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Milestone Aviation Group leases AW139 helicopter to LifeFlight

by · October 27

Milestone Aviation Group has leased a new EMS equipped Leonardo AW139 helicopter to LifeFlight (formerly known as CareFlight) in Queensland, Australia.

“We are delighted to add to our global EMS fleet through this new partnership with LifeFlight.”

Daniel Rosenthal, president of Milestone said: “We are delighted to add to our global EMS fleet through this new partnership with LifeFlight.”

“The introduction of the third state-of-the-art AW139 into our fleet marks an important milestone in our ongoing modernization efforts, helping us to deliver our expanded services faster and more efficiently than ever before.” said Ashley van de Velde, director and CEO of LifeFlight, “Milestone was creative and flexible in structuring a lease solution that ideally suited our needs, allowing us to introduce new technology to our RACQ LifeFlight Rescue fleet. We look forward to greatly enhancing the services we provide to the people of Queensland as we work to save lives – anyone, anywhere, anytime.”

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