Air rescue services in Luxembourg

Luxembourg Air Rescue A.s.b.l.

Location	Luxembourg
Members	185.000 (may 2012)
Website	http://www.lar.lu

Luxembourg Air Rescue (LAR) is a private, humanitarian air rescue organisation with the aim of saving human lives in Luxembourg, the Greater Region surrounding Luxembourg or worldwide through the operation of its helicopters and air ambulances. Numerous people owe their lives to the fast air rescue.

Every day, 3 rescue and intensive care helicopters are ready-to-operate and save people’s lives in Luxembourg. LAR operates a total of five MD Helicopters MD Explorer 902 rescue helicopters

Findel airport is the base station for the fleet of ambulance aircraft of the Luxembourg Air Rescue. The aircraft are suitable for day and night operations for medium and long haul routes and are adequately equipped for the transportation of intensive care patients between clinics as well as for the repatriation of ill and injured patients from abroad. In line with a fleet change, the LearJet 35A will be replaced by the LearJet 45XR. Currently the fleet consists of 5 ambulance aircraft of the type LearJet 45XR. The international branch for the commercialisation of these worldwide medical repatriations is “European Air Ambulance”.

In 2007 LAR won a European tender for the exclusive transport of organs in France. Since then, LAR successfully transports lifesaving organs with its fixed wing fleet. These organ transport missions are mainly performed during the night.

Help in disaster relief operations in conjunction with the Luxembourg government, NATO and the United Nations. Partner of emergency.lu:

Emergency.lu is an agreement of the Luxembourg Government with a Joint Undertaking (JU) between HITEC Luxembourg S.A. and SES Techcom Services (formally SES Astra TechCom S.A.) - in partnership with Luxembourg Air Ambulance S.A. It supplies a rapid response solution for disaster relief and humanitarian missions on a global level. The agreement includes the installation and operation of a global satellite based communications system. Luxembourg Air Ambulance will, in case of activation, ensure a smooth processing at the Findel Airport in Luxembourg along with the provision of the necessary air transportation.

Since the 1st of January 2013, all organ team transports for all French transplantation centres (except those in Paris) are coordinated and executed via the LAR Luxembourg Control Center. Approximately 1.300 missions are operated jointly over the year.