Jordanian business jet charter and management firm Arab Wings recently obtained air ambulance operation certification and authorization from the Jordanian Civil Aviation Regulatory Commission. “This authorization will enable Arab Wings to transport patients and their families to Jordan from any country in the region and in Europe on board private aircraft equipped with medically trained and experienced air ambulance operations staff, to escort patients throughout the entire journey,” it said.
Last year, Arab Wings general manager Ahmad Abu Ghazaleh told AIN that interests running in parallel to the aviation business had raised $350 million to build a medical center, Abdali Hospital, which opened in 2019 and serves as the focus of Arab Wings medevac and medical tourism initiatives.
International Wings Group, the owner of Arab Wings, said it could make the “appropriate medevac aircraft” available at a minimum of four hours. “Each aircraft can be configured into a mini intensive care unit that handles advanced life support, basic life support, and critical-care patients,” it said. “A preflight medical assessment is conducted on all patients to ensure that we have the appropriate medical team and equipment on board to safely move the patient(s). Our medical staff is deployed from one of the key group subsidiaries—Abdali Medical Centre.”