Air ambulance
Air ambulance · Repatriation · Medevac
Air ambulance and medical repatriation, arranged before you need it.
Fixed-wing and helicopter air ambulance flights, with continuous intensive care en route and a receiving facility agreed in advance.
- 100+Standby locations
- 24 / 7 / 365Absolute readiness
- 20+ yearsUHNW expertise
In short
Veltracon Medical provides fixed-wing and helicopter air ambulance flights as part of the Shadow ICU standby, together with physician-led ambulance missions carrying hospital-grade equipment and medication, medical repatriation to the client’s home or a country of their choice, evacuation teams, and medical continuity across borders. Before arrival, clinicians and equipment are placed within reach and the receiving facility and evacuation route are agreed; during a transfer, intensive care continues without interruption and a full clinical report follows to the family and the introducing advisor. Air ambulance cost depends on distance, aircraft, clinical team and receiving facility and is agreed per case rather than published as a list price.
A flight is the easy part.
Survival is decided by clinical intervention, not by transport.
Most air ambulance enquiries start after something has already happened: a call, a search for an operator, a quote, a wait. By then the decisive minutes have passed. Shadow ICU begins in advance. Standard emergency care begins with a call.
Beyond helicopter range there is no evacuation, and weather grounds aircraft for days. That is why the clinical capability travels with you rather than waiting to be dispatched to you.
What is in place
Fixed-wing and helicopter air ambulance flights
Air ambulance missions by fixed-wing aircraft and helicopter, as part of the medical infrastructure at the sole disposal of our clients.
Continuous intensive care en route
Care does not pause for the transfer. Intensive care continues throughout, and the family and the introducing advisor receive a full clinical report afterwards.
Evacuation route agreed in advance
Before arrival, clinicians and equipment are placed within reach, and the receiving facility and the evacuation route are agreed.
Medical continuity across borders
Clinical-grade medical support and coordination across every border, so a transfer between countries does not restart the treatment.
Physician-led ambulance missions
Physician-led ambulance missions with hospital-grade equipment and medication, and direct admission pathways that avoid emergency room bottlenecks.
Repatriation and evacuation teams
Return to your home or a country of your choice for medical care when necessary, and teams deployed for evacuation from hazardous situations.
How a trip is prepared
Route
Travel dates and destinations are shared with us in advance, so we can assess the risk factors along the route and advise on the level of medical support required.
Medical intelligence briefings
We map the medical infrastructure at each destination, with hospital liaisons made in advance to optimise reaction times in emergency scenarios. The briefing is shared with you and your security team.
Preparation
Clinicians and equipment are in position before you land. The team receives you at the airport.
Constant readiness
On duty around the clock for the full stay, dedicated to a single person. Emergency rooms often run twenty-four-hour shifts. We run twelve, to guarantee quality and full focus in an emergency. Invisible unless called.
Dispatch
One number, no triage queue. On scene in minutes. Stabilisation under intensive care, not first aid.
Stabilisation and transfer
Stabilisation at the closest suitable hospital, then transfer to the private clinic best suited to the case.
What an air ambulance costs: published figures
Shadow ICU does not publish a price list: every flight is quoted for the patient, the route and the clinical team. For orientation, these are figures that ADAC and Rega have published.
Read the full guide to air ambulance costs, with every source| Route | Published figure | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Mallorca to Germany, intensive care | EUR 24,000 | ADAC, 2022 |
| Antalya to Germany, intensive care | EUR 31,000 | ADAC, 2022 |
| Spain to Switzerland, ambulance jet | Around CHF 30,000 | Rega |
| Thailand to Switzerland, ambulance jet | More than CHF 100,000 | Rega |
| North or South America to Germany, intensive care | EUR 200,000 | ADAC, 2026 |
Questions
Standard emergency care begins with a call. Shadow ICU begins in advance.
Every engagement begins with a confidential conversation about where you travel, who travels with you, and what capability needs to be in place before you arrive.
Arrange a personal consultationYes. Fixed-wing and helicopter air ambulance flights, with continuous intensive care en route and a receiving facility agreed in advance. They are part of the medical readiness Veltracon Medical designs and operates for its clients.
Every flight is quoted per case, because distance, aircraft, the clinical team and the receiving facility decide the cost. For orientation, ADAC has published EUR 24,000 to 31,000 for an intensive-care jet transfer from the Mediterranean to Germany (2022) and EUR 200,000 from the Americas (2026), and Rega around CHF 30,000 for a jet repatriation from Spain to Switzerland. For members, the route, the aircraft and the receiving clinic are settled in advance as part of the standby, not negotiated during an emergency.
Travel insurance usually does, when the repatriation is medically appropriate and the policy includes it; the insurer’s assistance doctors decide whether, how and when it happens. Public schemes do not: the UK GHIC, the European Health Insurance Card and Dubai’s mandatory minimum health plan exclude medical repatriation or evacuation.
Shadow ICU is not an assistance hotline, an insurance product or an air ambulance on call. It is physical clinical capability, placed where you will be, before you arrive. An operator is dispatched after an event; here the clinicians, the equipment, the receiving facility and the evacuation route are already agreed when the event happens.
Yes. Intensive care continues without interruption during the transfer to the clinic, and a full clinical report goes to the family and to the introducing advisor afterwards.
Yes. Teams can be deployed for evacuation from hazardous situations, and fixed-wing and helicopter air ambulance flights are part of the standby. Where evacuation is slow or impossible, on remote islands, beyond helicopter range or when weather grounds aircraft for days, the clinical capability is placed with you in advance instead.
Yes. Medical repatriation returns you to your home or a country of your choice for medical care when necessary. Intensive care continues without interruption during the transfer, and a full clinical report follows to the family and the introducing advisor.
Yes. Clinical-grade medical support and coordination continue across every border, so a transfer between countries does not restart the treatment, and the receiving facility and the evacuation route are agreed before arrival.
Veltracon Medical operates from over 100 standby locations across major cities worldwide, with presence in Switzerland and Dubai, and has operated across Europe, North and South America, Asia and selected regions of Africa.
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