Air Methods

Air Methods, Corp. is an American publicly owned emergency medical services helicopter operator with its corporate headquarters on the property of Centennial Airport in Dove Valley CDP, Colorado, United States in the Denver metropolitan area; the headquarters uses an Englewood, Colorado postal address.

The company began operation in 1980 and by 2013 had flown nearly 150,000 air medical flight hours and completed more than 100,000 patient transports. Since 1991, the company has been publicly traded company under the NASDAQ ticker “AIRM.” The company has more than 4,000 employees, operates a fleet of helicopters (and fixed-wing) aircraft at nearly 300 bases that serve 48 American states.

History

Air Methods purchased CJ Systems Aviation Group, a leading provider of aeromedical transport, in October 2007.

In 2011 Air Methods acquired Omniflight Helicopters, Inc and operates it as a wholly owned subsidiary. Omniflight Helicopters consisted of over 100 helicopters.

In July 2011 Air Methods (Air Methods International, Ltd.) entered in a joint venture agreement with Basari Holding, AS and Anka Aerospace & Defense, LLC to form Helistar, AS. The joint venture company is headquartered in Ankara, Turkey.