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German Special Mission
Operator FAI rent-a-jet AG (dba Flight Ambulance Intl.) recently celebrated a
special milestone in the company’s history as the last remaining Learjet 35A
aircraft in its fleet took off from Nuremberg for its new home in Mexico.
Company-wide, the growing
fleet now comprises two Learjet 55s, eleven Learjet 60s, five Challenger 604s
and three Global Express. Another Challenger 604 plus one Global are expected to
join the fleet soon.
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Carlos Salinas, CEO of Mexican Operator,
Jet Rescue Air Ambulance (left) with Siegfried Axtmann FAI Chairman. |
Since 2001, a total of four
Learjet 35A aircraft have sported the red and white FAI livery. Collectively,
they have travelled around the world a total of 450 times - a result of
approximately 38,000 hours of logged airtime. Learjet 35A, SN 447, with the
well-known registration number D- OKE received a special send off from FAI´s
Founder and Chairman, Siegfried Axtmann
during a handover on February 26th at Albrecht Duerer International Airport in
Nuremberg, Germany to her new owner
Carlos Salinas, CEO of Mexican
Operator, Jet Rescue Air Ambulance.
“Today is an emotional day.
This Learjet type was our first Learjet aircraft and served as the engine for
the company's growth in the field of Air Ambulance,” said Siegfried Axtmann, “I
hope that it will perform many happy landings for its new owner.”
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FAI Air Ambulance Challenger
604 |
The rise in demand for
larger cabins in the air ambulance market and economic reasons in respect to
different type ratings, maintenance and the stock of spare parts has resulted in
FAI’s decision to discontinue its 35A operations.
“Sooner or later FAI will
also outsource its remaining two Learjet 55 models by replacing them with
Learjet 60s and we will be in the good position of operating only two different
aircraft models (Learjet 60 and Challenger 604) across our worldwide air
ambulance service”, added Axtmann. |
