Behind the scenes – blog posts from Air Zermatt
Find out more about Air Zermatt, its employees and themes that affect the helicopter rescue company in the articles below.
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"Once infected with the Air Zermatt virus, you can't get away so quickly"
Carmen Lauber has been employed by Air Zermatt for 20 years. As one of the company's oldest employees, she has witnessed various eras of development, but also a lot of change in personnel.
Time for the summer season up in the huts
Again this year, Air Zermatt will be spending the summer transporting material up to the various mountain huts in the region. This year’s season is already under way, and the first climbers are getting ready to tackle the challenging peaks of the Valais. We were there in the Weisshorn Hut, which sits at a height of 2,933 meters above sea level, during the final preparations.
Rescue specialist as a life goal
Silvana Candiana from Argentina completes the HEMS crew member course at Air Zermatt
Born to rescue
Air Zermatt completes over 2,000 rescue missions a year, sometimes under the most difficult conditions. At the Air Zermatt Training Center ATC, rescuers share this wealth of experience with professionals and laypeople from all over the world. Silvana Candiani from Argentina recently took part in the HEMS Crew Member course. Her inspirational life story earned her a scholarship from Air Zermatt and the Swiss Sherpa Foundation.
Silvana Candiani, a young and fit Argentinian woman who is bursting with energy, spent several years putting money aside to be able to train with Air Zermatt. “I kept on saving, but it was never enough,” she recalls. Finally, it was a scholarship from Air Zermatt and the Swiss Sherpa Foundation that cleared the way for her to achieve her dream and sign up for the HEMS Crew Member Course. We met with Silvana for a chat when she arrived at the Air Zermatt base for a day at the ATC. What she didn’t know, however, was that the day was to be all about survival training. This involved her, the rest of the group and their two trainers being dropped off at an unknown location where they were faced with the task of preparing themselves for the night.
HELICOPTER FLEET EXPANSION: THE NEW ECUREUIL H125 IS HERE!
The new Ecureuil H125 (AS 350 B3e) still looks a little bare as it approaches the Zermatt heliport for the first time. The brand-new Air Zermatt helicopter is sparkling bright red in the sunshine, but the famous stars of the Valais coat of arms are still missing. Allow us to introduce the new “Zulu-Uniform-Oscar”.
