MCA operates domestic and internationally 3 PC-24 aircraft, the world’s most versatile light jet


Utilizing a fleet of Pilatus and Cessna jets, MedCenter Air has also built up a robust fixed- wing service that can extend Atrium Health’s reach beyond what the helicopters would normally fly. The organization offers regional, national and international transport capabilities utilizing the airplanes. All fixed-winged aircraft are staffed with two pilots.


The fixed-wing air ambulance


capabilities


allow for individualized adult, hybrid and neopeds patient care. A MedCenter Air medical crew can care for up to three patients or Isolette loads in addition to specialized transports such as IABP, ECMO, Impella® and VADS. Currently the airplanes are performing an average of 80 flights per month. While 40% of the flights are related to organ transplants and are


completed within


500 nautical miles of the medical center, the remaining 60% are patient flights that can be national and international.


In fact, MedCenter Air’s fixed-wing air ambulance teams have seen a rapid increase


in U.S. medical


repatriation flights in which


citizens are


traveling abroad and fall ill or become injured and need to be flown back to the United States. MedCenter Air has been performing these flights to an increasing number of international locations including Central and South America, the Caribbean, Europe, India and China. According to MedCenter


demand for medical repatriation flights has increased from 10 in 2022 to nearly one per week in 2023.


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