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Omni Executive Aviation

Press Release

Issued by Omni Executive Aviation.

December 8, 2009

EMI is taking off to worldwide air ambulance operations with two further Learjet 45

Just in time when the skiing season opens up, EMI, the air ambulance specialist from Portugal, presents - with to further Learjets 45 – one of the biggest air ambulace fleets in Europe.

Apart from helicopter, commercial and executive aviation OMNI Group has specialised with EMI (Emergência Médica Internacional), in international air ambulance flights with a medical fleet of 1 Learjet 31, 1 Learjet 40 (the first ever in air ambulance configuration), 1 Falcon 50, 1 Falcon 900, and 1 Bell 222. In addition the company has just certified 2 Learjet 45 with LifePort AeroSled Plus, allowing the installation of two stretcher per aircraft. "One of the most demanding activities in aviation is to ensure proper medical care for people in need due to illness or trauma situations. For over ten years we have successfully repatriated patients and we have transported human organs or blood throughout the world. The air ambulance services form a mainstay of our business", says the company's president and co-founder Cpt.

José Miguel Da Costa. Air ambulance flights are mainly operated using Learjets, Falcons and helicopters that have been especially certified for this purpose. All aircraft have been purpose-fitted by specialists with the most modern equipment for intensive care: in addition to one to two stretcher and additional bottles of oxygen, high-tec monitors, ventilators, defibrillators, syringe pumps and blood gas analysers are put on board for air ambulance operations, among other equipment. "The cabin is transformed within minutes into a fully equipped emergency-room", continues Ricardo Pereira, Managing Director of EMI.

Thanks to their exceptional dynamics and versatility business jets as well as helicopters are preferred to use for rapid repatriation from remote accident locations. Particularly powerful engines also make it possible for the executive jet to fly to smaller or higher-altitude destinations and airports with short runways and landing strips without any difficulty. After a ski accident in the Alps for instance, a patient can be flown to a hospital within the shortest time and be given intensive medical care during the flight. "However, increasingly, patients are being flown from the Arab region to specialist clinics in Europe and in addition an increasing number of users like insurance companies, assistance companies, health organizations, private companies or government authorities request our services regularly," says Ricardo Pereira.

Whatever the destination: A highly trained aero-medical team will be ready for departure on air ambulance flights within short notice to provide smooth and comfortable bedside to bedside air ambulance transport.