TAA flies Motorsport talent home

Earlier this year, Austrian motorsport talent Marco Nekvasil suffered a bad accident when he fell from his bike. The young rider unfortunately broke both of his legs during…

Interview: Finnish Work Placement, Technical Operations

TAA operates its own maintenance centre at Innsbruck Airport for its fleet of 6 aircraft. This summer, our Technical Operations team were joined by…

Interview with TAA owner Kevin Walls

In February 2015, British businessman Kevin Walls purchased Tyrol Air Ambulance (“TAA”). We caught up with him more than one year on to hear…

Travel insurance. Better safe than sorry!

Put your mind at rest, knowing that you and your family are financially covered in a medical emergency. Don’t forget to take out travel insurance…

Case Study: Emergency in Crete

This month we see the problems caused when holidaymakers are misdiagnosed by local doctors

Katharina was relaxing at the beach on the Greek island of…

Holiday season. Time to travel!

There is more to going on holidays than just sea and strand!
Holidaying in the Alps has become more and more popular with young…

Interview with TAA co-founder Jakob Ringler

On 5th July 1976, TAA performed its first repatriation by air ambulance jet from Greece to Austria. To commemorate this anniversary, TAA Blog spoke…

“Danke” TAA

In this mission the motto “Take Me Home” meant the same for the patient as for TAA!

We recently flew Austrian patient Maria S. from…

40th Anniversary of TAA: A journey through time

1976 to 2016: Looking back on 40 years of air ambulance operations

2016 is a special year for TAA, as it marks the 40th anniversary…

Welcome to TAA’s Blog

Welcome to TAA’s brand new blog!

The aim of the blog is to engage with our clients, partners and patients and to have a conversation…

TAA’s Summer Shuttle destinations

The summer holidays are starting soon, but not for us!
It’s the most exciting time of the year for many people, but unfortunately for some…

Helpful Organisation

Patient Hermann B. very kindly gave us feedback on his recent repatriation flight in German and we have translated it into English for the…

Repainting our Dornier OE-GBB

TAA’s “Grande Dame”, OE-GBB has received a makeover!
The decision was taken earlier this year to repaint TAA’s Dornier 328 aircraft to reflect its important…

Creating an air ambulance

This month, we invite you to look behind the scenes at TAA to discover in more detail exactly what it takes to prepare a…

New Head of Medical Assistance at TAA

TAA has appointed Julia Forsthuber as the new head of TAA Medical Assistance

Ms Forsthuber, who joined the company in February 2016, will oversee…