Air Zermatt
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| Founded | 1968 | ||||||
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| Fleet size | 10 | ||||||
| Headquarters | Zermatt, Switzerland | ||||||
| Key people | Gerold Biner (CEO) | ||||||
| Employees | 65 | ||||||
| Website | www.air-zermatt.ch | ||||||
Air Zermatt AG is a Swiss airline and flight school based in Zermatt.[1] The company has an office at the Aéroport de Sion in the canton of Valais and bases in Gampel, Raron and Zermatt. It employs approximately 65 people.[2]
Air Zermatt was founded in 1968.
In 1973 Air Zermatt introduced medicalization in helicopter rescue. As the first rescue company in Switzerland, it employs permanent doctors and paramedics who accompany the helicopter crews on their rescue missions.[3]
In March 2020, Air Zermatt and Air-Glaciers announced a merger. Regional anchoring for both companies will remain and they will both have their own board of directors and CEO.[4]
Fleet
The Air Zermatt fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of January 2020):[5]
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| Eurocopter AS 350 B3 | 5 | 0 |
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| Aérospatiale SA 315B Lama | 1 | 0 |
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| Eurocopter EC 135 T3 | 1 | 0 |
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| Eurocopter EC 130 T2 | 1 | 0 |
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| Bell 429 | 2 | 0 |
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| Total | 10 | 0 | ||||||||||
