02-Feb-23 - Swiss air ambulance Rega completed 20,992 missions in 2022, a 16% more than previous year, an average of 58 missions per day. Rega’s 20 helicopters and 3 jets were in the air more frequently than ever transporting over 14,000 patients #year2022
06-Dec-22 - Swiss Air Rescue REGA will retire and sell current fleet of AW109SP Da Vinci and H145T2 by 2026 and transition to a single-type fleet of 21 Airbus H145D3 5-bladed helicopters #SwissAlps
03-Oct-22 - Swiss helicopter air rescue operator REGA terminated order for 3 Leonardo AW169 Full Ice Protection System (FIPS) after agreement that it was not possible to develop them in contractually specifications #AW169
11-Jul-22 - Swiss air rescue REGA will have a new Airbus H145D3 helicopter based at Geneva Airport. REGA operates in Geneva since 1971 and is using a EC135 since 2003 #Geneva
11-Mar-22 - Swiss air ambulance Rega orders nine 5-bladed Airbus Bk117D3 / H145 helicopters to replace its current 4-bladed versions EC145T2 / H145 #H145D3
22-Feb-22 - Rega Swiss air ambulance helicopters in 2021 flew more missions than ever before in 2021. Operating from 14 countrywide bases they completed 14,330 rescues, an 8% more than the year before #year2021
11-Sep-21 - Swiss Air-Rescue Rega will participate in the development of the air ambulance version of the Dufour Aerospace Aero3 electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft #Aero3
10-Dec-20 - Swiss Air-Rescue Rega has deployed helicopters for its lifesaving operations since 1952. Nowadays operates AW109/169 and EC145/H145 aircraft #history
31-Aug-20 - A German HeliService helicopter traveled to Switzerland to train with REGA air rescue ambulance as part of the preparations before delivery of its next generation aircraft AW169-FIPS (Full Ice Protection System) #REGA
21-Jun-18 - Airbus Germany delivered the first two of six H145/EC145T2 to Swiss Air-Rescue Rega. Current EC145 model scheduled to be phased out by middle of 2019 #delivery
15-Jun-16 - REGA Schweizerische Rettungsflugwacht, the Swiss Air Rescue, first european certified for helicopter and jets operations by the Commission on Accreditation of Medical Transport Systems (CAMTS)
