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DOI: 10.1111/jtm.12138 Background. Medical emergencies often occur on commercial airline flights, but valid data on their causes and consequences are rare. Therefore, it is unclear what emergencymedical equipment is necessary. Although aminimum standard formedical equipment is defined in regulations, additional material is not standardized and may vary significantly between different airlines. Methods. German airlines operating aircrafts with more than 30 seats were selected and interviewed with a 5-page written questionnaire betweenAugust 2011 and January 2012. Besides pre-packed and required emergencymedicalmaterial, drugs,medical devices, and equipment lists were queried. If no reply was received, airlines were contacted another three times by e-mail and/or phone. Descriptive analysis was used for data presentation and interpretation. Result. From a total of 73 German airlines, 58 were excluded from analysis (eg, those not providing passenger transport). Fiftee