Air Zermatt AG is a Swiss airline and flight school based in Zermatt. 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.
History
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.
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.
Fleet
The Air Zermatt fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of January 2020):
+ Fishtail Air fleetAircraftIn FleetOrdersPassengersUsesCYTotalEurocopter AS 350 B350Sightseeing Taxi Transport RescueAérospatiale SA 315B Lama10Sightseeing Transport RescueEurocopter EC 135 T310Taxi RescueEurocopter EC 130 T210Sightseeing RescueBell 42920Taxi RescueTotal100
Media In 2010, Air Zermatt was part of a documentary by Swiss Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen, titled The mountain rescuers in the Himalayas wherein the airline, in cooperation with Fishtail Air, was establishing a mountaineering rescue station in Lukla.
In 2016, the series "The Horn" was released on Netflix, which in addition to the way the company works, shed light on individual employees and assignments.
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