CareFlight
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| Founded | 1986 | ||||||
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| Hubs | Darwin International Airport | ||||||
| Fleet size | 7 | ||||||
| Headquarters | Sydney, New South Wales | ||||||
| Key people | Andrew Refshauge | ||||||
| Website | http://www.careflight.org | ||||||
CareFlight is an aero-medical charity established in 1986 by a group of Australian doctors. CareFlight uses a variety of aircraft including aero-medical helicopters, jets and aeroplanes to bring injured and ill patients within Australia and overseas to emergency hospital care.
Description
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A CareFlight AW109 helicopter on take-off from Sydney Olympic Park
CareFlight International Air Ambulance is an aero-medical retrieval and repatriation service which attends missions anywhere in the world. This operation was established in 1990, attending to around 300 missions per year. The revenue generated by CareFlight international Air Ambulance missions goes directly to supporting its charitable operations.
See also
- Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia
- Westpac Life Saver Rescue Helicopter Service
- Angel Flight
- Aspen Medical
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