Lions Air Group

Lions Air Group AG
legal form	AG
founding	2008
Seat	Wollerau , Switzerland
management	Jurg Fleischman
Number of employees	80
Branch	Air carrier
Website	www.lionsairgroup.ch

Rescue helicopter of the Lions Air Group AG at the Birrfeld airfield radio call sign Lions 1 registration HB-ZUE

Lions Air Group AG provides the helicopter to the Balzers rescue base in the Principality of Liechtenstein. Radio callsign Christoph Liechtenstein and his crew.

Emergency ambulance vehicle of the Lions Air Group in Birrfeld

Lions Air Group AG hangar in Birrfeld

Entrance of the regional airport Birrfeld. The Lions Air Group is involved in the “Cockpit” restaurant.

The Lions Air Group AG is a Swiss holding company based in Wollerau in canton Schwyz , whose subsidiaries primarily in the aerospace operate. The group of companies employs 80 people, 30 of them at the subsidiary AAA Alpine Air Ambulance . In 1987, the then Rega pilot Jürg Fleischmann founded Lions Air AG. This laid the basis for today's Lions Air Group AG, which was formed in 2008 through the merger of several existing companies.

activities

The group of companies has several locations in Balzers , Bern , Birrfeld , Sion , Zurich , Andorra , London and San Vittore . Lions Air Group AG operates rescue helicopter bases in Balzers and Birrfeld and is involved in the public rescue service of the cantons of Aargau and Liechtenstein . In contrast to other rescue helicopter operators in Switzerland, Lions Air Group AG does not have its own emergency number. Operations of the helicopters are dispatched by the medical emergency number 144 of the canton Aargau and by the Liechtenstein national police . The rescue service activities of Lions Air Group AG are carried out by the subsidiary AAA Alpine Air Ambulance , "AAA" for short. In addition to helicopters, aircraft and ground-based rescue equipment such as ambulances and ambulances are also operated. In addition to the ambulance service and patient transport, the company is also active in the areas of passenger transport by airplanes and helicopters , VIP business and special event flights, film and multimedia productions and in the area of ​​wireless video relay solutions. Lions Air Group AG operates a fleet of twelve helicopters, five airplanes and rescue vehicles ( ambulances and ambulances ).

Corporate structure

Subsidiaries

• Lions Air Skymedia AG (airline with the brand name Lions Air , operates aircraft and helicopters, was created in 2016 when Skymedia AG and Lions Air AG merged.)
• AAA Alpine Air Ambulance AG (flight ambulance company)
• Skyair Aircraft Maintenance GmbH (repair and maintenance of aircraft and space vehicles)
• IP skyEmotions Airtistic AG (film production company with the brand names skyEmotions )

Holdings

• AP³ Luftrettung GmbH based in Filderstadt (is a joint company of the German DRF Luftrettung , the Austrian ARA Flugrettung and the Swiss AAA Alphine Air Ambulance )
• Restaurant Cockpit Birrfeld AG (a joint company of the Aargau Regional Association of the Aero Club of Switzerland , RT Gastro AG and Lions Air Group AG )
• Viasuisse AG (The traffic information division of skymedia, traffix, was incorporated into Viasuisse in 2003, whereby the Lions Air Group subsidiary is one of the four shareholders in Viasuisse today.)

AAA Alpine Air Ambulance

The AAA Alpine Air Ambulance (short: AAA) operates rescue helicopter bases in Balzers and Birrfeld and has been part of the public rescue service of the Canton of Aargau since 2013. In addition, it carries out all organ transports for Swisstransplant . The helicopters with the radio call signs " Lions 1 " and "Lions 3" also operate in neighboring German countries. The AAA was originally founded as a joint venture between Lions Air Group AG and Touring Club Switzerland, TCS for short. The TCS held 49% of the shares and the helicopters and vehicles were labeled “TCS Ambulance”. But the Swiss Automobile Club withdrew from the rescue and patient transport business at the end of 2015. Despite the withdrawal of the TCS, rescue activities were left with the AAA. Since the end of 2018, AAA has been operating the rescue helicopter base in Balzers in Liechtenstein on behalf of “AP³ Luftrettung”, a joint venture between AAA, DRF and the air rescue service of the Austrian Red Cross, or ARA for short . No noise calculations, an environmental impact study and a proper approval procedure with the possibility of objections have been missing for the lawful stationing of the rescue helicopter since operations began in December 2018.

See also

• Air rescue in Switzerland
• Swiss Air Rescue
• Air-Glaciers
• Air Zermatt
• Christoph Liechtenstein

Web links

• Lions Air Group AG website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Lions Air Group - Companies. In: lionsairgroup.ch. Retrieved May 2, 2020 . 
2. ↑ Lions Air Skymedia AG. In: business-monitor.ch. Retrieved May 2, 2020 . 
3. ↑ AAA Alphine Air Ambulance AG. In: business-monitor.ch. Retrieved May 2, 2020 . 
4. ↑ Skyair Aircraft Maintenance GmbH. In: business-monitor.ch. Retrieved May 2, 2020 . 
5. ↑ IP skyEmotions Airtistic AG. In: business-monitor.ch. Retrieved May 2, 2020 . 
6. ^ Restaurant Cockpit Birrfeld AG. In: business-monitor.ch. Retrieved May 2, 2020 . 
7. ↑ Viasuisse AG. In: business-monitor.ch. Retrieved May 2, 2020 . 
8. ↑ Aargauer Zeitung «Lions1»: The rescue helicopter flew almost a thousand times in 2017 - now it's getting a new base
9. ↑ Cockpit Medical transport around the clock
10. ↑ "Lions 1" of the AAA with a new paint job
11. ↑ SRF power struggle in the sky: Rega is putting pressure on competitor TCS
12. ↑ Aargauer Zeitung Despite TCS withdrawal: In an emergency, the helicopter takes off from Birrfeld
13. ↑ 20 minutes TCS gives up rescue flights with helicopters. The Touring Club gives up its stake in a helicopter company. Rescue flights in Aargau will continue to be carried out by Alpine Air Ambulance.
14. ↑ AP³ Christoph Liechtenstein Balzers
15. ↑ http://aufsichtsbeschwerde-bazl.ch/index_htm_files/2019-05-24_Schlussbemerkungen_BAZL.pdf