11-Apr-2024Source: LifeFlight Australia
LifeFlight Australia CEO, Ashley van de Velde OAM, has thanked RACQ for its dedication to the network over the past 30 years. The RACQ naming rights sponsorship of LifeFlight Rescue will come to an end on 30 June after the State Government last year announced additional 10-year funding of $586.1 million to LifeFlight’s rescue service.... Read more
7-Mar-2024Source: Leonardo
Leonardo has announced a further growth in presence of the AW139 intermediate twin-engine helicopter in Australia at Heli-Expo 2024, with orders for three more aircraft by LifeFlight Australia. These add to two additional aircraft for LifeFlight’s joint venture partner StarFlight, that had been ordered in late 2023. The helicopters will be used to carry out... Read more
28-Feb-2024Source: LifeFlight Australia
LifeFlight Australia has expanded its fleet of helicopters to meet increasing demand and to provide more emergency aeromedical care to Queenslanders. Leonardo and LifeFlight announced three new AW139 intermediate twin-engine helicopters this week at HAI Heli-Expo in California. The helicopters, expected to arrive later in the year, will provide emergency medical services and search and rescue response... Read more
14-Nov-2023Source: LifeFlight Australia
Tuesday, November 14 is a year since the one-in-5000-year flood almost wiped the small New South Wales town of Eugowra off the map. Two residents died and others who hadn’t seen flood water on their property in decades almost drowned in their backyards. Flying the dedicated emergency response Special Mission helicopter, deployed by New South... Read more
13-Nov-2023Source: LifeFlight Australia
LifeFlight Australia’s fixed wing Air Ambulance fleet, aviators, aeromedical crew and support staff have been officially recognised as the best in the world, after being named ITIJ Air Ambulance Company of the Year. It recognises LifeFlight has shown resilience to market pressures, demonstrated innovation in the face of adversity, and risen above expectations to maintain the... Read more
20-Jul-2023Source: LifeFlight Australia
LifeFlight Australia has come to the aid of more than 81,000 people since our humble beginnings 44 years ago, spending 4,110 hours in the air during 2022-23. The 2022-23 Financial Year was another record-breaking 12 months for LifeFlight Australia, with the service’s rescue helicopters, Air Ambulance jets, Critical Care Doctors, Flight Nurses and Paramedics helping... Read more
5-Jun-2023Source: LifeFlight Australia
The largest funding injection in LifeFlight Australia’s history will see the Queensland Government invest an additional $586.1 million in the aeromedical service over the next decade, it was announced today. “Our government is committed to providing free, world class health care no matter where you live in Queensland,” Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said. The record funding arrangement... Read more
13-Apr-2023Source: LifeFlight
The LifeFlight Approved Maintenance Organisation (AMO) team has added another significant notch to its belt, after being granted a five-year CASA Part 145 approval. In 2022, LifeFlight’s AMO was granted the initial one-year certification, while CASA assessed the team’s performance and compliance as a Part 145 organisation. CASA has now granted the LifeFlight AMO the... Read more
26-Jan-2023Source: LifeFlight Australia
LifeFlight Australia has notched up another record-breaking calendar year, with its fleet of helicopters, Air Ambulance jets, Critical Care Doctors, Flight Nurses and Flight Paramedics helping a total of 6,978 people in 2022. LifeFlight Group Head of Operations Yvette Lutze said that total reflected over 20 people helped each day, proving how indispensable the aeromedical service is across... Read more
22-Jul-2022Source: RACQ LifeFlight Rescue
LifeFlight Australia has completed another record-breaking financial year, coming to the aid of 6,825 people through missions performed by RACQ LifeFlight Rescue helicopters, Air Ambulance jets and Critical Care Doctors “We’re proud to make a difference in the lives of so many people, including those in rural and regional Queensland, by being ready to respond, 24/7,... Read more
27-Jan-2022Source: RACQ LifeFlight Rescue
LifeFlight Australia has marked a record-breaking year, with RACQ LifeFlight Rescue community helicopters, Air Ambulance jets and Critical Care medical teams coming to the aid of 6,846 people – the highest number of patients helped in a calendar year, by the aeromedical service. In 2021, RACQ LifeFlight Rescue helicopter and jet crews flew 2,503 critical missions, topping last calendar year’s total... Read more
4-Aug-2021Source: RACQ LifeFlight Rescue
LifeFlight Australia has completed a record financial year of saving lives, with RACQ LifeFlight Rescue Air Ambulance jets, community helicopters and critical care doctors coming to the aid of 6,733 people. The jet and helicopter crews were busier than ever, flying more than 4,600 hours in total. “We’re able to provide that high level of care... Read more
7-Aug-2020Source: LifeFlight Australia
LifeFlight Australia has reached a major milestone, clocking up 10 thousand flying hours in its fleet of Leonardo AW139 helicopters. The aeromedical service, which has a forty year history of saving lives in Queensland, Australia, operates ten RACQ LifeFlight Rescue and LifeFlight Surat Gas Aeromedical Service (SGAS) helicopters – including five AW139s. One month shy... Read more
4-Feb-2020Source: LifeFlight Australia
LifeFlight Australia has just completed another record year of saving lives throughout Queensland and around the world, with RACQ LifeFlight Rescue Air Ambulance jets, community helicopters and critical care doctors coming to the aid of 6,508 people in 2019. LifeFlight is a world leader in aeromedical care, with a fleet including three fixed wing aircraft... Read more
