EAA was founded in 2006 as a partnership between Luxembourg Air Ambulance (LAA) and DRF Luftrettung. After DRF's departure in 2014, LAA became the sole operator of EAA. EAA completed 792 missions in 117 countries in the year 2015. Since 2016, the EAA has been co-ordinating its operations from its mission control centre based at the Luxembourg Airport.
