Wales Air Ambulance
G-WENU, one of the charity's H145 aircraft | |
| Founded | 1 March 2001[1] |
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| Type | Charitable organisation |
| Registration no. | 1083645[2] |
| Location |
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Area served | Wales |
Chief Executive Officer | Dr Sue Barnes[4][5] |
Aircraft operated | Airbus H145 |
Number of Aircraft | 4 plus 1 reserve |
| Revenue | £16.8 million[2] (2024) |
| Employees | 101[2] (2024) |
| Website | www |
The Wales Air Ambulance Charitable Trust (Welsh: Ymddiriedolaeth Elusennol Ambiwlans Awyr Cymru), also known as Wales Air Ambulance Charity (WAAC; Welsh: Elusen Ambiwlans Awyr Cymru, EAAC), is a charity air ambulance service providing a free, life-saving helicopter emergency medical service (HEMS) for the critically ill and injured in Wales. It is an independent charity that relies on charitable donations to supply and maintain a fleet of emergency aircraft and rapid response vehicles.
Dafen
Welshpool
Caernarfon
Cardiff (CWAA)
The charity's three operational bases in Wales, plus the base for CWAA
- ^ "History and Facts". Wales Air Ambulance. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
- ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference
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- ^ "Wales Air Ambulance Charity Announces New Chief Executive". Wales Air Ambulance Charity. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
- ^ Powell, Leah (17 November 2020). "New Chief Executive at Wales Air Ambulance Charity announced". South Wales Argus. Retrieved 18 June 2021.