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Toll Aviation partners with Indigenous firm on future SA operations

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November 20, 2025
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The company will partner with Indigenous aerospace consultancy Gunggandji Aerospace and the Indigenous Defence and Infrastructure Consortium to staff a new emergency services operations centre at Adelaide Airport, which will come online in November 2026.

New LifeFlight helicopters arrive in Mount Isa

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November 14, 2025
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The first of the upgraded helicopters, VH-LF3, touched down in Mount Isa this week, with LifeFlight CEO Ashley van de Velde saying the AW139 is the perfect search and rescue aircraft to cover the long distances in the region.

Toll Ambulance Rescue hits flight-hour milestone

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November 4, 2025
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The NSW Ambulance Aeromedical Rescue Helicopter service, operated by Toll since 2017, has flown over 24,000 critical care missions with its fleet of eight Leonardo AW139 helicopters, and performs more than 2,500 patient missions per year.

‘Weights and Dimensions Directive endangers intermodal developments’

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October 30, 2025
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A group of sixteen European associations wrote a joint letter highlighting the persisting issues with the Weights and Dimensions Directive (WDD), part of the Greening…

StarFlight to bring trio of new helicopters to Tasmania

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September 24, 2025
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The aircraft, which will perform missions for Ambulance Tasmania and Tasmania Police, are expected to enter service from late 2027, and will be based in Hobart. It comes as StarFlight prepares to take over the state’s EMS contract from existing provide…

Rotor-Lift says loss of EMS contract will ‘spell the end’ of company

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August 27, 2025
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Rotor-Lift, which has operated the Westpac rescue and Ambulance Tasmania helicopters in the state for around 25 years, said it was blindsided by the Tasmanian government’s decision to award a $354 million, 12-year contract to interstate operator StarFl…

StarFlight takes over Tasmanian aeromedical contract

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August 26, 2025
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StarFlight, a joint venture between Fox Group Holdings and LifeFlight Australia, will begin Tasmanian services on 12 January 2026, taking over from current contractor Rotor-Lift Aviation, which has provided aeromedical and search-and-rescue flights in …

LifeFlight builds on ‘record’ financial year

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July 14, 2025
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The organisation, based in Queensland, assisted 8,497 people in the 2024-25 financial year, up 3.9 per cent on its previous record last year. This translates to one patient every 62 minutes across its medical teams, helicopter and jet fleets.

NSW Ambulance scores extra funding for 3 new helicopter bases

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June 27, 2025
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The new bases, to be built in Port Macquarie, Wagga Wagga and Moruya, will be added to NSW Ambulance’s existing aeromedical network of 12 helicopters and six bases. The funding announced this week is in addition to $126.6 million already invested by th…

NSW Ambulance trials aeromedical drone delivery

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June 17, 2025
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Conducted in partnership with Toll Aviation, the Remotely Piloted Aeromedical Clinical Systems (RPACS) trial was aimed at improving operational speed and safety in remote or hard-to-reach areas, with seven paramedics from critical care and special oper…