Tyrol Air Ambulance
| Tyrol Air Ambulance | |
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| IATA code : | |
| ICAO code : | TYW |
| Call sign : | TYROL AMBULANCE |
| Founding: | 1976 |
| Seat: |
Innsbruck , Austria
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| Home airport : | Innsbruck airport |
| Company form: | GmbH |
| Management: | Manfred Helldoppler ( CEO ) |
| Fleet size: | 7th |
| Aims: | international |
| Website: | www.taa.at |
The Tyrol Air Ambulance , shortly TAA , is an Austrian air ambulance company with headquarters and home base on the Innsbruck Airport . The airline is a former subsidiary of Welcome Air .
history
In 1956, the first air rescue was installed using a Piper aircraft . This institution was later taken over by the Federal Ministry of the Interior and air rescue continued to operate with a BMI-owned helicopter.
In 1971 the first permanent alpine air ambulance in Europe was founded in cooperation with the surgery department of the University Clinic Innsbruck under the direction of Gerhard Flora. On July 5, 1976, the first return flight of an injured vacationer took place in a chartered Cessna Citation 500 from Greece . The flight was made possible by a license from Aircraft Innsbruck from Max Schuh, a Tyrolean aviation pioneer , which had existed since 1963 . This laid the foundation stone for the establishment of the Tyrolean Air Ambulance, and in 1979 a Citation fleet was already available as ambulance jets.
Tyrolean Air Ambulance was later taken over by Tyrolean Airways and operated as their brand until 1983.
In June 1983 the Christophorus Air Rescue Association was founded , whereby the TAA at the time was responsible for building up the network and handling the helicopter rescue service . In December 1983, Tyrolean Air Ambulance was spun off from Tyrolean Airways and re-established as Tyrolean Air Ambulance Gesellschaft mbH on December 23 .
The world's first scheduled air ambulance service was established in 1990. Colloquially, the term "plaster bomber" arose for this, since above all patients after skiing accidents are flown from Innsbruck or France to the Netherlands, Belgium and Great Britain.
In 1995, after around 50,000 missions, almost all of the air rescue network was transferred to the Christophorus Air Rescue Association.
A management buy-out took place in 1999 . The Tyrolean Air Ambulance mbH was founded in 1995 Welcome Air affiliated to the largest share of 87.53% with TAA holds. 5.00% are owned by the ÖAMTC association . On April 5, 2000, the company was given the current company name Tyrol Air Ambulance GmbH .
For the 2012 financial year, the company reported an operating loss of 3.4 million euros. Losses were made in the previous two financial years, but it has now been reduced compared to 2011. EGT of EUR 807 thousand was generated for 2014 after the TAA parted ways with a stake in Air Ambulance Technology in Ranshofen and increased its sales significantly due to intensified sales activities.
In November 2013 the Tyrol Air Ambulance was named the best air ambulance in the world. It was able to prevail against companies from Mexico and Canada in the competition organized by the International Travel Insurance Journal. In February 2015, Tyrol Air Ambulance and its parent company Welcome Air were sold to the British investor Kevin Walls, the managing director of Aircraft Portfolio Management (APM) in London. The ÖAMTC retains a 5% stake in Tyrol Air Ambulance.
Area of responsibility
Tyrol Air Ambulance offers ambulance flights, mostly to transfer the injured to their home country for further treatment. For this purpose, several business jets, which are ready for use at any time, are equipped with special intensive care equipment that is developed by Air Ambulance Technology in Ranshofen and can be adapted to the requirements of the patient.
In addition, scheduled ambulance flights are also offered. Year-round mainly in holiday regions z. B. once a week several patients "collected" and flown to their home country. In the winter season, these flights also take place from Austria to the home countries of the injured winter vacationers. B. in the Netherlands . These flights are carried out with Dornier 328 , some of which come from the parent company Welcome Air and offer up to four intensive berths or six berths.
Every flight is accompanied by at least one trained emergency doctor, possibly also specializing in diagnosing the current patient, and at least one intensive care nurse.
The TAA currently transports around 3000 patients to their homeland every year. In addition, the worldwide repatriation of patients on scheduled or charter flights with other airlines is organized.
fleet
As of January 2020, the Tyrol Air Ambulance fleet consisted of seven aircraft:
- 3 Cessna C55B (Citation Bravo) ( OE-GPS, D-CHZF, D-CYKP )
- 4 Gulfstream G100 (IAI 1125 Astra) ( OE-GBD, OE-GBE, OE-GKW , OE-GFC )
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Designators for Aircraft Operating Agencies, Aeronautical Authorities and Services . Doc 8585, 182nd edition. International Civil Aviation Organization, 2017, ISBN 978-92-9258-308-8 , ISSN 1014-0123 , 1-103 (English, French, Spanish, Russian, Arabic, Chinese).
- ↑ firmenabc.at: Tyrol Air Ambulance GmbH . Retrieved March 8, 2010.
- ↑ a b austrianaviation.net - Tyrol Air Ambulance deep in the red October 2, 2013
- ↑ Tyrol Air Ambulance was in the black April 14, 2014
- ↑ http://derstandard.at/1381371355934/Tyrol-Air-Ambulance-spuert-aufwind , November 8, 2013
- ↑ British investor takes over Tyrol Air Ambulance and Welcome Air December 3, 2016
- ↑ taa.at - companies accessed 23 September 2011