Scottish Air Ambulance also want Loganair to operate a faster and more comfortable type than the Islander apparently. Again mainly down to the fact they tend to do patient transport now.

The Islander however, would seem to be the plane for the job and terrain in lot’s of cases. I remember Loganair experimenting with the Shorts 360 at Barra a while ago, needless to say it wasn’t a great success.

Originally posted by mmitch
I read an article by a pilot once that ambulance flights have operated in/out of Barra at night. I suppose it depends how desperate the situation is and if there is a moon? Can a SAR helicopter reach the island?
mmitch.

According to a Loganair captain I spoke to recently, the air ambulance work done by Loganair these days is more along the lines of a patient transport service than actual emergency work. In other words ferrying people to Glasgow for hospital appointments and treatments unavailable in the islands.

Scottish Air Ambulance has it’s own Islander and an MBB Chopper for emergency work all over Scotland. Also operating in the west coast and islands is a Stornoway based coast-guard Sikorsky and the Royal Navy SAR Sea King squadron based at PIK (HMS Gannet).