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Strong demand for rapid aeromedical care combined with a new helicopter and base has fuelled a record year for the LifeFlight Mount Isa-based...
Bundaberg’s LifeFlight aeromedical crew helped nearly 70 per cent more people in the past year, including numerous ocean and island rescues....
Growing demand for rapid aeromedical and critical care across Queensland has seen LifeFlight crews help their 100,000th patient since the life-saving service began...
LifeFlight will next week take delivery of its 17th AW139 helicopter as the Leonardo platform prepares to mark nearly two decades of service...
Former Federal Liberal Party leader Peter Dutton has been appointed to the Board of LifeFlight Commercial (LFC) as a non-executive director....
The LifeFlight Sunshine Coast rescue helicopter will today fly out of the region’s new supersized aeromedical facility following a 14-month construction project....
Today marks an historic day in patient care across Queensland’s North West with the official opening of the new LifeFlight/Royal Flying Doctor Service...
Last night (March 14) LifeFlight officially opened its new Sunshine Coast base in a major boost for aeromedical capability in the region....
Leonardo Helicopters and LifeFlight Australia today revealed ground-breaking details on a new training academy with simulators and advanced training systems never seen in...
Forty-year aeromedical veteran Dr Allan MacKillop has been appointed chair of the LifeFlight Foundation board....
The Toowoomba-based LifeFlight aeromedical crew airlifted close to 1,000 people in 2025, including stranded mountain climbers, injured motorists and people hurt in farming...
The LifeFlight Sunshine Coast crew airlifted nearly 700 people as the region welcomed a new advanced rescue helicopter and a number of winch...
The Bundaberg-based LifeFlight aeromedical crew airlifted a record number of patients in 2025, including a teenager who fell 80m from Mount Walsh and...
The Mount Isa LifeFlight aeromedical crew airlifted 37 per cent more patients in 2025, welcomed a new advanced helicopter and completed rescues including...
LifeFlight’s air ambulance fleet airlifted 1,014 patients in 2025, with the Townsville jet flying a record number to hospital amid strong demand for...
An investment in advanced AW139 rescue helicopters, world-class training and new bases has boosted LifeFlight retrievals to a new record in 2025....
A LifeFlight aircrew has won a prestigious pilot award for the dramatic search and rescue of a Queensland couple stranded in croc country...
LifeFlight CEO Ashley van de Velde OAM has been honoured with a prestigious award recognising his four decades of service in aeromedicine....

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