FAI Named Finalist in Air Ambulance Company of Year Awards

The Air Ambulance Division of German Special Mission Operator FAI rent-a-jet AG has again been nominated as one of three finalists in the 2020 International Travel & Health Insurance Journal´s (ITIJ) Industry Awards – Air Ambulance Company of the Year category. This is the 18th annual ITIJ Awards and marks the fourth nomination for FAI. This year´s winners will be revealed at the virtual ITIJ Awards ceremony on November 5th, 2020. The ceremony will be streamed live at 19:00 GMT via the ITIJ website at www.itij.com/awards

Earlier this year, FAI rent-a-jet emerged from its busiest period in its 30-year history owing to the coronavirus pandemic. It completed nearly 800 hours of flying on mostly medevac missions in the month of April alone. The air ambulance division was operating at maximum capacity to fulfil requests coming in 24/7 for repatriation and medevac flights. Demand was also strong for FAI’s EpiShuttle isolation pod patient transfer system which enables self-contained oxygen and air ventilation directly to the patient, isolated from the cabin’s airflow.

FAI is one of the world´s largest air ambulance jet operators by revenue, logging above 10,000 hours per year flying air ambulance missions. The 10-strong fleet comprises Bombardier Global Express, Challenger 604 and Learjet 60 is based at FAI´s Headquarters at Albrecht Dürer International Airport in Nuremberg. It is supported by more than 200 full time staff plus 50 part-time physicians and paramedics.

The company specializes in air support in hostile areas for the world´s largest NGO. It currently averages four intercontinental medical evacuations per day for its global client base.