Bond Air Services has been awarded a five-year air ambulance contract for the provision of helicopter support in Devon and Cornwall, in the UK West Country. The contract includes two one-year extension options. Bond has been providing air ambulance services in the region since 1987, using Eurocopter BO105s, which will be replaced with a Eurocopter EC135 in Cornwall this year, with an option to allocate an EC135 to Devon subject to funds being made available. Bond has flown over 10,000 missions in Cornwall and 5,000 in Devon.

Source: Flight International