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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Hamilton x Air Zermatt Store in the village of Zermatt
After an intensive planning and implementation phase, the construction work is coming to an end - between the sweat, nerves and coordination, the joy of the new business premises outweighs.
What to do when a customer suffers a heart attack?
The record is impressive – since its foundation in 1968, Air Zermatt has completed over 55,000 rescue operations. This wealth of experience means the rescue teams at the Valais helicopter company can also share their expertise with both professionals and laypeople at the Air Zermatt Training Center.
Air Zermatt is dedicated to passing on the knowledge it has acquired over many years through experienced instructors who impart their knowledge from-life situations, authentically and with the highest level of professional competence. These tailor-made courses are coordinated at the Air Zermatt Training Center – and offered at the local, regional, national and international level. Around 20 instructors work for the Air Zermatt Training Center each year, and they share their expertise with around 1,000 course participants from all over the world. “We were delighted to welcome staff from Zermatt Bergbahnen to the Air Zermatt Training Center ATC recently for a customized first aid course,” says Leonie Biner, head of the ATC, who knows only too well that an emergency can occur at any time.
My heroes of the air
In the summer season, the people who live in Upper Valais are often woken up in the morning by the noise of the red and white helicopters. The local residents can be divided into two groups when it comes to their reactions – those who get annoyed and crawl further under their duvet, and those who get up and look out of the window to admire the Air Zermatt machine in action. I definitely belong to the second group!
As a child I spent lots of summers in Zermatt exploring nature, and of course the helicopters from Air Zermatt didn’t escape my notice. From that point onwards, my story was pretty much like everyone else’s in the helicopter industry. I was about four years old when I went to the heliport in Zermatt with my mother, in my hand a drawing I’d done specially for Gerold Biner. I can still see it now. A red helicopter – I’m afraid I can’t say if it was a Lama or an EC135 – set against a spectacular mountain backdrop. And as an essential ingredient of a child’s drawing, a golden sun in the top right-hand corner. I mustered all my courage to give Gerold this drawing, but he wasn’t at the base. I still got to see the hangar, though, and even sit in a Lama. I went home happy and with a bag full of Air Zermatt stickers – the fire had been lit.
From another perspective
I usually publish stories about other people from/at Air Zermatt and share their most memorable events and moments with you. Today I’m trying a different perspective, and taking you with me into my everyday life, my adventures and my experiences at Air Zermatt.
