Magyar Légimentő Nonprofit Kft.

Magyar Légimentő Nonprofit Kft., or MLN, runs air rescue inside Hungary. It is based in Budaörs. It is a public company owned through the National Ambulance Service (OMSZ), and it flies under the day to day control of OMSZ. The website is in Hungarian.

Services

MLN sends helicopters with an air rescue crew to the most critical cases. Crews are called out by OMSZ dispatchers under a set alarm protocol. The site names serious road, industrial and home accidents, internal medicine and nerve emergencies, and critically ill children. Its motto is to bring hospital care to the patient.

Aircraft and bases

The company runs seven air rescue bases: Budaörs, Balatonfüred, Marcali, Szekszárd, Szentes, Miskolc and Debrecen. It operates nine state owned Airbus EC135 P2+ helicopters, a light twin engine type. The site says three bases have been rebuilt in recent years with government funding, and that flights follow European aviation safety rules and Hungarian law.

Who it is for and coverage area

The service covers patients across Hungary, adults and children, outside hospital. MLN says the helicopters are alerted around 3,000 to 3,500 times a year, based on past statistics.

Its mission is to give the best possible care to seriously ill adults and children outside hospital, when every minute counts.

Facts

• Type: public air rescue company
• Owner rights: held by the National Ambulance Service (OMSZ)
• Bases: seven across Hungary
• Aircraft: nine EC135 P2+ helicopters
• Contract partner: the site says the company works contractually only with the Hungarian air rescue public benefit foundation