Aerovida S.A.

Aerovida S.A. is an air ambulance company based at San Fernando International Airport, near Buenos Aires, Argentina. It flies sick and injured patients on its own aircraft, with a medical team on board. The company is part of the Hangar Uno aviation group.

Services

• Air ambulance flights: aircraft set up as intensive care units, with a doctor on board, for patients who must move to another city
• Medical escort: a doctor or nurse who stays with a patient on a commercial airline flight
• Organ transport for transplants (INCUCAI)
• Ground ambulances to link the aircraft with hospitals

The site says the service is open 24 hours a day, every day, for national and international flights.

Aircraft and base

The fleet page lists three Cessna Citation Ultra jets for long distances. It also lists one Beechcraft King Air B200 turboprop, which can use short, dirt or grass runways. Aerovida says the aircraft and ambulances are its own. The base is at Hangar Uno, San Fernando International Airport.

Who it is for

Patients who need a transfer between hospitals or cities in Argentina and abroad, and their families or insurers.

Track record

The website says the company has done more than 15,000 transfers and flown about 20 million kilometres. It describes its operation as fully its own, on the ground and in the air, with ambulances and aircraft that it runs itself. It says it was founded and is led by doctors.

Facts

• Type: air ambulance operator with its own aircraft
• Parent group: Hangar Uno
• Founded: 1986, as stated on the website
• Run by doctors, as the site says
• Authorisation: the site shows a CESA 2024 to 2026 operator certificate