Scandinavian MediCopter becomes Babcock Scandinavian AirAmbulance

Starting today, Babcock International – the owner of Scandinavian AirAmbulance and Scandinavian MediCopter – is renaming its Scandinavian subsidiaries as part of a global branding synchronization. Scandinavian MediCopter, the division, takes the new name Babcock Scandinavian AirAmbulance AB, and the fixed-wing branch will be named Babcock SAA FW AB.

The companies have been part of the Babcock International Group since 2014, but they will now be fully incorporated members in the Babcock family by sharing the same logo and brand as its owner.

“As part of Babcock we have been able to take advantage of both the size of the company, but also the skills of our sister companies in the UK, Spain, Australia, etc., who also works with air ambulance services” says the holding company Babcock Scandinavia in a press release.

Babcock Scandinavian AirAmbulance and SAA FW AB are two large Swedish sister companies that operate a wide range of intensive-care airplanes and helicopters throughout large parts of Scandinavia. They have airplanes stationed in Luleå, Umeå, Stockholm and Gothenburg, as well as helicopters in Gällivare, Lycksele, Stockholm, Uppsala, Visby and Östersund in Sweden and Kuopio, Rovaniemi and Uleåborg in Finland. In total the companies have a fleet of twelve helicopters and eight airplanes, and they employ more than 200 people. The company is currently waiting for brand new Leonardo AW169 helicopters to its bases in Gällivare, Lycksele and Östersund.

The new names are active from the 30th of November 2016, however the structure and the line of business of the companies remains the same. As SAA puts it, “where you see Babcock logo you will find Scandinavian AirAmbulance quality”.