Lions Air Group AG

Lions Air Group AG is a Swiss holding company based in Wollerau with several subsidiaries that work mainly in aviation. Pilot Jürg Fleischmann founded Lions Air AG in 1987, and the group in its present form was created in 2008 by merging several existing companies. It works in air rescue, VIP business flights, aerial firefighting and multimedia production, and employs 300 people worldwide.

Fleet

The group operates fifteen helicopters, three aeroplanes, fifteen ambulance vehicles and two emergency doctor response vehicles. The helicopters are the Bell 429, Airbus H135, Airbus AS332 Super Puma, AgustaWestland AW139 and Airbus H160. The aeroplanes are a Dassault Falcon, a Bombardier Global 7500 and a Bombardier Challenger 604.

Business units

• AAA Alpine Air Ambulance: an air and ground rescue service with 110 staff, alerted through the emergency number 144, specialised in helicopter rescue, repatriation, hospital transfers and organ transport
• European Firecats: a joint venture with the Austrian company Heli Austria that fights fires from the air with Airbus AS332 Super Pumas, deployed in Germany in 2022, Switzerland in 2023, Chile in 2023, 2024 and 2025 and South Korea in 2024 and 2025
• Lions Air: twin engine helicopters and business jets for worldwide air transport, in particular VIP flights
• Skyair Aircraft Maintenance: maintenance, repairs, inspections and avionics modifications on aeroplanes and helicopters, for the group fleet and other Swiss operators
• SkyEmotion: personalised charter flights

Locations

The group has bases and seasonal operating sites in Balzers (Liechtenstein), Bern, Birrfeld and San Vittore in Switzerland, Andorra, Cannes, Feldkirch in Austria, London and Florida.

Contact

Phone: +41 44 828 88 88