Guardian Air Asset Management

Guardian Air Asset Management is an air operator based at Hangar 7 at Lanseria International Airport in Gauteng, South Africa. It flies its own aircraft. The company started in 2009 as an aviation asset management company. Its parent brand is Guardian Air.

The company provides 24 hour air ambulance services across Africa. It runs a dedicated fleet of ICU air ambulance jets that can carry more than one patient. The company works with medical partners to handle the long distances and remote places on the continent.

Guardian Air is the aeromedical service provider to ER24 EMS (PTY) Ltd, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of an international healthcare group. The company also works with Netcare911 (PTY) Ltd. Both partners offer air ambulance services as part of their own portfolios.

Guardian Air was nominated for Air Ambulance Company of the Year globally. It was the first NAAMTA accredited operator on the African continent. The company has been nominated as the official aeromedical service provider to the island of St Helena.

The company holds an international and a domestic operating licence from the Department of Transport. It also holds a non-scheduled operating licence from the South African Civil Aviation Authority, which is endorsed for aeromedical transfers.

The operating certificate covers the King Air 200, Falcon 20, Falcon 50EX, Falcon 900EX, and Hawker 700 and 800 aircraft. Seating and range figures are published for several of these jets. The Falcon 900EX seats seven passengers, and the King Air 200 seats ten.

Guardian Air also offers charter flights for corporate travel, safari flights across Southern Africa, and aircraft management. Its services include ground handling, maintenance planning, and budgets. Hangar space is available at Lanseria. Maintenance is provided through Guardian Air Maintenance, a dedicated maintenance division.

The company employs a full time team of charter and medevac pilots, with an average of 15 years of experience. It invests in ongoing training and regular practice in simulators.

Services

• Medical evacuation
• ICU air ambulance jets
• Charter flights
• Corporate flights
• Safari flights
• Aircraft management
• Aircraft maintenance
• Hangar space at Lanseria