Metro Aviation to Add Vanderbilt LifeFlight, LifeFlight Eagle and Children's Nebraska in 2026 Expansion

Metro Aviation will add Vanderbilt LifeFlight, LifeFlight Eagle and Children's Nebraska to its operations family in 2026, expanding the company's emergency medical services partner network. The move integrates three hospital-based rotorcraft programs under Metro's operational management ahead of next year's service rollouts.

Discovered 2025-10-28T11:59:26.891260-07:00 | 2025-10-28T11:59:26.891260-07:00

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  • Three hospital-based programs — Vanderbilt LifeFlight, LifeFlight Eagle and Children’s Nebraska — are scheduled to join Metro Aviation’s operations family in 2026, marking a defined expansion of Metro’s managed EMS network.

  • The change expands Metro’s managed EMS footprint and will determine how these rotorcraft programs are operated, maintained and crewed under Metro’s operating model; it also comes as the sector sees broader investment in infrastructure and operational planning to host new air-mobility services (https://hype.aero/?story=fbc92959-41ca-4cef-908a-3a07a1f5a517).

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2025-10-28T11:59:26.891260-07:00
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