Aircraft
Gama Buys King Airs for Scottish Air Ambulance Service
Three modified King Air 350Cs will have a cargo door for boarding patients
Gama Aviation group CEO Marwan Khalek (left center) and Bob Scott, Textron Aviation's special missions sales (right center)
Gama Aviation group CEO Marwan Khalek (left center) and Bob Scott, Textron Aviation's special missions sales (right center), signed a contract for three King Air 350Cs during the Farnborough Airshow. © Textron Aviation

Gama Aviation has agreed to buy three Beechcraft King Air 360Cs equipped with a cargo door. Under a contract signed with Textron Aviation at the end of the Farnborough Airshow last week, the UK-based operator said it will take delivery of the turboprop twins next year and will use them to fulfill its contract for the Scottish Air Ambulance (SAS) service.

For more than 30 years, Gama has operated King Airs for the SAS, which is the only UK air ambulance service to be fully publicly funded. The service employs clinical staff, while Gama operates the aircraft, providing pilots and maintenance technicians.