Air Methods

Air Methods Corporation
Company typePrivate
Nasdaq: AIRM
IndustryAir Services, Other
Founded1980; 44 years ago (1980)
Headquarters,
United States
Key people
  • JaeLynn Williams (Chief executive officer
  • CEO)
  • David Portugal (Chief financial officer
  • CFO
  • Chris Myers (EVP) of Reimbursement and Strategic Initiatives
  • Chris Brady (general counsel)
  • Leo Morrissette (EVP of operations)
  • Joe Resnik (SVP of safety)
  • Stephanie Queen (SVP of Clinical Services)
RevenueIncrease US$511 million (FY 2009) [1]
Increase US$47.8 million (FY 2009)[1]
Increase US$29.0 million (FY 2009)[1]
Total assetsIncrease US$424 million (FY 2009)[2]
Total equityIncrease US$197 million (FY 2009)[2]
OwnerAmerican Securities
Number of employees
5,000
SubsidiariesFSS Airholdings
Rocky Mountain Holdings
Mercy Air Service
LifeNet
San Antonio AirLife
Tri-State CareFlight
Native Air
Websiteairmethods.com
Footnotes / references
2007 Annual Report

Air Methods Corporation is an American privately owned helicopter operator. The air medical division provides emergency medical services to over 100,000 patients every year. It operates in 48 states with air medical as its primary business focus[citation needed]. Its corporate headquarters are located in the Denver Technological Center, Greenwood Village, Colorado, in the Denver metropolitan area.

The company was founded by Roy Morgan and began air medical operations in 1980. From 1991 to 2017, the company was a publicly traded company under the NASDAQ ticker "AIRM." In 2017, it was acquired by private equity firm American Securities. [3]

In 2012, the company acquired its first helicopter tour operations, Sundance Helicopters, in Las Vegas, Nevada. A year later, Blue Hawaiian joined its tourism division. The company has more than 5,000 employees and operates a fleet of approximately 450 helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft.