Air Zermatt

Air Zermatt AG is a Swiss helicopter operator based in Zermatt, in the Valais. Its work covers rescue, ambulance services, transport flights, tourist flights and training. The company has more than 50 years of history and flies a fleet of eleven helicopters.

The rescue service is the best known part of the business. Its crews include anaesthesia emergency doctors, experienced paramedics, pilots, mission leaders and technicians. The company has received the Heroism Award, the highest honour in international aviation, three times for its air rescues.

Air Zermatt is a partner of the Valais Cantonal Rescue Organisation and is responsible for air rescue in the Upper Valais. It also provides ground rescue in the Inner Nikolaital, and it works with local Swiss Alpine Club rescue stations. It took over the Schaller ambulance service in Zermatt in 1997, and around 1000 missions are carried out each year.

Tourist flights include sightseeing over the Valais Alps, heliskiing to landing sites, helicopter transfers, gift vouchers and a heliport tour. Transport work includes grid maintenance, a regional programme, film and photo flights, and lifting services for industry.

The Technical Service Department maintains the company's own fleet and holds EASA Part 145 approval, which has been in place since 2007. The company also holds EASA Part CAMO approval. The fleet includes the Bell 429, the EC135 T2 and T3, the EC130 T2 and the Ecureuil H125 (AS 350 B3).

The Air Zermatt Training Center offers mountain emergency medicine courses, a HEMS crew member course, flight and critical care paramedic training, flight instructor training, a flight simulator and know how transfer. The company uses Spidertracks so its team can see where each aircraft is and how it is flying.

Services

• Helicopter rescue
• Ambulance services
• Heliskiing
• Sightseeing flights
• Helicopter transfers
• Transport flights
• Technical service and maintenance
• Training Center courses
• Film and photo flights
• Lifting services