Life Flight Network has ordered three additional Bell 407GXis for its air medical operation, according to Bell Textron. The nonprofit provider already operates the largest Bell helicopter emergency medical services fleet in the United States, with 35 Bell aircraft in service.
The new helicopters will be added to Life Flight Network’s mixed fleet of roughly 60 helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft serving the Pacific Northwest, Intermountain West and Hawaii. The organization said the aircraft will support rapid-response medical transport across its service area, which includes rural communities in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana and Hawaii.
Life Flight Network’s rotor-wing fleet currently includes Bell 429 helicopters, which the operator describes as its primary advanced air medical aircraft. Bell said the 407GXis were ordered to help expand the fleet used for emergency medical missions.