Aerocare Flying Ambulance

Aerocare Flying Ambulance is an air ambulance company based at Bloemfontein in South Africa. It flies its own fixed-wing aircraft and moves patients by air for public sector bodies and private clients. It trades under Professional Flying Ambulance (Pty) Ltd.

Services

Aerocare flies medical evacuations and patient transfers. Its site says its aircraft work as airborne intensive care units. They carry the patient, relatives where possible, and specialist medical staff. Each mission has a doctor, an Advanced Life Support paramedic, or both. Helicopter transfers to and from the aircraft are listed as part of the service.

Aircraft and bases

The head base is the general aviation area at Bram Fischer International Airport in Bloemfontein. A second base is at Kimberley General Aviation. The company says it is licensed to operate fixed-wing aircraft. Its aircraft can use gravel or dirt runways. It also has approval from the South African Civil Aviation Authority to land at night without runway lights at some sites, and it has installed lighting at those places.

Coverage area

Aerocare serves South Africa and has a Sub-Saharan service. The site names Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Uganda and Angola as areas served from its two bases. It also says it has extended its work to Malta and Libya. It holds a contract with the Northern Cape Department of Health and runs its own ground ambulances at airports in the Northern Cape.

Facts

• Type: air ambulance operator with its own aircraft
• Bases: Bloemfontein and Kimberley
• Established in 1978, according to its site
• Sister company: Air Ambulance Health Services
• Licence details shown on its site: CAA Part 135 and 138