Gulf Med Aviation Services

Gulf Med Aviation Services (GMAS) is a helicopter operator with its head office in Qormi, Malta, and its base at Safi Aviation Park next to Malta International Airport. It started flying in 2016. It is part of the Medilink International group.

Gulf Med holds an EASA air operator certificate (AOC) and an EASA Part 145 maintenance approval. As well as its own helicopters in Malta, it can use the fleet of its partner Gulf Helicopters, a company founded in 1970 that serves many large oil and gas firms. This lets it start new work quickly.

Services

• HEMS: helicopter emergency medical flights from an accident scene to the nearest hospital.
• Air ambulance: transfers between hospitals, such as between Gozo General Hospital and Malta.
• Passenger transport: flights to isolated places, commuter links and VIP helicopter trips, on or offshore.
• Humanitarian and special operations.
• Offshore flights.
• Maintenance, repair and overhaul: for its own fleet and for other operators.
• Aircraft management: for owners who want to fly their helicopter themselves or charter it out.
• Shore base support: operational and technical help for yacht based helicopters that come to Malta.

Air ambulance approvals and types

Gulf Med is approved for HEMS and helicopter air ambulance work under EASA rules in Europe and Africa. It offers these services on the H135, H145, Bell 412 and AW139. Since January 2023 it has flown HEMS for the HSE National Ambulance Service in Ireland, now from two bases, Rathcoole and Sligo.

Hangar

Its hangar is a new 1,200 square metre building on its own apron at Malta International Airport. It has workshops, stores and ground equipment, with CCTV and fire detection.