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Information Folder 10/2017 April 1995 M Hereditary Grand Duke Henri takes over the ile patronage of LAR. sto March 1999 ne April 1995 Fleet change: After 8 years of faithful s o An additional helicopter of the type Ecureuil services to LAR, the BO 105 is replaced by a f L is added to the fleet. The Ecureuil is second MD Explorer helicopter. ux exclusively used for secondary transports em (from hospital to hospital) and based at the April 1999 bo Findel Airport. In cooperation with Caritas International, u LAR brings roughly a ton of urgently required th rg 18 April 1988 Air May 1995 emergency medication to a refugee camp Many political, logistical, administrative and R The LAR operations have successfully in Kosovo. most of all financial hurdles had to be es cu implemented the standards of the overcome before the official foundation of e international flight regulations JAR OPS 3. November 1999 Luxembourg Air Rescue (LAR A.s.b.l.). Due to the numerous foreign country th repatriations from much further away st 9 July 1990 1 March 1989 General vicar Mathias Schiltz is nominated countries, LAR puts the second air LAR presents its first helicopter. On the President of the Fondation Luxembourg Air ambulance, type LearJet 35A (LX-ONE), same day, the Bell B 206 Long Ranger Rescue. into use. flies its first mission. Initially, LAR was only 4 5 allowed to transport patients from hospital 15th May 1991 to hospital. Fleet change: The new two turbine BO 105 th CBS replaces the one turbine Bell Long 15 June 1989 Ranger. Acknowledgment of the “Fondation Luxembourg Air Rescue” as a non-profit 1st November 1991 19th July 1996 institution by Grand-Ducal decree. Thanks to a convention with the Minister of An MD 900 Explorer helicopter replaces the March 2000 Internal Affairs, LAR becomes a part of the Ecureuil. Thanks to its size, its inferior noise The LAR air ambulance fleet is modernised: Luxembourgish rescue service SAMU. levels, and its NOTAR-System (the MD 900 The Mitsubishi MU 2 is replaced by a King Explorer has no rear rotor thus reducing the Air B200 (LX-DUC). danger of accidents), this helicopter type is st particularly suitable for rescue missions. 1 January 2001 On behalf of the Luxembourgish Police, LAR 19th July 1996 puts an additional MD Explorer helicopter Opening of a second air base in Ettelbrück, into operations. The expenses resulting enabling the SAMU to reach every point in from these missions are covered by the Luxembourg within 10 minutes. Police. September 1998 The first LAR-owned air ambulance, a Mitsubishi MU 2, is put into operation. From now on, member repatriation flights can be performed within Europe and North Africa. Press contact: Antje Voss Head of Marketing & Public Relations [email protected] +352 48 90 06 211 Luxembourg Air Rescue A.s.b.l. Luxembourg Airport - Gate E13 Postal Address: B.P. 24 • L-5201 Sandweiler February 2004 March 2005 An LAR air ambulance provides Cross border help - extension of the fleet by April 2008 humanitarian relief efforts following an a fourth helicopter: An emergency knows no LAR is 20 years old and during a press event earthquake in Morocco. borders: By contract with the Ministers of with three Ministers (Mars Di Bartolomeo, 9th July 2002 Internal Affairs of Rhineland-Palatinate and Minister of Health and Social Security, th Lucien Lux, Minister of the Environment and As first air rescue organisation worldwide, 27 May 2004 Saarland, LAR is integrated into the Transportation, and Jean-Marie Halsdorf, LAR receives the ISO 9001:2000 After a long battle, the ground-breaking rescue system of both German Federal Minister of Home Affairs and Town and Certification in all domains. ceremony for the construction of the LAR States. From now on, an additional LAR hangar in Ettelbrück is finally held! helicopter positioned at Findel Airport Country Planning), LAR looks back on the September 2002 operates daily rescue missions in the initial difficulties and the lifesaving missions it executed over the last two decades. Signature of a quality charter by five January 2005 nearby German border area. The costs An LAR medical team provides help by of these interventions are covered by the leading European air ambulance July 2008 organizations: REGA (CH), DRF (D), ADAC means of the LearJet into the Tsunami German health insurance schemes. In cooperation with France Transplant, LAR (D), Tyrol Air affected areas after a tidal wave disaster. expands its organ transportation activities Ambulance (A) and LAR (L). October 2005 March 2005 During a three months long commitment throughout the north-eastern region of October 2002 The helicopter hangar of LAR in Ettelbrück following an earthquake in the Pakistani France. is inaugurated. From now on, the helicopter Kashmir area, LAR executes 925 helicopter Fleet extension: In order to guarantee September 2008 continuous air operations during “Air Rescue 2” is stationed there, thus missions transporting 2.112 patients and LAR welcomes its 175.000th member. maintenance intervals, a third MD increasing the operational readiness in the 20 tons of aid supplies. This mission is the Within 20 years, LAR has become member Explorer helicopter is purchased as spare Oesling, while saving expenses for the daily longest humanitarian disaster relief mission wise the biggest organisation in Luxembourg. 6 helicopter. flights from and to the LAR basis at Findel in the history of LAR. 7 as well as reducing the noise levels for local residents by approximately 40%. July 2003 The second air ambulance, type LearJet July 2006 35A (LX-LAR), is put into operation for Extension of the LAR fleet with a double- worldwide repatriation flights. The LX-LAR stretcher LearJet 35A (LX-TWO), enabling replaces the King Air B200 (LX-DUC). the simultaneous transportation of two intensive care patients. 26th December 2003 Following a devastating earthquake killing November 2006 more than 80.000 people and by request LAR provides a rescue helicopter for the of the Luxembourgish Foreign Ministry / NATO summit in Riga. The expenses of this “Direction de la Coopération au mission are covered by the Luxembourgish Développement”, LAR transfers both of government. its air ambulance jets to Bam, Iran. In collaboration with the canine rescue unit October 2007 of the Luxembourgish Red Cross, LAR Following a successful bid on a European provides instantaneous tender, the Hôpitaux Universitaires de disaster relief. From now on, humanitarian Strasbourg (HUS) appoint LAR as their commitments are part of the mission exclusive organ transportation provider for spectrum of LAR. Two further humanitarian the whole of France. missions followed within one year. April 2009 June, 2009 in service for air rescue purposes need to An additional hangar on P5 at the Findel Renewed test and confirmation of the be upgraded by the end of 2009 to fulfil February 2011 the repatriation under optimal medical airport has been remitted by the Ministry of certification ISO 9001:2008 in all areas of the highest performance class possible in After a long preparation phase, Skyservice conditions. Transportation. This interim solution LAR. aviation. After two years of considerable Air Ambulance and European Air Ambulance enables LAR to shelter its aircraft and financial investments, all five LAR rescue EAA (a GEIE between LAR and DRF 1st May 2011 th technical equipment. 9 September, 2009 helicopters are equipped with the needed Luftrettung) organize a special reception to On May 1st, 2011, the first of two new Luxembourg Air Rescue gets the performance driven engines as well as officially announce their collaboration. The aircraft lands at Findel airport. The LearJet th 29 April 2009 official admittance for the independent separated tanks as required by these new service accelerates the repatriation 45XR is one of the most up-to-date jets of The LAR fleet is expanded to include a maintenance of its helicopter fleet. European directives. of patients from both sides of the Atlantic its category in terms of technology and can Cessna Citation Mustang, an aircraft to be Maintenance works can from now on be Ocean. No time will be lost on compulsory cover great distances while consuming only primarily used for the organ team transport- executed faster and more flexibly. crew rest times since the wing-to-wing a minimum quantity of fuel. The LearJet ation activities. The Mustang Citation has transfer will take place at the end of the 45XR also benefits from its short-landing the advantage of only needing a very short December 2009 duty time of one crew and include the capabilities as well as its speed. landing runway, thus allowing it to fly into An European regulation elaborated by handover of the patient to a fresh crew from regional airports as well as smaller airfields. EASA has stipulated that all helicopters the partner organization. Together with an Austrian specialist in air ambulance interior technology, an Critical patient transfers will take place innovative and unique patient transport in secure environments at the relevant system was developed, which not only service’s home airfield - in Canada at the meets the high quality standards of LAR, but Skyservice Air Ambulance bases in Montreal also offers the option to quickly adjust the or Goose Bay and in Europe at the EAA interior to the particular and varied tasks bases in Luxembourg or Baden/Karlsruhe. and missions of a state-of-the-art air rescue All partners dispose of state-of-the-art organisation. medical equipment. 17th November 2011 Such cooperation also exists with RMSI, The two new ambulance aircraft are who is specialized in the patient evacuation presented to the Luxembourgish public. in crisis regions. RMSI stabilizes the patient The technical developments of the past in that region and then flies him out to 20 years made a restructuring of the fleet the next international and safe airport, necessary in order to stay abreast of the 8 where EAA takes over and continues changes in aviation and medical technology.