Rescue Rega rescued an average of 36 people a day in 2025
Last year, Swiss Air-Rescue performed a total of 20,463 missions in Switzerland and abroad. On average, it transported 36 patients per day.
04.02.2026, 10:34
SDA
Compared to the five-year average, the number of missions last year was seven percent higher, as Rega announced on Tuesday. Compared with the previous year, helicopter missions increased by 3.7 percent.
Rega provided medical assistance by air to 13,168 patients in the year under review. This figure does not correspond to the number of missions, as several people can be transported in one flight. Added to this are the flights with mountain rescuers from the Swiss Alpine Club and livestock transports for the agricultural sector.
Rega less in the air due to rain
Last year, helicopter missions totaled 15,265. While more rescue missions were carried out directly at the scene of incidents (9,127 missions, +5.0 percent), there was a slight decrease in transfer flights between hospitals (2,591 missions, -5.1 percent).
The number of missions carried out is subject to natural fluctuations and also depends on weather conditions and the leisure activities of the population and tourists in Switzerland. For example, Rega was in the air less in July 2025 than in June due to rain.
Rega's three ambulance jets flew 1,049 missions, 1.5 percent more than in the previous year. They brought 1046 people with medical problems to Switzerland. The Rega Centre organized a flight home for 310 people under medical supervision on scheduled flights, a decrease of 2.8 percent.
Rega's services abroad were used by 2,590 people. This was 1.5 percent more than in 2024, with the medical consultants assisting 1234 people by telephone and repatriation being necessary in 1348 cases.
