The Gulf Med Aviation Services (GMAS) helicopters have reached 1,000 flight hours under the Helicopter Emergency Medical Service (HEMS) of the National Institute of Medical Emergency (INEM) in Portugal. This milestone was achieved in just ten months of uninterrupted operation, with operational availability exceeding 98%, and represents, above all, lives supported across mainland Portugal. Gulf […]

  1 November 2025 marked the beginning of a new chapter for INEM’s Helicopter Emergency Medical Service (HEMS), with Gulf Med Aviation Services assuming operations with four Airbus H145 helicopters at bases in Loulé, Évora, Viseu and Macedo de Cavaleiros. To better understand the challenges of delivering this project in record time, we spoke with […]

Four state-of-the-art Airbus H145 helicopters are operational 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, at bases in Loulé, Évora, Viseu and Macedo de Cavaleiros, Portugal. Since 1 November, the complete deployment planned for the Helicopter Emergency Medical Service (HEMS) of the National Institute of Medical Emergency (INEM) has been in operation.  This milestone represents […]