FAI to strengthen ultra-long-range air ambulance market with Global Express conversion

FAI has contracted Spectrum Aeromed, the US company dedicated to designing and manufacturing customised medical and air ambulance equipment for fixed and rotor wing aircraft, to develop and build a bespoke Intensive Care Unit (ICU).

When completed it will be installed on the Global Express by FAI’s MRO subsidiary FAI Technik in Nuremberg. The newly equipped aircraft, which is currently undergoing a twelve month C-Check, installation of a new XRS-cabin, and other additional upgrades will be based at the FAI facility at Albrecht Dürer International. Airport, Nuremberg and is expected to enter service in its new configuration before the end of 2015.

“With this conversion we are trying to fill a small, but important niche in the air ambulance market for ultra-long range transport of VIP-patients from Asia and the Middle East to and from the USA,” said Siegfried Axtmann, FAI’s chairman, “We initially collaborated with Spectrum three years ago when we developed the first multi-patient interior for a CRJ200. That project was extremely successful so we have once again chosen Spectrum as we know they can match our expectations in terms of scope of work, budget and delivery times.”

The ICU´s basic system can also be used on the FAI Challengers and Learjet aircraft types.