Bain Capital (Boston) is expected to purchase Air Medical Holdings (parent company that operates through Air Evac Lifeteam, Med-Trans Corporation and EagleMed.) for almsot $1 billion dollars.

• Bain agrees to buy Air Medical
• Bain to lead recapitalization of air ambulance service
• Bain Capital expected to close $1bn Air Medical dea

MEDSERV Jamaica has begun operations in Jamaica. Access to the service will require membership in the program.

Air ambulance service for Jamaica

Angels of Flight Canada has set up a fixed-wing service in Peterborough, ontario.

Mercy Flight (Medford, OR) has been fined $30,000 by the FAA for unclear languange on their website with regard to ownership of the Part 135 certificate.

Personal pronoun costs Mercy Flights $30,000 - Feds fine local nonprofit for referring to helicopter it uses as "our" because FAA certificate is owned by another company

ORNGE (Ontario, CA) is profiled in this article.

In the recent weeks, two high-visibility articles have been published in the national media that are critical of the air medical industry and the overall approach to safety.

Please Don't Call Them Heroes - Huffington Post
Medevac industry opposing upgrades wanted by NTSB - USA Today

British Columbia Ambulance Service (BC, Canada) has deployed a helicopter service in Kamloops for a three month trial.

Medical Air Rescue (Rapid City, SD) will be placing a new fixed-wing base in Williston, ND.

• Public memorial service scheduled Friday in Tucson for 3 killed in medical helicopter crash
• National Transportation Safety Board releases preliminary report on helicopter crash
• Memorial Service Information

• Copters once again are flying
• LifeNet resumes helicopter flights in AZ after crash
• Medevac firm suspends AZ service after Tucson copter crash that killed 3
• Memorial for helicopter crash victims appears