as nasdaq airm industry air services other founded 1980 headquarters centennial airport 1 dove valley cdp colorado 2 key people aaron d. todd ceo revenue us 511 million fy 2009 3 operating income us 47.8 million fy 2009 3 net income us 29.0 million fy 2009 3 total assets us 424 million fy 2009 4 total equity us 197 million fy 2009 4 number of employees 2 739 5 subsidiaries fss airholdings rocky mountain holdings mercy air service lifenet website airmethods.com footnotes references 2007 annual report air methods corporation is an american publicly owned helicopter operator . the domestic air medical division provides emergency medical services to 100 000 patients every year and serves 48 states and haiti . the company was founded by roy morgan and began air medical operations in 1980 . since 1991 the company has been publicly traded company under the nasdaq ticker airm . in 2012 the company acquired its first helicopter tour operations called sundance helicopters in las vegas nevada and a year later blue hawaiian joined its tourism division . the company has more than 4 500 employees operates a fleet of approximately 450 helicopters and fixed wing aircraft . its corporate headquarters are on the property of centennial airport in dove valley cdp colorado united states in the denver metropolitan area ; 1 2 the headquarters uses an englewood colorado postal address . 1 contents 1 history 2 service models 3 divisions and services 4 aircraft 5 accidents 6 see also 7 references 8 external links history edit air methods purchased cj systems aviation group a leading provider of aeromedical transport in october 2007 . 6 in 2011 air methods acquired omniflight helicopters inc and operates it as a wholly owned subsidiary . omniflight helicopters consisted of over 100 helicopters . 7 in july 2011 air methods air methods international ltd. entered in a joint venture agreement with basari holding as and anka aerospace & defense llc to form helistar as . the joint venture company is headquartered in ankara turkey . in october 2012 air methods opened their state of the art technologically advanced training center in aurora colorado . located near the corporate office the 14 000 square foot facility has a simulation areas learning classrooms and office space . in addition this was the year the company diversified into helicopter tourism . in 2016 air methods acquired tri state care flight . service models edit this section does not cite any sources . please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . february 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message air methods provides services through three basic programs ; community based model cbm hospital based model hbm 8 and alternative delivery model . 9 under both programs air methods transports persons requiring intensive medical care from either the scene of an accident or general care hospitals to highly skilled trauma centers or tertiary care centers . as of 2009 the cbm operated 105 bases at hospitals fire stations or airports operating more than 127 helicopters and fixed wing aircraft and air methods employees provide medical care to patients en route . as of 2009 the hbm delivery model was serving 80 hospital customers in 33 states and operated a fleet of more than 170 hospital based aircraft and medical care en route is provided by employees or contractors of customer hospitals . divisions and services edit the united rotorcraft division specializes in the design and manufacture of aeromedical and aerospace technology . the tourism division comprises sundance helicopters inc. and blue hawaiian helicopters which provides helicopter tours and charter flights in the las vegas grand canyon region and hawaii respectively . air methods fleet of owned leased or maintained aircraft features over 450 helicopters and fixed wing aircraft . 10 rocky mountain holdings llc rmh mercy air service inc. mercy air and lifenet inc. lifenet operate as wholly owned subsidiaries of air methods . 11 the air methods products division united rotorcraft designs manufactures and installs aircraft medical interiors and other aerospace or medical transport products . the direct call transfer center is a division of air methods that coordinates transfers between hospitals and referring centers . it is the center point of coordination between all parties involved in the transfer process . 12 aircom is the dispatching coordinating and flight tracking division of air methods . it dispatches over 400 aircraft for air methods corporation as well as dispatching and coordinating services for other agencies including police departments county departments ambulance services and other public service agencies . 13 aircraft edit a bell 412 operated by mercy air a subsidiary of air methods as of 31 december 2013 air methods fleet included 264 company owned aircraft 136 leased and 55 aircraft owned by customers and operated under contract . included in that total were 48 single engine helicopters and 1 piper saratoga operated by their tourism division . 14 air methods fleet of helicopters includes the eurocopter as350 ecureuil 15 14 eurocopter as365 dauphin 15 14 eurocopter ec130 15 14 eurocopter ec135 15 14 eurocopter ec145 15 14 including mbb kawasaki bk 117 the previous version bell 206 15 14 jetranger and bell 407 15 14 bell 222 15 14 and bell 430 15 14 bell 412 14 bell 429 15 14 agustawestland aw109 15 14 agustawestland aw119 koala 15 14 md helicopters md 902 15 14 fixed wing owned and or operated thru air methods beechcraft king air 15 100 14 beechcraft super king air 200 14 pilatus pc 12 15 14 cessna 208 caravan citation needed learjet 35 14 accidents edit air methods as of 2006 has had a total of 19 accidents . following a 2006 accident craig yale the vice president of corporate development for air methods stated in a news conference shortly after the accident that we fly over 100 000 hours a year 85 000 missions a year and in doing so have had very few fatal accidents over a 10 year period . in january 2005 an air methods helicopter crashed in washington d.c. with two dead and one injured and another crashed in mississippi killing one . 16 on december 10 2006 in the 2006 mercy air helicopter accident three were killed in a crash a cajon pass california . on june 29 2008 a bell 407 medical helicopter operated by air methods collided with another medical helicopter in arizona killing six of the seven aboard both aircraft . another air methods helicopter crashed in may in wisconsin soon after taking off ; three people were killed in that accident the pilot flight doctor and flight nurse . 17 on july 28 2010 lifenet 12 a eurocopter as350b3 crashed in tucson arizona killing all 3 crewmembers aboard . lifenet 12 based out of douglas arizona was en route back to douglas from marana arizona . witnesses describe the helicopter losing power in flight crashing into the street below . it appears from witnesses that the pilot was able to steer the aircraft away from landing into a house nearby . on august 26 2011 four people 3 crew members and 1 patient were killed when a lifenet eurocopter as350 based at rosecrans airport and connected to heartland hospital in st. joseph missouri crashed near liberty missouri . initial crash reports indicated it had run out of fuel . the helicopter had traveled 45 miles from st. joseph to harrison county community hospital in bethany missouri to pick up a patient . it did not refuel before traveling another 70 miles en route to its intended destination at liberty hospital . it was reported to be within a mile of landing for fuel at midwest national air center in mosby missouri near liberty when it crashed . 18 19 in 2013 the ntsb received information indicating that texting may have been a contributing cause to the accident making it the first time texting has been found to occur during a fatal air accident . 20 see also edit arch air medical service references edit a b c contact us . air methods . retrieved 2015 02 17 . corporate headquarters 7211 s. peoria englewood co 80112 air methods headquarters are located on the north side of centennial airport in englewood a b 2010 census census block map dove valley cdp co archive . u.s. census bureau . retrieved on april 1 2015 . a b c air methods airm annual sec income statement filing via wikinvest a b air methods airm annual sec balance sheet filing via wikinvest company profile for air methods corp airm . retrieved 2008 10 20 . air methods completes acquisition of fss airholdings inc. parent company of cj systems aviation group inc. . retrieved 2008 07 06 . air methods . air methods acquires omniflight pdf . ward corey 2011 10 14 . air methods revenue boosted by hospital outsourcing . denver business journal . service models . airmethods.com . retrieved 2015 02 19 . air methods . a partner of choice . who we are air methods the world s largest air ambulance operator . archived from the original on 20 july 2007 . retrieved 2007 06 19 . air methods . directcall transfer center pdf . air methods . aircom only center of its size and scope in the nation . a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s 2013 annual report . air methods . retrieved 2015 02 19 . a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o fleet . air methods . retrieved 2015 02 19 . gang duane w. ; lisa o neill hill ; paul larocco 2006 12 12 . helicopters grounded the number of crashes has increased in recent years a federal study finds . . press enterprise . the pilot nurse and paramedic of an air ambulance that crashed sunday night in a foggy hilly area near the summit of the cajon pass were an experienced crew company officials and colleagues said monday . air methods stock down after crash . denver business journal . 2008 06 30 . retrieved 2008 10 04 . crash investigation continues ; victims identified . st. joseph news press . 2011 08 27 . archived from the original on 2011 10 07 . fatal air methods accident in missouri . waypoint magazine . 2011 08 30 . archived from the original on 2012 03 31 . carl franzen . texting while flying may have played role in fatal helicopter crash . the verge . retrieved august 4 2013 . external links edit air methods official site retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title air methods & oldid 738628010 categories air ambulance services in the united statescompanies based in arapahoe county coloradocompanies listed on nasdaqhidden categories articles needing additional references from february 2015all articles needing additional referencesall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from february 2015 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 10 september 2016 at 03 55 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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