Air Methods buys LifeFlight

Colorado-based Air Methods Corp., an air medical transportation firm, has acquired the four bases of aeromedial transport Baptist LifeFlight, owned by Baptist Health Care of Pensacola, Fla. The change is effective immediately. The four operating bases of LifeFlight are in Pensacola; Semmes, Ala.; Greenville, Ala.; and Hattiesburg, Miss., and will continue serving their respective areas. Each has an EC-130 helicopter owned by AMC. As part of the acquisition, 43 clinical Baptist employees will join the Air Methods team. (Source: Global Newswire, 06/24/14)