Care Flight

CareFlight is an Australian aeromedical charity whose doctors and nurses fly patients from accident scenes and between hospitals on helicopters, turboprop aeroplanes and medi-jets. It started in 1986 with a single helicopter and is headquartered in Northmead, NSW, with operations in Sydney and the Northern Territory. Its medi-jets also fly to and from Indonesia, the South West Pacific and South-East Asia.

Services

• Rapid response helicopter retrieval, inter-hospital transfers and search and rescue
• Domestic and international air ambulance and jet medevac
• Patient transport services
• Clinical, community and workplace first aid training
• Remote operations clinical support

Fleet

• Helicopters: AgustaWestland AW139 (Top End Helicopter Aeromedical Service, NT), Airbus H145 (Sydney) and Kawasaki BK117-B2
• Turboprops: Beechcraft B200 King Air, modified for two stretcher patients
• Medi-jets: Gulfstream G150 based in Darwin for the NT Government jet evacuation service

Company facts

• Incorporated as a public company in May 1986; first helicopter was a Squirrel AS350B
• Registered charity, ABN 18 210 132 023
• Registered training organisation, RTO code 40803
• Eastern Operations at Bankstown Aerodrome, NSW; Northern Operations at Darwin Airport, NT
• 24-hour air ambulance bookings: 1300 655 855 (Australia), +61 2 9893 7683 (international)

Contact

Phone: +61 2 9843 5100