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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]

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Air Zermatt

IATA ICAO Callsign — AZF AIR ZERMATT
Founded	1968
Fleet size	10
Headquarters	Zermatt, Switzerland
Key people	Gerold Biner (CEO)
Employees	65
Website	www.air-zermatt.ch

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.[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]

Fishtail Air fleet

Aircraft	In Fleet	Orders	Passengers			Notes
			C	Y	Total
Eurocopter AS 350 B3	5	0				Used for sightseeing-, taxi-, transport- and rescue flights.
Aérospatiale SA 315B Lama	1	0				Used for sightseeing-, transport- and rescue flights.
Eurocopter EC 135 T3	1	0				Used for taxi- and rescue flights.
Eurocopter EC 130 T2	1	0				Used for sightseeing- and rescue flights.
Bell 429	2	0				Used for taxi- and rescue flights.
Total	10	0

Media

From July to August 2006, Schweizer Radio DRS made a documentary series called Die Bergretter - en route with Air Zermatt about the company and its employees. The seven-part series was broadcast from May 2007. A sequel followed in winter 2007/2008 which was shot in February 2007 as a "winter season".

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.[6][7][8]

In January 2017, rescues from the recent past were shown on ServusTV.

Former Air Zermatt pilot Siegfried Stangier wrote a book entitled Rescuers who come from heaven (published in 1986), which gives an insight into Air Zermatt's activities from the 1970s to the mid-80s. The long-line rescue method he introduced in 1972 (a rope up to 220 meters long on the helicopter) saved the lives of countless people in need.

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.[9]

References

External links

• Official website

На других языках

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[de] Air Zermatt

Die Air Zermatt AG ist eine Schweizer Fluggesellschaft und Flugschule[1] mit Sitz in Zermatt. Das Unternehmen verfügt im Kanton Wallis über ein Büro am Aéroport de Sion und je eine Basis in Gampel, Raron und Zermatt. Es beschäftigt ca. 75 Mitarbeiter.[2]

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- [en] Air Zermatt

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[fr] Air Zermatt

Air Zermatt AG est une compagnie aérienne suisse fondée en 1968 par Beat H. Perren dont le siège est à Zermatt. Au même titre que Air Glaciers, Air Zermatt assure le sauvetage aérien dans une partie du Valais surtout aux alentours du Matterhorn (Cervin), des vols touristiques dont le carburant annuel représente un vol Zürich-New York en long-courrier, de l'héliski et des vols de transports. Les vols de transports représentent 60 % du temps de vol annuel. L'entreprise a son compte 35 000 sauvetages. Ce nombre est passé de 90 en 1968 à plus de 1 600 en 2012[1]. Air Zermatt a aussi reçu 3 Heroism Awards (1972, 1976, 2010).

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