Long time clients, Mercy Air, stop over once again in one of their Bell 222 aircraft. Since 1988, Mercy Air Services has been providing state-of-the-art emergency medical air transportation to residents of Southern California and Nevada. 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, Mercy Air is continuously advanced life support (ALS) staffed with a flight nurse and flight paramedic. With the ability to provide on-scene EMS transport, inter-facility transfers, specialty care and specialty team transfers, Mercy Air provides the most progressive and advanced transport care available.

AirFlite is proud to now be an Air Elite fuel and service provider. Air Elite is the new premier brand offered by World Fuel Services. WFS has been well known for proving fuel to all segments of the fuel market including land, sea, and air since 1985. With recent activity, WFS now has over 1,000 FBO’s under their umbrella. The Air Elite distinction is only afforded to the top few locations offering both a premier facility and excellent service. We at AirFlite are proud to continue our history of great service under the new Air Elite marquee.

AirFlite received some very impressive Helitankers, also known as air cranes on October 18^th, on their way to Australia. This was their last stop before boarding a ship at the port of Long Beach. This journey will take about a month. The helicopters are one of the most versatile, powerful, and cost effective aerial heavy lift and firefighting helicopters in the world. A ram scoop hydrofoil allows the Helitanker to refill from fresh water and sea water sources in less than 45 seconds. A flexible hose snorkel also can draw water from any water source 18 inches or deeper as fast as 45 seconds. The 2,650 gallon tank drops water, retardant, or foam mix.

The Touchstone Television production “Criminal Minds” chose AirFlite as a location for their upcoming episode entitled,  It Takes a Village which is the first episode of the new season, and is scheduled to air, September 21, 2011. It should be an exciting scene involving a Gulfstream 450, helicopter, SUV’s and a shootout.

Earth Day Planting

As part of this year’s Earth Day activities, AirFlite hosted an eWaste drive, a Goodwill drive, and a paper shredding/recycling drive in our main hangar. Our associates also participated in planting drought resistant plants at our main entrance and our patio area. By planting drought resistant plants, AirFlite will be able to cut down on water usage and still have greenery year-round. What a great way to show our environmental support and spruce up our facility all at the same time.

If you are traveling to the Ronald Regan Washington DC Airport in the future, you now have a new gateway FBO to choose from. The TSA has approved AirFlite to be a TSA security screening departure FBO for planes who wish to travel to KDCA. This provides general aviation with a great west coast facility for travels into the closest airport to Washington DC.

For Information on the requirements:
TSA DCA information

AirFlite is proud to welcome home Soldiers returning from duty in Iraq today. They were greeted first by a Long Beach Airport Fire Department water arch, and then by loved ones who were overjoyed to see them. Thank you for your service.

The WB production “Chuck” chose AirFlite as a location for their upcoming episode entitled, CHUCK vs.THE A-TEAM which is scheduled to air March 7, 2011.