Rise in demand for private jet charter expected to continue across the region
Following 2010's solid performance of Royal Jet's business in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the international flight services company is expecting another good year of growth due to a steady increase in the demand for private jet charter and medical evacuation flights.
Royal Jet is the very first company in the Middle East to have been granted a commercial licence to provide medical evacuation services or Medevac in 2006. And to date, as the region's most successful Medevac operator, it has performed over 1,250 missions with the largest number of patient transfers and strong year-on-year growth.
"Last year, we saw a significant increase in the number of private clients utilizing our medical evacuation services from across the GCC countries," said Shane O'Hare, President & CEO, "As the level of service, dedication and professionalism that clients receive continue to be the key reasons why Royal Jet is the preferred service provider of choice for aero medical needs, we are optimistic that such increase in demand would also be seen across the Saudi market.
"The expected demand for Medical Evacuation flights from within the Saudi market would surely serve to complement our core business offering of luxury private charter flights and translate to further overall business growth in the Kingdom," he added.
Through its strong partnership with Saudi-based Arabian Aircraft Services Company ARABASCO - the premiere Fixed Based Operations (FBO) and maintenance facility provider in the kingdom - Royal Jet operates at the company's key hubs in Jeddah and Riyadh.
Royal Jet's Medical Evacuation operations are managed by its Medical Director - Dr. Ibrahim Soto - who has a wealth of experience in medical evacuation, emergency medicine, orthopaedic surgery, trauma and critical care. In addition, Royal Jet also has a group of specialist doctors, paramedics and nurses available - all with Aeromedicine training. Aeromedicine, which is a specialty on its own, is absolutely necessary to be part of a Medevac mission.
"The increasing demand for medical evacuation flights within the Middle East and North Africa is reflective of the continuing developments in Health Care within the GCC," explained Dr. Ibrahim Soto, Royal Jet's Medical Director. "At the moment though, Europe remains as the main destination of our flights, along with a number of missions to the US."
All of Royal Jets aircraft used for medical evacuation purposes are equipped with comprehensive and state-of-the-art intensive care facilities including special equipments like ventilator, electrocardiogram and a neo-natal transport incubator.
Now in the second year of its highly successful commercial and operational alliance with Arabian Aircraft Services Company ARABASCO - the world's largest independent operator of Boeing Business Jets or BBJs - has stationed one of its luxurious BBJs in the Kingdom and has plans of adding more aircraft into the market this year.
Arabian Aircraft Services Company ARABASCO, which offers a variety of aircraft maintenance, management and ground handling services to private, VIP and business jets in Saudi Arabia, has been Royal Jet's perfect partner in the Kingdom. The alliance offers private jet charter and medical evacuation flights for domestic and international travel from Saudi Arabia to cities like London, Moscow, Bangkok, as well as other business, leisure and medical treatment hubs in the region.
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