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TAAS Responded to 3,460 Emergencies in 2025
15-Jan-26 - The Air Ambulance Service responded to 3,460 emergencies in 2025, including 1,617 by Leonardo AW109SP GrandNew helicopters and 1,843 by critical care cars. #TAAS
Magpas Air Ambulance Busiest Year On Record
09-Jan-26 - The Cambridgeshire-based charity, Magpas Air Ambulance, saw its busiest year on record in 2025, as the publicly funded emergency service was activated 1,948 times. #Cambridgeshire
The Air Ambulance Service in 2021
17-Jan-22 - The Air Ambulance Service which operates Warwickshire and Northamptonshire Air Ambulance (WNAA) along with the Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Rutland Air Ambulance (DLRAA) flew 587 hours in 2021 with their AW109SP helicopters operated by Sloane #year2021
UK TAAS New Grandnew Helicopters
11-Mar-21 - UK’ The Air Ambulance Service (TAAS) with 2 new AW109SP Grandnew helicopters from operator Sloane for bases at East Midlands Airport (ex DLRAA) and Coventry Airport (ex WNAA) #Grandnew| More News ... |  |
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Units |
| Years | Units | Base |
|---|---|---|
| 2024- | MAGPAS | RAF Alconbury |
| 2022- | AANI | Long Kesh closed 1979 |
| 2012/17 | TCAA | Oxford Kidlington Finningley |
| 2011- | TAAS | Coventry East Midlands |
| 2009/11 | WNAA | Coventry |
| 2008/11 | DLRAA | East Midlands |
List of Aircraft |
| C/N | Mod | Built | ID In this Org | In other Org | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22423 | aw109sp | 2020 | G-DRLA HLE54 HLE69 The Air Ambulance Service, op by Sloane |  I-PTFO: Leonardo Italy Jul20, test serial I-EASJ, pictured (pic...  G-DRLA: LCI leasing 2020  G-DRLA: Sloane Helicopters Ltd from Dec20 | |
| 22156 | aw109s | 2009 | G-HEMZ Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Rutland Air Ambulance (DLRAA); East Midlands Airp... | G-HEMZ: Sloane since Jan10; air ambulance Has been replaced at TAAS by G-WNAS a band new AW109SP  G-HEMZ: ICRR North Cork from 23jun21, op by Sloane;
National Am... New paint scheme, now operated by Irish Community Rapid... over Banbridge, Co down, Northern Ireland; Appears to h... | |
| 22298 | aw109sp | 2013 | G-KRNO backup helicopter whilst G-LNCC was grounded, pictured (pic3) |  N602SM: AgustaWestland, PA Ju13, test serial I-EASX  C-GVAM: Airmedic Inc at Brossard, QC from May14, pictured N602SM: Bank of Utah trustee Aug20-Jul21 G-KRNO: Castle Air from Jul21 pictured (pic2) at HeliTechExpo 2021 Castle Air Lincs and Notts Air Ambulance. Being used as a replacem... covering CAAT (Cornwall Air Ambulance AW169 G-CRWL) att... G-MPAS: Castle Air Liskeard. Magpas Air Ambulance are to lease ... Castle Air Ltd from Sep24 | |
| 11679 | aw109e | 2006 | G-MEDS Derbyshire Leicestershire and Rutland Air Ambulance (DLRAA) 2007-2009 op by Sloa... | G-MEDS: Sloane Sep06-Sep09  TC-HJT: Koçoğlu Aviation 2009-2014  YI-BAA: Al-Burhan Airways at Baghdad from Heli Excel Intl, Kurdistan from Jul17 | |
| 11745 | aw109e | 2008 | G-MEDX op by Sloane, used as a backup helicopter for Helimed 53 and Helimed 54 between ... | G-MEDX: Sloane Nov08-Mar18 - YI-BAO: Al Burhan Airways, Iraq from 2018, pictured ferry fligh... | |
| 22298 | aw109sp | 2013 | G-MPAS | N602SM: AgustaWestland, PA Ju13, test serial I-EASX C-GVAM: Airmedic Inc at Brossard, QC from May14, pictured N602SM: Bank of Utah trustee Aug20-Jul21 G-KRNO: Castle Air from Jul21 pictured (pic2) at HeliTechExpo 2021 Castle Air Lincs and Notts Air Ambulance. Being used as a replacem... covering CAAT (Cornwall Air Ambulance AW169 G-CRWL) att... G-MPAS: Castle Air Liskeard. Magpas Air Ambulance are to lease ... Castle Air Ltd from Sep24 | |
| 11777 | 2009 | G-RSCU HELIMED 23 HLE23 Warwickshire and Northamptonshire Air Ambulance (WNAA) from Dec09 to replace G-W... | G-RSCU: Sloane Helicopters from Dec09 G-RSCU: Irish Community Rapid Response /Helimed 92 Northampton to Cork, Observed Waterford, ROI area Cork Airport today for its base at Rathcoole G-RSCU: Sloane Coventry Airport, presumably covering for G-WNAS and sp... Helimed 69 | ||
| 11789 | aw109e | 2011 | G-SHLS Sloane spare ambulance by Jul19 | N103H: AgustaWestland, PA Jan/Sep 2012 N103H: Keystone Med-Flight, MidAtlantic Medevac at Hahnemann ... G-SHLS: Sloane Helicopters from Sep18 G-SHLS: Irish Community Rapid Response at Cork, Ireland by , op... Spare heli for ICRR | |
| 22305 | aw109sp | 2013 | G-TAAS Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Rutland Air Ambulance (DLRAA) | G-TAAS: Sloane Helicopters from Jul13 Has been replaced in TAAS by brand new AW109SP Grandnew... Sloane spare aircraft for WNDLR Air Ambulance op for DLRAA ambulance, safe emergency landing near Ca... Forced to make emergency landing following a bird strik... refuel at Central Helicopters, Notts landed in Nuneaton as Helimed 53 Coventry, as /Helimed 53 Coventry Airport as Helimed 53 Landed at Hinckley, as Helimed 54 Market Harborough, Landed in office car park entering n... Coventry Airport as Helimed 53 Landed on the grass oval at Knebley Crescent, Nuneaton Landed at Ipsley Meadow, Redditch B29 @ approx 10:15 | |
| 22426 | aw109sp | 2020 | G-WNAS HLE53 The Air Ambulance Service 2021, op by Sloane, pictured | G-WNAS: LCI Jan21, test serial I-RAIQ G-WNAS: Sloane Helicopters from Jan21 |
No longer with this org.
