Commercial Airline Stretcher Service | Canada
Transport bedridden patients by commercial flight | Canadian medevac crews
We partner with a hand-picked selection of airlines to organize the bed-to-bed transport of stretcher patients in and out of five cities in Canada:
- Western Canada Airline Stretcher hubs: Vancouver, Edmonton and Calgary
- Eastern Canada Airline Stretcher hubs: Montreal and Toronto
Whether you are planning for a medical transport to long term care, an urgent international patient transfer to home, or the medical repatriation of a critically ill patient from one country to another, a commercial airline stretcher may be safe and affordable option.
Is commercial airline stretcher service available in Canada?
In Canada, stretcher patients in smaller communities need to be transported to of from a hub by air ambulance or long-distance patient transport by ground ambulance.
Patients traveling from Alberta, Saskatchewan, British Columbia, Jasper, Banff and surrounding areas travel via Edmonton, Calgary or Vancouver. Commercial airline stretcher service in and out of Canada is not available to all parts of the world:
- Asia/Pacific
- Europe
- Africa
- Middle East
- USA
- Latin America
- Caribbean
Need-to-know basics about commerical airline stretchers:
- More expensive than Business Class, less expensive than an private Air Ambulance charter
- Critically ill patients need to be stable for transport by commercial airline stretcher service and at low risk for deterioration
- Preparing a commercial airline stretcher transfer can take several days. The airline sets the definitive travel date.
- JET COMPANION only works with select airlines based on their reliability, efficiency and transparent approval process.
- Patients needing ICU-level care, including a transport ventilator, can often be transported safely on a commercial airline stretcher if all criteria are met.
- Our Medical Team based in Edmonton, Canada reviews every request for airline stretcher service to determine if it is the most appropriate transport option.