Medical Repatriation
Ambulance Flight coordinates the complete medical repatriation journey — from any hospital in the world to the facility of your choice — organizing ground transfer, flight and hospital admission as one mission, with a single case manager and a full handover to the receiving medical team.
Who this service is for
- Patients hospitalized abroad who need to return home, or to a hospital better suited to ongoing care.
- Families and employers coordinating a repatriation from a country with limited local medical capacity.
- Insurers and assistance companies requiring a licensed medical repatriation partner with worldwide reach.
- Both urgent, same-day repatriations and planned, scheduled transfers arranged days in advance.
What's included
- A single dedicated case manager coordinating the aircraft, medical crew and ground logistics end-to-end.
- Medical liaison with the sending hospital to confirm fitness to fly and equipment needs.
- Ground ambulance and airport transfer coordinated at both ends of the journey.
- Customs, consular and airline documentation for cross-border medical transport handled on your behalf.
- Full medical handover to the receiving hospital or facility on arrival.
How it works
Call & case review
Our medical desk reviews the patient's file with the treating hospital to confirm fitness to fly and the equipment required.
Mission planning
A single case manager plans the aircraft, medical crew, ground ambulance and receiving hospital admission as one coordinated mission.
Bed-to-bed transfer
Ground ambulance, flight and ground ambulance again — the patient stays under continuous medical supervision the entire way.
Admission at destination
Full medical handover to the receiving hospital, with admission pre-arranged before the aircraft lands.
Common questions
We coordinate missions to and from more than 120 countries, adapting the aircraft, route and crew to the destination's regulatory and medical requirements.
Yes — not every mission is a same-day emergency. We regularly organize planned repatriations scheduled days or weeks ahead, which is typically more cost-effective than an urgent mobilization.
Repatriation specifically means bringing a patient back to their home country or a hospital of their choice, often across borders — it includes the same medical transfer as any mission, plus the customs, consular and cross-border coordination that a purely domestic transfer doesn't require.
Related services
Medical Repatriation by Destination
Formalities vary by country of departure. Here's what's specific to our most frequent routes — but we organize missions to any country, listed here or not.
A medical situation abroad can't wait.
Our coordinators are available right now — every day, at any hour.