Aerolíneas ATA

Aerolíneas ATA is a Chilean air operator founded in 1987. It is based at Santiago's Arturo Merino Benítez Airport with an operational base at Santiago FBO. The company specializes in aeromedical services, executive charters, and flights to Robinson Crusoe Island.

The company provides 24/7 air ambulance services throughout Chile and destinations across the Americas. These services include fully equipped intensive care unit flights for patients, ensuring continuous medical attention from bed to bed during transfers. They also coordinate ground ambulance teams at both origin and destination points.

Aerolíneas ATA operates a fleet consisting of a Learjet 40 and two Beechcraft King Air 200 aircraft. Each is configured as an intensive care unit with equipment such as mechanical ventilators, multiparameter monitors, defibrillators, infusion pumps, transport incubators, and high frequency oscillatory ventilation when needed. The medical team often includes doctors, nurses, and paramedics trained in intensive care and aerospace medicine.

The company offers two main types of aeromedical services: full air ambulance flights for patients requiring continuous medical support and medical escort services for clinically stable patients traveling on commercial flights. The selection between these depends on the patient's condition and transport needs. Aerolíneas ATA manages all related logistics and medical evaluations to ensure safe and coordinated transfers.

Their air ambulance services cover the full length of Chile, from Arica to Punta Arenas, and other American destinations. The company holds a Chilean DGAC air operator certificate 010 and a Health Resolution 020959, supporting their legal and safety compliance. Annually, they conduct over two hundred medical flights combining national and international missions.

Their customers include hospitals, insurance companies, patients and their families. Aerolíneas ATA also helps manage booking and coordination including MEDIF forms necessary for flights requiring medical authorization. The company emphasizes timely responses, with the ability to deploy aircraft under two hours after medical and logistic clearance, operating every day of the year.

Services

• Air ambulance transfers
• Medical escort on commercial flights
• Executive charter flights
• Flights to Robinson Crusoe Island
• 24/7 emergency medical flights
• Cot-to-cot patient transfers
• Coordination with ground ambulances
• Medical evaluations for transfer planning
• Medical transport with ICU equipment
• Assistance with MEDIF forms