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During an official ceremony at the mid point of 2010, Eurocopter’s sales manager for Central Europe Thomas Hein handed over a certificate to Alexander Wolf and Reinhard Kraxner, the two co-CEOs of ÖAMTC Air Ambulance Services, for the accomplished 100,000 flight hours with the EC135 at the Austrian company’s headquarter in Vienna. ÖAMTC is one of the largest private operators of the EC135, with a fleet of 28 aircraft. With these achieved flight hours and about 15,000 operations every year, the company sets benchmarks for successful operations with EMS helicopters. ÖAMTC recently flew its 200,000th mission with an EC135 helicopter, an impressive performance that enables Austria to enjoy one of the world’s best air ambulance services in the world. An EMS helicopter can be deployed to almost any location in Austria within 15 minutes, greatly improving chances of survival.
