Flytec

Flytec is an air transport company based in Salta, in northern Argentina. It mainly flies staff to mining projects in the Puna and the Andes. It also provides medical air transport, and it flies medical evacuations from remote areas.

Services

The website says Flytec offers specialised air medical transport. Its aircraft carry a high complexity medical module for evacuations from the Puna and other remote places. The aircraft are pressurised, which helps keep safe conditions for the patient during the flight. The medical team comes from Salud Integrada, which the site describes as experienced in high altitude medicine and air medical transfers.

Aircraft and base

Flytec flies turboprop aircraft chosen for high runways and remote sites. The site lists:

• 3 Beechcraft B1900D
• 3 Beechcraft B200
• 1 Dash 8 400
• An Airbus H125 helicopter, which the site says is being added

The base is Martín Miguel de Güemes International Airport in Salta. The site says all aircraft are certified for runways above 10,000 feet.

Who it is for

Mining and industrial sites in the Puna and mountain region, and anyone who needs a medical evacuation from a remote site in that area.

Operations

Flytec says it has flown to high runways in the Puna for more than 7 years and now runs over 400 flights a month. It has its own aircraft workshop. It also says it offsets the carbon from its flights through a forest restoration project in Misiones. These details show how the medical service fits into a daily mining support operation.

Facts

• Type: air operator with medical evacuation flights
• Medical partner: Salud Integrada
• Safety certification: BARS, as stated on the website
• Base: Salta International Airport