STARS announced in June 2018 plan to renew its fleet of BK117 and AW139 helicopters with new Airbus H145. First two arrived to Calgary base in April 2019. They were later upgraded to H145D3 configuration.
Sep 9, 2021 · Canadian air ambulance STARS base Winnipeg received an Airbus H145/EC145T2. The new helicopter will enter service in Manitoba skies later this fall. This is the fifth and last EC145T2 and will be followed by 5 H145D3 five-bladed
Jan 11, 2021 · Canadian STARS air ambulance receives 4th and 5th Airbus H145. The four remaining helicopters will be of the 5-bladed variant and scheduled for later this year
Dec 14, 2020 · STARS Ambulance was founded in 1985 by two physicians whose personal experience showed them the advantages that aerial transport brought in saving patients’ lives. Nowadays they serves 3 provinces in western Canada with 14 helicopters
Feb 10, 2020 · Canadian air ambulance STARS received $1M donation from Capital Power to upgrade their helicopter at the Edmonton International Airport base in Alberta to a new Airbus H145/EC145T2 which cost CAD $13M each
Nov 17, 2019 · Canadian non-profit air ambulance STARS signed 10-year HCare contract with Airbus for spare parts and repairable items of the new EC145T2 / H145 fleet
Oct 5, 2019 · Canadian STARS Air Ambulance third of nine EC145T2/H145 was presented at the Saskatoon base in Saskatchewan province. The new helicopter will enter service this fall