, Arizona... Read more

NZ Commerce Commission warns air ambulance services over price-fixing

NZ Commerce Commission warns air ambulance services over price-fixing

25-Nov-2010Source: Stuff

The Commerce Commission has formally warned two companies who were competing for air ambulance evacuations to New Zealand, following an investigation into price fixing.... Read more

Ornge opts for Navtech flight planning solution

Ornge opts for Navtech flight planning solution

24-Nov-2010Source: Navtech

November 23, 2010 (TORONTO) – Through a three-year agreement, Navtech, Inc., a leader in flight operations software and services, provides flight plans and flight following services for Ornge Air, an acclaimed air medical transport company based in Ontario, Canada. Ornge is Navtech’s first air medical transport customer – further evidence of the growing diversity of... Read more

New Mexico EMS operator orders Bell 429

New Mexico EMS operator orders Bell 429

23-Nov-2010Source: Bell

FORT WORTH, TEXAS (November 23, 2010) – Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, today announced that San Juan Regional Medical Center will add the world’s most advanced light twin helicopter, the Bell 429, to its air ambulance fleet. The purchase of the 429 supports San Juan Regional Medical Center’s AirCare unit based out... Read more

Omniflight launches OmniAdvantage membership program, initially in 8 states

Omniflight launches OmniAdvantage membership program, initially in 8 states

23-Nov-2010Source: Omniflight

ADDISON, Texas, November 22, 2010 — Omniflight Helicopters, Inc., a leading national provider of air medical services, has launched its OmniAdvantage family membership program in eight of the 18 states in which it offers service. Omniflight is introducing OmniAdvantage as a supplemental insurance offering to give the millions of families in its service regions the... Read more

Spanish EMS operator selects WeatherBug Professional

Spanish EMS operator selects WeatherBug Professional

23-Nov-2010Source: WeatherBug

WeatherBug®, the leading provider of consumer and professional weather products and services and operator of the largest weather observing and lightning network, announced its selection by SESCAM (Servicio de Salud de Castilla-La Mancha), a regional healthcare organization in central Spain that serves more than two million living throughout the region of Castilla-La Mancha. With the... Read more

Great North Air Ambulance replaces leased Dauphin

Great North Air Ambulance replaces leased Dauphin

23-Nov-2010Source: Multiflight

The Great North Air Ambulance Service (GNAAS) has launched the second of two Dauphin Eurocopter AS 365 N2 helicopters it has bought from Multiflight. Both of the Dauphin helicopters will be managed and crewed by Multiflight. The first Dauphin bought from Multiflight was launched into service by GNAAS earlier this year. Multiflight Managing Director Steve... Read more

UK: Addenbrooke’s Hospital gets helipad planning approval

UK: Addenbrooke’s Hospital gets helipad planning approval

22-Nov-2010Source: Cambridge News

Use of the £600,000 facility, on land south of the Rosie maternity hospital, will be limited to the hours between 7am and 9pm. The only aspect standing in the way now is to secure the funding. Photo shows the local air ambulance... Read more

Warwickshire and Northamptonshire Air Ambulance win £100K grant to upgrade Coventry base

Warwickshire and Northamptonshire Air Ambulance win £100K grant to upgrade Coventry base

22-Nov-2010Source: Coventry Telegraph

Grants came from three trusts, General Charities of the City of Coventry, Stratford Town Trust and the Soroptimist International of Rugby Charitable Trust, to improve working areas at the operational base.... Read more

East Anglian Air Ambulance Chief Executive to leave

East Anglian Air Ambulance Chief Executive to leave

22-Nov-2010

The East Anglian Air Ambulance has announced that the charity’s Chief Executive Simon Gray will be leaving the charity at the end of January 2011. Andrew Egerton-Smith, Chairman of the charity’s board of trustees, commented: “We’re hugely indebted to Simon for the commitment he has shown to making the charity one of the most effective... Read more

Rega becomes first major international installation for Zoll’s Propaq MD

Rega becomes first major international installation for Zoll’s Propaq MD

22-Nov-2010Source: Zoll

ZOLL Medical Corporation, a manufacturer of medical devices and related software solutions, announced today that Swiss Air-Rescue, Rega, of Zurich Switzerland, is the first international air medical service to install the new Propaq(R) MD Monitor/Defibrillator on its medical helicopters. Rega partnered with ZOLL over the last year to provide valuable clinical and human factor input... Read more

Namibia gets its first ever air ambulance

Namibia gets its first ever air ambulance

22-Nov-2010

E-MED Rescue 24 launched the first-ever air ambulance in Windhoek on Thursday – a Bell LongRanger in association with MVA and Expedite Aviation. A second aircraft is planned for Tsumeb to help serve the Northern region of the country... Read more

Alabama Life Saver to open fifth base

Alabama Life Saver to open fifth base

21-Nov-2010Source: Dothan Eagle

Omniflight Helicopter’s Alabama Life Saver program is to open its fifth site at Ozark’s Blackwell Field Airport.... Read more

Air Evac may fill rescue helicopter void in NY state

Air Evac may fill rescue helicopter void in NY state

21-Nov-2010Source: Watertown Daily Times

Air Evac Lifeteam wants to open a base to provide coverage to Jefferson, Lewis and St. Lawrence counties.... Read more

MedEvac Foundation round off last month’s successful AMTC

MedEvac Foundation round off last month’s successful AMTC

21-Nov-2010Source: MedEvac Foundation

MedEvac Foundation held and sponsored many successful events at the Air Medical Transport Conference (AMTC) in Ft. Lauderdale last month. Here are just a few highlights: Former astronaut Daniel Bursch, Captain, USN, Ret. spoke at the AMTC Tuesday General Session, relating safety lessons from NASA to air medical transport. Bursch was a guest of the... Read more

Profile: ProMedica Air’s fleet of helicopters

Profile: ProMedica Air’s fleet of helicopters

21-Nov-2010Source: 13abc

ProMedica Air is part of ProMedica Health System, based in Toledo, OH... Read more

PHi Air Medical equips fleet with Zoll’s new Propaq MD

PHi Air Medical equips fleet with Zoll’s new Propaq MD

19-Nov-2010Source: Zoll

First Major North American Installation of New Ultra-Rugged Defibrillator/Monitor Designed With Unmatched Capabilities for Air Medical Operations ZOLL Medical Corporation (NasdaqGS: ZOLL), a manufacturer of medical devices and related software solutions, announced today that PHI Air Medical of Phoenix, Arizona, a business unit of PHI, Inc. (Nasdaq GM: PHIIK), is the first major installation for... Read more

Metro Aviation lands third customer in Ohio

Metro Aviation lands third customer in Ohio

17-Nov-2010Source: Metro Aviation

16 NOV 2010 — Shreveport, Louisiana U.S.A. — Longtime traditional air medical transportation provider and helicopter completion specialist, Metro Aviation, Inc. will soon be providing helicopter air medical services (AMS) to MedFlight, based in Columbus, Ohio. The AMS operation will be the third for Metro Aviation in the state of Ohio and will include a... Read more

UK: Welsh Air Ambulance crew win national award

UK: Welsh Air Ambulance crew win national award

16-Nov-2010Source: EMS World

The Wales Air Ambulance aircrew were presented with their gongs at the Ambulance Services Institute Awards which were held in the House of Lords in London.... Read more

Greenville Hospital System adds Bell 407 with Med-Trans

Greenville Hospital System adds Bell 407 with Med-Trans

16-Nov-2010Source: Med-Trans

GREENVILLE, S.C. — A long-time partnership between Greenville Hospital System University Medical Center (GHS) and Med-Trans Corp. has a new face and address – as well as a 2,700-pound royal blue helicopter. GHS has worked with Med-Trans for 10 years, but now has partnered to locate GHS Med Trans, a dedicated helicopter, at GHS’ flagship... Read more

Lincolnshire And Nottinghamshire Air Ambulance to launch new MD902 on Thursday

Lincolnshire And Nottinghamshire Air Ambulance to launch new MD902 on Thursday

16-Nov-2010Source: This is Grimsby

Advances over their earlier MD Explorer include bigger fuel tank, Nightsun, Night Vision Goggles, and others.... Read more

EMS helipad added in Russian city of Plim

EMS helipad added in Russian city of Plim

15-Nov-2010Source: Interfax

The city of Plim, located about 50 miles north west of Moscow, has recently had a dedicated EMS helipad built... Read more

Germany’s “Christoph 45” marks 30 years

Germany’s “Christoph 45” marks 30 years

13-Nov-2010Source: HeliHub.com

The “Christoph 45” EMS helicopter base at Friedrichshafen celebrates its 30th birthday today. From its launch in October 1980 and based at the Hospital of Friedrichshafen, the base as worked over 23,000 missions and its service area takes in a wide variety of challenging terrain. As the southernmost station of the DRF Air Rescue, including... Read more

Oakland County International Airport to house rescue helicopter

Oakland County International Airport to house rescue helicopter

11-Nov-2010Source: Spinal Column

Oakland Air’s aviation station at the Oakland International Airport in Waterford Township will now be home base for a new $5-million Superior EMS Flight Med-1 emergency response helicopter.... Read more

MedEvac Foundation International re-elects Kevin Hutton as Chairperson

MedEvac Foundation International re-elects Kevin Hutton as Chairperson

10-Nov-2010Source: MedEvac Foundation International

The board of directors of MedEvac Foundation International have elected Kevin Hutton MD, FACEP, of San Diego, CA, to serve a fifth one-year term as chair of the organization following the Foundation’s 2010-2011 elections. Dr. Hutton and other board officers were elected during the recent Air Medical Transport Conference (AMTC) in Fort Lauderdale, FL. Dr.... Read more

HAI introduces the “Salute to Excellence” Eurocopter Golden Hour Award

HAI introduces the “Salute to Excellence” Eurocopter Golden Hour Award

4-Nov-2010Source: HAI

Helicopter Association International’s mission is to advance the helicopter as a safe, effective method of commerce. That mission charges each of us to commit ourselves to promoting the highest level of safety and efficiency. This culture of professionalism is nurtured when we encourage and recognize outstanding achievement and contributions made by individuals and organizations. Each... Read more

Australian EMS services are “worst in 25 years”

Australian EMS services are “worst in 25 years”

3-Nov-2010Source: NT News

AERO-MEDICAL services are the worst they’ve been in 25 years and people are dying of complications while waiting to be evacuated, a remote area doctor has said.... Read more

Yorkshire Air Ambulance to move from Sheffield base

Yorkshire Air Ambulance to move from Sheffield base

2-Nov-2010

Yorkshire Air Ambulance to move one of their MD Explorers from Sheffield to Bagby following a strategic review... Read more

Can$150K allocated for Whistler helipad upgrades

Can$150K allocated for Whistler helipad upgrades

1-Nov-2010Source: Whistler Question

Sea to Sky Regional Hospital District officials this week approved $150K in funding for needed upgrades to the helipad at the Whistler Health Care Centre, and is seeking another $50K to cover the local portion of a projected $500K project.... Read more

Helicopter ambulance system in the works for Saskatchewan

Helicopter ambulance system in the works for Saskatchewan

1-Nov-2010Source: Leader-Post

Premier Brad Wall signalled his readiness for the 2011 election campaign with a throne speech Wednesday pledging to make good on outstanding promises, such as air ambulance helicopter service... Read more

Helipad approved for Ballarat Base Hospital

Helipad approved for Ballarat Base Hospital

1-Nov-2010Source: Victoria State Government

Ballarat residents will have better access to air ambulance services under a re-elected Brumby Labor Government, with Health Minister Daniel Andrews today announcing plans to provide $10 million to establish a helipad on top of a new carpark at Ballarat Base Hospital. “Each week, 1000 more Victorians turn 65, that’s why the Brumby Labor Government... Read more

Helicopter rescue team has no helicopter

Helicopter rescue team has no helicopter

1-Nov-2010Source: Courier Mail

Health Minister Paul Lucas has ruled out new funding for the North Queensland Helicopter Rescue Service, leaving them without a helicopter... Read more

Vanderbilt LifeFlight names new leaders

Vanderbilt LifeFlight names new leaders

30-Oct-2010Source: Vanderbilt LifeFlight

Vanderbilt LifeFlight, one of the nation’s premier integrated air ambulance and critical care transportation systems, has announced four new leadership positions. Jeanne Yeatman, MBA, RN, EMT, director of LifeFlight, said the new positions would mark a new milestone for the program, which began in 1984. “This is the beginning of a new era for our... Read more

Helipad unveiled at Kelowna General Hospital

Helipad unveiled at Kelowna General Hospital

29-Oct-2010Source: Global Winnipeg

The helipad is a 12-ton steel and aluminum structure on top of the new tower being built at Kelowna General Hospital.... Read more

Yorkshire Air Ambulance celebrates 10th anniversary

Yorkshire Air Ambulance celebrates 10th anniversary

29-Oct-2010

From a humble start with one 15 year old Bo105, Yorkshire Air Ambulance now operate two MD Explorers... Read more

“Christoph 38” reaches 11,000th rescue in Dresden

“Christoph 38” reaches 11,000th rescue in Dresden

29-Oct-2010Source: DRF

27 October – The Dresden air rescue station provided this morning its 11,000. Rescue mission since taking over the overall organization of the center by the DRF Air Rescue 1 January 2002. The control center Dresden alerted the crew of “Christoph 38” at 09:28 clock to a patient in Weinböhla. A man had suffered an... Read more

Herts Air Ambulance clocks up 500th mission in two years

Herts Air Ambulance clocks up 500th mission in two years

29-Oct-2010Source: Watford Observer

The Herts Air Ambulance and its crew have attended more than 500 incidents, their work is diverse and challenging but the aim is always the same – to provide the best possible care quickly and efficiently.... Read more

1,000th landing in 3 years on Danish hospital rooftop helipad

1,000th landing in 3 years on Danish hospital rooftop helipad

28-Oct-2010Source: Royal Danish Air Force

[Electronic translation of Danish language press release] Helicopter platform at the top of the Empire became a reality after a donation from the AP Møller and Chastine McKinney Møller Foundation for General Purposes and has numerous advantages over the previous solution; In the old days landed rescue helicopter Fælledparken and the patient should therefore first... Read more

Helijet awarded 8 year air ambulance contract

Helijet awarded 8 year air ambulance contract

28-Oct-2010Source: Helijet

Richmond-based Helijet International (TSX: HJI) has secured an eight year contract with the BC Ambulance Service to provide three helicopters, flight and maintenance personnel for rotary air ambulance services based in Vancouver and Prince Rupert. The contract, valued at $94.7 million, also includes a four year extension option. The contract commences on April 1, 2011.... Read more

NSW paramedics refuse to use “inadequate” EC145s

NSW paramedics refuse to use “inadequate” EC145s

27-Oct-2010Source: Daily Telegraph

Paramedics are refusing to use two of the Ambulance Service’s rescue helicopters after a patient with spinal injuries was forced to be off-loaded, delaying crucial treatment. [File photo]... Read more

Austria: OAMTC EC135 EMS fleet achieves 100,000 flight hours

Austria: OAMTC EC135 EMS fleet achieves 100,000 flight hours

27-Oct-2010Source: Eurocopter

During an official ceremony at the mid point of 2010, Eurocopter’s sales manager for Central Europe Thomas Hein handed over a certificate to Alexander Wolf and Reinhard Kraxner, the two co-CEOs of ÖAMTC Air Ambulance Services, for the accomplished 100,000 flight hours with the EC135 at the Austrian company’s headquarter in Vienna. ÖAMTC is one... Read more

East Anglian Air Ambulance responds to trial by media

East Anglian Air Ambulance responds to trial by media

27-Oct-2010Source: EAAA

[The Magpas statement referred to was run by HeliHub.com here] The East Anglian Air Ambulance was dismayed to read the press statement issued by Magpas which made many erroneous statements about the EAAA’s work and future direction. We have detailed below a more accurate view of our aims and strategy and are happy to provide... Read more

Lee County to replace crashed EC145 with pre-owned helicopter

Lee County to replace crashed EC145 with pre-owned helicopter

26-Oct-2010Source: News-Press

Lee County will pay $3 million to purchase and upgrade a used emergency services helicopter to replace the one that crashed a year ago. The county commission this morning approved the purchase.... Read more

UK: New Lincs & Notts Explorer fitted with NVG for night ops

UK: New Lincs & Notts Explorer fitted with NVG for night ops

26-Oct-2010Source: Thsi is Scunthorpe

It is fully equipped with night vision goggle capability, the MD 902 Explorer would be able to fly in the dark – something the current model is unable to do.... Read more

East Anglian Air Ambulance partner brings internal argument out in the open

East Anglian Air Ambulance partner brings internal argument out in the open

26-Oct-2010Source: Magpas

Following news enquiries today regarding the “privatisation” of the East Anglian Air Ambulance charity, Multi Award Winning charity Magpas, issues the following statement: We are grateful that matters that have long concerned our board of trustees are now being brought into the public domain by the media. We hope that this will now open the... Read more

Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center Air Care to move base

Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center Air Care to move base

25-Oct-2010Source: The Dispatch

A lease agreement that would station a Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center Air Care helicopter at the Davidson County Airport will be on the table for discussion Tuesday night at the Davidson County Board of Commissioners’ meeting.... Read more

Essex and Herts Air Ambulance hosts Aeromedical Case Study Conference

Essex and Herts Air Ambulance hosts Aeromedical Case Study Conference

25-Oct-2010Source: Essex and Herts Air Ambulance

Essex and Herts Air Ambulance Trust recently hosted the second annual Aeromedical Case Study Conference at The Essex Golf and Country Club in Earls Colne. The themes covered this year were Trauma, Paediatric Care, Medical Retrievals, Multiple and Logistical Challenges The aim of the conference was to give like-minded professionals the opportunity to meet and... Read more

Mock helicopter crash staged at St. Patrick’s, Missoula

Mock helicopter crash staged at St. Patrick’s, Missoula

21-Oct-2010Source: Misosulian

There was real smoke and a make-believe helicopter crash atop St. Patrick Hospital Tuesday morning.... Read more

UK: Surrey & Sussex Air Ambulance get planning approval for 24 hour operations

UK: Surrey & Sussex Air Ambulance get planning approval for 24 hour operations

21-Oct-2010Source: BBC

The air ambulance service covering Kent, Surrey and East and West Sussex has been given the go-ahead to operate 24 hours a day.... Read more

AltaGas logo unveiled on STARS helicopters

AltaGas logo unveiled on STARS helicopters

20-Oct-2010Source: STARS

AltaGas Ltd.’s logo was unveiled today on a STARS helicopter in Calgary, in recognition of AltaGas reaching a $500,000 donation milestone. Since 2001, AltaGas has partnered with STARS to help bring emergency medical services to its field locations in Alberta and British Columbia. “We are passionate about initiatives that better the lives of people in... Read more

AgustaWestland confirm Maryland State Police AW139 purchase

AgustaWestland confirm Maryland State Police AW139 purchase

20-Oct-2010Source: AgustaWestland

(HeliHub.com editor note – we have already run this story as reported in Maryland local press – this the confirmation from AgustaWestland via a press release) AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, is pleased to announce today that it has been awarded a contract by the Maryland State Police Aviation Command to provide six AW139 helicopters for... Read more

MD Helicopters and Allegheny LifeFlight at AMTC 2010

MD Helicopters and Allegheny LifeFlight at AMTC 2010

20-Oct-2010Source: MD Helicopters

MD Helicopters, Inc (MDHI) joined with Allegheny General Hospital’s LifeFlight at this year’s Air Medical Transport Conference (AMTC) in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Allegheny General Hospital’s LifeFlight had on display its MD Explorer which they use to provide regional emergency helicopter and critical care ground transportation services for critically ill and injured patients who need immediate... Read more

Jet Rescue opens new EMS service in Mexico City

Jet Rescue opens new EMS service in Mexico City

20-Oct-2010Source: Jet Rescue Air Ambulance

Mexico City – Jet Rescue Air Ambulance is proud to announce the opening of a new business unit based in Mexico City. The “Critical Air” business unit offers emergency evacuation by means of its A-119 Koala air ambulance helicopter. Quick response teams are available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, in most weather... Read more

Travis County decides on second base for Star Flight

Travis County decides on second base for Star Flight

20-Oct-2010Source: Statesman

Travis County commissioners on Tuesday unanimously selected Dell Children’s Medical Center of Central Texas as a second operating base for the STAR Flight medical-evacuation service... Read more

EastCare Celebrates 25 Years

EastCare Celebrates 25 Years

20-Oct-2010Source: WNCT

The emergency air transport service took off in April of 1985 with only one helicopter. The fleet has grown to three choppers and a number of ground support units... Read more

CAW union expresses alarm at Ornge cutting Toronto Island Airport base

CAW union expresses alarm at Ornge cutting Toronto Island Airport base

20-Oct-2010Source: CAW

The CAW is expressing alarm at the decision by ORNGE to move the Toronto Island Medivac helicopters to the Hamilton International Airport, which will dramatically reduce service to Canada’s largest city, the union says. “The decision to cut the service from Toronto Island Airport means that an important access point to the large highly specialized... Read more

AAMS re-elects President for second one-year term

AAMS re-elects President for second one-year term

19-Oct-2010Source: AAMS

The board of directors of the Association of Air Medical Services (AAMS) elected Daniel G. Hankins, MD, FACEP, of Oronoco, Minn., to serve a second one-year term as president of the organization following AAMS’ 2010-2013 elections. Dr. Hankins and other board officers were elected during the Air Medical Transport Conference (AMTC), held Oct. 11-13, 2010,... Read more

TriState Careflight announces new base in Taos

TriState Careflight announces new base in Taos

18-Oct-2010Source: Taos News

TriState Careflight announced this week it would be opening a new air base in Taos by December.... Read more

Ornge opens doors of the new Transport Medicine Centre for Excellence

Ornge opens doors of the new Transport Medicine Centre for Excellence

18-Oct-2010Source: Chronicle Journal

The air ambulance service opened the doors of the new Transport Medicine Centre for Excellence, their first all-in-one service centre across from the runway of the Thunder Bay International Airport on Saturday.... Read more

Japan’s Saitama Prefecture to charge for helicopter rescues?

Japan’s Saitama Prefecture to charge for helicopter rescues?

17-Oct-2010Source: Mainichi Daily News

Looking to cut down on inappropriate usage of rescue services, lawmakers in the Saitama prefectural assembly are introducing an ordinance that would allow prefectural rescue helicopters to charge for their services.... Read more

Royal Jubilee Hospital helipad upgraded to meet Transport Canada requirements

Royal Jubilee Hospital helipad upgraded to meet Transport Canada requirements

17-Oct-2010Source: Times Colonist

The Royal Jubilee helipad closed Sept. 13 for upgrades that included moving nearby car-parking spaces and instal-ling improved approach lights. The upgrades were recommended in a 2009 Transport Canada audit.... Read more

2010 Community Awards recipients honored at Air Medical Transport Conference

2010 Community Awards recipients honored at Air Medical Transport Conference

16-Oct-2010Source: AAMS

The Association of Air Medical Services (AAMS) is proud to announce its 2010 Community Awards recipients. Each year, these nine national awards are presented to individuals and organizations that exemplify the best of the air-medical and critical-care-ground transport community. This year’s recipients were honored at a special awards dinner during the Air Medical Transport Conference... Read more

Aero Dynamix salutes ALERT’s 35th Anniversary

Aero Dynamix salutes ALERT’s 35th Anniversary

15-Oct-2010Source: Aero Dynamix

Aero Dynamix, Inc, the industry leader in Night Vision Lighting Systems salutes A.L.E.R.T. Air Ambulance, located in Kalispell, Montana, their 35th Year Anniversary by donating its services to provide an STC Update for the NVIS lighting upgrade on their Bell 407 that included a Garmin GNS 530W HTAWS Upgrade to further enhance their mission capability... Read more

Laser beamed at Stat MedEvac helicopter

Laser beamed at Stat MedEvac helicopter

15-Oct-2010Source: Pittsburgh Live

Someone flashed a green laser at the cockpit of a Stat MedEvac helicopter as it flew over North Huntingdon early Thursday morning, initiating a police search for the culprit.... Read more

Life Star of Kansas takes delivery of AW119Ke

Life Star of Kansas takes delivery of AW119Ke

14-Oct-2010Source: AgustaWestlandCivil,

AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, is pleased to announce that the entry into service of an AW119Ke helicopter with Life Star of Kansas was marked at a ceremony held at the Air Medical Transport Conference in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. The helicopter, based in Junction City, Kansas, is now in service and is being used for medical... Read more

Avstar Media pledges $10K to MedEvac Foundation International

Avstar Media pledges $10K to MedEvac Foundation International

14-Oct-2010Source: Avstar Media

Avstar Media, a provider of web-based training solutions for medical helicopter and fixed-wing aircraft pilots, has made a $10,000 pledge to MedEvac Foundation International for safety-related initiatives. “We are thrilled we can assist MedEvac Foundation International with this monetary gift that will help make medevac transport safer,” said Tom Ramirez, president of Avstar Media in... Read more

Bell closes AMTC 2010 with 32 new aircraft sales

Bell closes AMTC 2010 with 32 new aircraft sales

14-Oct-2010Source: Bell

Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, announced that it has closed out an extremely successful 2010 Air Medical Transport Conference with significant aircraft sales and the potential for additional opportunities. At the show, Bell Helicopter announced the sale of a combined total of 32 new aircraft, flew more than 35 potential customers in... Read more

Private equity investor buys Keystone Med-Flight

Private equity investor buys Keystone Med-Flight

13-Oct-2010Source: Hawke Capital Partners

The rotorcraft-focused private equity investor Hawke Capital Partners announced today that it reached agreement to acquire substantially all of the assets of Keystone Med-Flight Services, LLC, based in Morgantown, Pennsylvania. All maintenance for Keystone’s air medical customers will be provided by sister subsidiary Uniflight, in one of its 3 MRO facilities: Grand Prairie, Texas; Reading,... Read more

Bell regains Mercy Flight of Western New York as key customer

Bell regains Mercy Flight of Western New York as key customer

13-Oct-2010Source: Bell

Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, today announced that Mercy Flight of Western New York has signed an agreement to purchase the first of a potential three Bell 429s, the world’s newest helicopter, to replace its existing fleet of Eurocopter helicopters. “Bell Helicopter is extremely gratified to welcome Mercy Flight back to the... Read more

Bell donates $200K to MedEvac Foundation International

Bell donates $200K to MedEvac Foundation International

13-Oct-2010Source: Bell

Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, announced at the 2010 Air Medical Transport Conference (AMTC) its continued support for MedEvac Foundation International. This donation reinforces the two entities’ dual commitment to supporting the advancement of air medical transport. Bell Helicopter’s $200,000 donation will help support MedEvac Foundation’s research, education, outreach and other charitable... Read more

Intermountain Healthcare orders three GrandNew helicopters

Intermountain Healthcare orders three GrandNew helicopters

12-Oct-2010Source: AgustaWestland

AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, is pleased to announce that Intermountain Healthcare has signed for three GrandNew helicopters with options for two additional aircraft. These aircraft will be equipped to provide industry leading in-flight patient care and will also benefit from the world’s most technologically advanced avionics system ever to fly in a helicopter of this... Read more

EMS industry benefits from continuous product development of EC135 and EC145

EMS industry benefits from continuous product development of EC135 and EC145

12-Oct-2010Source: American Eurocopter

American Eurocopter’s commitment to continuous product development for its EC135 and EC145 will ensure these rotary-wing aircraft remain the helicopters of choice for the U.S. emergency medical services (EMS) industry. The EC135 is the leader in its twin-engine category and a preferred product for helicopter emergency medical service (HEMS) operations in North America, accounting for... Read more

Metro Aviation signs 12 aircraft MOU with American Eurocopter

Metro Aviation signs 12 aircraft MOU with American Eurocopter

12-Oct-2010Source: American Eurocopter

From booth number 1423 at the 2010 Air Medical Transport Conference (AMTC) in Ft. Lauderdale, FL, American Eurocopter announced that Metro Aviation Inc., has entered into an MOU for 12 aircraft. The mix will include EC130’s, EC135s and an EC145 and will support the company’s ongoing growth and expansion of its Aircraft Operations Division. “Metro... Read more

Air Methods orders 15 Bell 407s for 2011 delivery

Air Methods orders 15 Bell 407s for 2011 delivery

12-Oct-2010Source: Bell

Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, today announced that Air Methods Corporation, the largest provider of air medical transport services in the world, has signed an agreement to purchase fifteen (15) Bell 407s, one of the most successful single- engine turbine engine helicopters ever produced. All deliveries are planned for 2011. “Air Methods... Read more

Four EC145s now in service with LifeLine Critical Care Transport

Four EC145s now in service with LifeLine Critical Care Transport

12-Oct-2010Source: American Eurocopter

LifeLine Critical Care Transport, a Clarian Health Partner, has just placed its fourth EC145 into service. The Indiana-based air medical provider selected the EC145 at the 2008 Air Medical Transport Conference (AMTC), and placed its first EC145 into service in May of this year. “LifeLine had been flying BK117s for over 25 years when the... Read more

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