Helicopter EMS, air-tour and modification company Air Methods has appointed Gregg Lundberg as the new president of its Blue Hawaiian Helicopters subsidiary, replacing company founders David and Patricia Chevalier, who will remain in unspecified “advisory roles.” David Chevalier served as chairman of the Helicopter Association International (HAI) from 2010 to 2011. The Chevaliers founded Blue Hawaiian in 1985 and built it into the islands’ largest air-tour company, with 25 helicopters and 200,000 passengers annually.

Air Methods purchased Blue Hawaiian in December 2013 for $66 million after buying Las Vegas-based Sundance Helicopters, another air-tour provider, for $44 million in 2012. Air Methods’ revenues from air tourism were $115 million in 2014, with Blue Hawaiian accounting for $56.3 million of this amount. Air tourism accounts for roughly 11 percent of Air Methods’ total company revenues, with the company’s market share representing more than 20 percent of the annual $500 million domestic heli-tour business.

Lundberg joins Blue Hawaiian after serving as general manager of the 759-room Westin Maui Resort & Spa in Kaanapali.