Press Release

Issued by Green Charter 2022.

October 6, 2015

Specialist Aviation Services is pleased to announce that it is set to commence night operations on behalf of Magpas Air Ambulance from later this month

Cambridgeshire based charity Magpas has been providing a 24/7 emergency medical response service by road in the East of England for over 40 years. More recently it took to the air and SAS has been providing the charity with its very own MD Explorer for the last four years.

Till now, this has been a five day a week daylight only operation, but with the move to daylight saving time later this month, Magpas will not only expand its operations to seven days a week but it will be operating with NVGs and able to cover the busy winter evening rush hour period.

The new Magpas service marks the start of SAS's fourth NVIS equipped night HEMS operation. The company also has two NVIS equipped Explorers operational as back-up in support of primary night operations. All of the AW 169s which it is placing into service from next year will also be similarly equipped.