How to Book an Air Ambulance in India

Step 1 – Send the medical summary

Send the patient’s current medical summary – diagnosis, whether they are ventilated or stable, current vitals, and the treating hospital. A discharge summary or the doctor’s note is enough to start. Send it by WhatsApp or the form.

Step 2 – The doctor’s assessment

A RED aeromedical doctor reads the summary and decides what the patient actually needs – a dedicated air ambulance (ICU charter) for an unstable or ventilated patient, or a medical escort on a scheduled flight for a stable patient who is fit to fly. The assessment is free and often saves the most money.

Step 3 – The written quote in 10 minutes

You get the price in writing, not read out over the phone. Ten minutes on average, 20 at the outside. The quote is bed to bed – aircraft or stretcher berth, aeromedical crew, in-flight equipment and oxygen, permits, ground ambulance at both ends, and coordination with both hospitals. No deposit.

Step 4 – Approve and the team mobilises

Once you approve, one coordinator takes over the logistics: the aircraft or airline berth, permits and slots, ground handling, and the two ground ambulances – so you are not repeating the story to five people.

Step 5 – Fitness to fly and departure

The patient is confirmed fit to fly for the plan chosen, the crew is briefed, and the sending hospital hands over. On arrival the receiving hospital admits the patient. The coordinator stays with the case until that admission is done.