Swiss holding company for air rescue, business flights, aerial firefighting and multimedia production
Lions Air Group AG
Wollerau (CH) · Balzers (LI) · Bern (CH) · Birrfeld (CH) · San Vittore (CH) · Andorra · Cannes (FR) · Feldkirch (AT) · London (GB) · Florida (US)New on Amplifa
About Lions Air Group
Lions Air Group AG is a Swiss holding company headquartered in Wollerau in the canton of Schwyz whose subsidiaries are active primarily in aviation. In 1987, then-Rega pilot Jürg Fleischmann founded Lions Air AG, from which the present corporate group emerged in 2008 through the merger of several existing companies. Its fields of business include air rescue and patient transport, organ transports for Swisstransplant, VIP business and event special flights, passenger transport with airplanes and helicopters, aerial firefighting, and film and multimedia production with wireless video relay solutions. The group employs around 300 people worldwide, of whom about 110 work at the subsidiary AAA Alpine Air Ambulance, which operates bases in Balzers and Birrfeld and is integrated into public rescue networks in Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Austria and Germany. The fleet comprises airplanes (Dassault Falcon 8X, Bombardier Global 7500, Challenger 604), helicopters (including Bell 429, Airbus H135, AS332 Super Puma, AW139, H160) as well as fifteen ambulances and rescue vehicles and two emergency physician response vehicles.
- Site
- CH-8832 Wollerau
- Processes
- Air rescue, Patient transport, Organ transports (Swisstransplant), VIP business and event special flights, Passenger transport with airplanes and helicopters, Aerial firefighting (European Firecats), Film and multimedia production, Wireless video relay solutions
- Materials
- AAA Alpine Air Ambulance AG, Lions Air Skymedia AG, European Firecats, Skyair Aircraft Maintenance GmbH, IP skyEmotions Airtistic AG
- Founded
- 1987
- Employees
- 300
- Industries
- Aviation, Air rescue, Ambulance and emergency medical services, Multimedia production
- 01
Air rescue and patient transport (AAA Alpine Air Ambulance)
- 02
Organ transports (Swisstransplant)
- 03
Passenger and VIP special flights (Lions Air Skymedia)
- 04
Aerial firefighting (European Firecats)
- 05
Maintenance (Skyair Aircraft Maintenance)
- 06
Film and multimedia production (skyEmotions)
Services and Fields of Business
AAA Alpine Air Ambulance AG
Air ambulance company with rescue helicopter bases in Balzers and Birrfeld and integration into public rescue networks.
Lions Air Skymedia AG
Airline under the Lions Air brand name, operating airplanes and helicopters.
European Firecats
Joint venture with Heli Austria for fighting forest fires with Airbus AS332 Super Puma helicopters.
Skyair Aircraft Maintenance GmbH
Repair and maintenance of aircraft.
IP skyEmotions Airtistic AG
Film production company under the skyEmotions brand names.
Locations
Wollerau
CHHeadquarters
Balzers
LIRescue helicopter base (AAA Alpine Air Ambulance)
Bern
CHLocation
Birrfeld
CHRescue helicopter base
San Vittore
CHLocation
Andorra
ADLocation
Cannes
FRLocation
Feldkirch
ATLocation
London
GBLocation
Florida
USLocation
Fleet and Services
Inside the production
Industries
Additional services
Reference customers
Company History
- 1987
Foundation of Lions Air AG by then-Rega pilot Jürg Fleischmann
- 2003
Traffic information service traffix is contributed to Viasuisse
- 2008
Emergence of Lions Air Group AG through the merger of several companies
- 2013
AAA Alpine Air Ambulance is integrated into the public rescue service
- 2015
TCS withdraws from rescue and patient transport
- 2016
Merger of Skymedia AG and Lions Air AG to form Lions Air Skymedia AG
- 2018
AAA operates the Balzers base on behalf of AP³ Luftrettung
- 2023
Commissioning of the emergency physician response vehicle in Balzers; AP³ Luftrettung is converted into an independent foundation