Commercial Medical Escort Flights & International Medical Repatriation
British Nurses, Paramedics & Doctors for Medically Supported Commercial Flights
Commercial Medical Escort Flights for Safe International Repatriation
SkyCare provides commercial medical escort flights for medically stable patients who need professional clinical support while travelling on a scheduled airline. A qualified British nurse, critical care paramedic or doctor can accompany the patient throughout the journey, while our coordination team manages the medical and travel arrangements required to bring them home safely.
We arrange medical repatriation on commercial flights worldwide, including hospital liaison, review of medical information, airline MEDIF and medical clearance, appropriate seating, wheelchair and airport assistance, approved in-flight oxygen where required, medical equipment, medication planning and onward ground ambulance transport.
For suitable patients, a medically escorted commercial flight can provide a discreet and considerably more cost-effective alternative to a private air ambulance while still delivering professional medical supervision from departure to destination.
Need a Commercial Medical Escort Quote?
Tell us where the patient is, where they need to travel to and what medical support they require. SkyCare can review the case, advise whether a commercial medical escort is suitable and provide a clear quotation.
Not sure whether a commercial medical escort is appropriate? SkyCare assesses each case individually. If the patient requires a stretcher, we can arrange a commercial airline stretcher flight. Patients who are too unwell for scheduled airline travel may require a private air ambulance.
Want to understand the complete journey? See our step-by-step Commercial Medical Escort booking process.
SkyCare provides medical travel and repatriation services only. We do not provide adult companionship or private escort services.
Who Can Travel with a Medical Escort?
Commercial medical escorts are designed for patients who have been assessed as sufficiently stable to travel on a scheduled airline but need more assistance or clinical supervision than an ordinary passenger. This can include people recovering after surgery or illness, elderly or frail patients, travellers with reduced mobility or fractures, patients requiring medication or oxygen during the journey, and people returning home after hospital treatment abroad.
The appropriate escort is selected according to the patient’s condition and anticipated care requirements. Depending on the case, SkyCare may deploy an experienced flight nurse, critical care paramedic or doctor. We review the available medical information and work with the treating team and airline to establish whether commercial travel is appropriate.
What SkyCare Handles Before You Fly
A medical escort is only one part of a successful repatriation. SkyCare coordinates the journey as a complete medical transfer rather than simply placing a clinician beside the patient on an aircraft.
- Clinical assessment and hospital liaison – obtaining and reviewing relevant medical information and communicating with treating teams.
- Fit-to-fly and airline MEDIF coordination – supporting the airline medical-clearance process and providing the information required by its medical department.
- Flight and seating arrangements – selecting an appropriate itinerary and seating configuration for the patient’s condition and mobility.
- Airport assistance – coordinating wheelchairs, reduced-mobility assistance and specialist airport handling where required.
- Oxygen and medical equipment – arranging airline-approved oxygen solutions and appropriate clinical equipment according to the patient’s needs.
- Medication planning – ensuring necessary medication and clinical supplies are available throughout the transfer.
- Ground ambulance transfers – arranging collection and onward transport when a bedside-to-bedside journey is required.
- Receiving arrangements – coordinating with family, care facilities or hospitals at the destination so that responsibility for care transfers smoothly.
Our team remains involved throughout the process, giving patients and families one point of coordination rather than leaving them to manage hospitals, airlines, airports and transport providers separately.
Commercial Medical Escort vs Air Ambulance: Which Do You Need?
The right method of medical repatriation depends on the patient’s clinical stability, mobility, ability to tolerate a scheduled flight and the level of treatment required during transport.
| Travel option | Usually suitable for | Key considerations |
|---|---|---|
| Seated medical escort flight | Stable patients able to travel seated with medical support | Requires airline medical clearance where applicable; nurse, paramedic or doctor can accompany the patient |
| Commercial stretcher flight | Stable patients who cannot remain seated for the journey | Requires airline stretcher availability, MEDIF approval and additional planning |
| Private air ambulance | Seriously ill, unstable or higher-acuity patients | Dedicated medical aircraft, intensive clinical capability and greater flexibility than scheduled airlines |
There is no single solution that is right for every patient. Our team will review the case and explain the safest realistic options. Read more about Fit to Fly and airline medical clearance, or contact SkyCare for an individual assessment.
Bed-to-Bed Medical Repatriation on Commercial Airlines
Where required, SkyCare can coordinate the entire transfer from the patient’s hospital, home or care facility overseas through to their final destination. This may include an ambulance to the departure airport, assistance through the terminal, the medically escorted flight, arrival assistance and a second ambulance or suitable vehicle after landing.
This bed-to-bed medical repatriation approach is particularly valuable when relatives are trying to organise a return from another country and do not want to coordinate multiple medical, airline and transport providers themselves. SkyCare manages the operational chain so that each stage connects safely with the next.
Families, hospitals and international partners trust SkyCare to coordinate complex patient transfers with clinical oversight, discretion and compassion. Read our Commercial Medical Escort FAQs or request a quotation for your journey.
Commercial Medical Escort Services – What We Arrange
Every commercial medical repatriation is individually planned around the patient's condition, mobility and destination. SkyCare combines professional in-flight medical care with the clinical clearances and international logistics required to complete the journey safely.
Our team can coordinate airline MEDIF approval, Fit to Fly requirements, airport assistance, oxygen, medical equipment, ground ambulances and receiving arrangements. Learn about Fit to Fly and airline medical clearance, or read our medical escort FAQs.
Who Needs a Commercial Medical Escort?
A commercial medical escort is suitable for many patients who are medically stable enough to fly on a scheduled airline but require professional clinical support, mobility assistance or reassurance during the journey.
This can include elderly or frail travellers, patients recovering from surgery or hospital treatment, people with fractures or reduced mobility, and patients who require medication, monitoring or approved oxygen in flight.
SkyCare reviews each case individually and selects the appropriate nurse, critical care paramedic or doctor according to the patient's medical needs and the requirements of the airline.
We Coordinate the Entire Medical Journey
Our service goes far beyond providing a medic on the aircraft. SkyCare liaises with hospitals and treating teams, coordinates airline MEDIF and medical clearance, arranges suitable flights and seating, airport assistance, oxygen or medical equipment and ground transport where required.
Your medical escort can meet the patient at hospital, home, a care facility or the airport and remain with them through the journey. Where appropriate, we arrange a complete bed-to-bed transfer with ambulances at departure and arrival.
Patients and families have one experienced coordination team managing the medical and operational details from the first assessment until the patient reaches their destination.
Medical Escort, Stretcher Flight or Air Ambulance?
The safest transport method depends on the patient's stability, mobility and clinical requirements. Stable patients who can remain seated may travel with a medical escort on a scheduled airline. Patients who are stable but cannot sit upright may be suitable for a commercial stretcher flight.
Patients who are seriously ill, unstable or require a higher level of continuous treatment may need a private air ambulance instead.
SkyCare will review the medical information and explain the safest realistic options, allowing families and case managers to make an informed decision without having to determine the transport method themselves.
Worldwide Medical Escort & Bed-to-Bed Repatriation
SkyCare arranges commercial medical escort flights worldwide for patients returning to the UK, travelling from the UK or moving safely between international destinations.
Depending on the case, we can coordinate hospital discharge, ambulance collection, airline medical clearance, airport assistance, in-flight clinical care and onward transport after landing. This creates a continuous bed-to-bed medical repatriation pathway with clear clinical responsibility at every stage.
Our British nurses, critical care paramedics and doctors support patients with professionalism and discretion while our operations team manages the complex airline and international logistics behind the journey.
If scheduled airline travel is not clinically appropriate, we can also arrange a private air ambulance or, for suitable European journeys, specialist road ambulance repatriation.
Commercial Medical Escort FAQs
A Commercial Medical Escort flight involves one of our highly trained medical professionals accompanying you on a commercial airline, providing care and support throughout your journey.
You will travel on a regular scheduled flight but with the added reassurance of having our doctor, nurse, or critical care paramedic by your side at all times.
Medically accompanied flights are a cost-effective alternative to a private air ambulance or road ambulance repatriation and are suitable for patients who are stable but require assistance during travel. This option is ideal for patients who are older or frail, recovering from surgery, have mobility issues, minor fractures, or for those who simply need medical supervision because family members are unable to travel with them.
Our team ensures you are fully supported from bedside to bedside, making your journey home as safe and comfortable as possible.
Once you instruct SkyCare to assist your family member, we will guide you through every step and take care of everything. We liaise directly with the hospitals at both ends, arrange medical clearance with the airline, and coordinate all the logistics involved in the transfer.
To help the process move as quickly and smoothly as possible, it’s important that you provide us with full contact details for the hospital where your family member is currently being cared for.
Obtaining medical clearance from the airline is often the most time-consuming part of the process, so the sooner we can start, the better.
You are under no obligation to proceed until you are fully happy to do so. We do not charge anything to begin the medical clearance process — we simply want to be ready to move quickly once you give us the go-ahead.
If the patient cannot obtain the medical clearance required for scheduled airline travel, SkyCare will review the alternatives rather than trying to force an unsuitable commercial-flight solution.
Depending on the patient’s condition and location, options may include waiting until their condition improves, arranging a private air ambulance, or using specialist ground ambulance transport where geographically appropriate.
Our team can discuss the medical information with the treating clinicians and advise which transport methods are realistically available.
Yes, absolutely.
SkyCare can fully manage stretcher flights on commercial airlines. While these flights are generally more expensive than seated medical escort flights and may take additional time to arrange, they are often the safest and only option to bring seriously ill patients home to their loved ones.
We manage the entire bed-to-bed transfer process, including all medical clearances (such as airline MEDIF approvals) and ground ambulance transfers at both departure and arrival points. The airline will arrange for the stretcher installation and privacy curtain setup on board, and our team works closely with them to ensure everything is properly in place before travel.
Our experienced team of doctors, nurses, and critical care paramedics provides continuous care throughout the journey, ensuring the patient’s dignity, comfort, and safety are maintained at every step.
Your safety and wellbeing are our highest priority.
Yes, absolutely. We are happy to assist with arranging travel for family members or companions to accompany the patient.
However, we do advise caution. Medical escort seats and family seats are usually booked together, and because airline prices often increase between the initial enquiry and final MEDIF clearance, any additional seats booked early will also be subject to these price rises.
The more seats reserved at the outset, the greater the potential cost increase for the whole group. For this reason, we recommend limiting accompanying family members to one or two initially.
Once the patient’s seat is booked and confirmed, additional family members can then arrange their own separate bookings onto the same flight. This approach helps to keep your overall costs much lower.
MEDIF is the Medical Information Form used by many airlines when a passenger has a medical condition or requires special medical assistance. The airline’s medical department reviews the information before deciding whether the patient can travel and what arrangements are required.
SkyCare coordinates this process as part of our commercial medical escort service. We obtain the relevant medical information, liaise with the treating team and airline, and help coordinate requirements such as seating, wheelchair assistance, oxygen or medical equipment.
Airline approval can take time, so providing accurate hospital and treating-clinician contact details early can help avoid unnecessary delays. Read our guide to Fit to Fly and medical airline clearance.
It is very common for patients to require oxygen during a flight, even if they do not normally need it on the ground.
Due to changes in cabin pressure at altitude, even in a pressurised aircraft, oxygen saturation levels can decrease, which may affect the patient’s breathing.
To ensure safety, we routinely carry a Portable Oxygen Concentrator (POC) on most flights.
If a patient is already using oxygen at ground level, we will often arrange for additional oxygen support on board to maintain appropriate levels throughout the journey.
Yes, we can. SkyCare has a team of over 150 medical professionals, including doctors across all specialties, who are able to arrange hospital admissions in the UK.
To do so, we require access to the patient’s medical notes in advance to ensure the most appropriate care pathway is organised. We work with the majority of specialist hospitals in the UK, and can always find the right pathway for the patient. See our helpful advice on Private hospitals in the UK as well as Discreet transfers to London’s Clinics.
The price we quote is based on the cost of airline seats at the time of enquiry. Please be aware that delays between receiving MEDIF (Medical Information Form) approval and confirming the booking can often result in an increase in seat prices.
SkyCare cannot guarantee seat availability or the originally quoted price if there is a delay. We recommend confirming your booking as soon as possible after MEDIF approval to avoid additional charges.
Read our important notice about seat pricing and availability.
Speak to our team about the safest and most appropriate way to bring the patient home.
Arrange a Commercial Medical Escort Flight
If you or a loved one needs professional medical support to travel after illness, surgery or injury, SkyCare can assess the case and coordinate the journey from start to finish. Our commercial medical escort flights combine qualified British nurses, critical care paramedics or doctors with airline medical clearance and international repatriation logistics.
We can manage hospital liaison, MEDIF approval, flights, airport assistance, oxygen and medical equipment where required, as well as ground ambulance transfers for a complete bed-to-bed service.
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What our clients say.
Air Ambulance from Portugal to Kent
SkyCare were amazing with the repatriation of my elderly mother-in-law when she became ill on a river cruise boat. They were professional every step of the way during this complicated but urgent repatriation journey.
The staff took great care of my mother-in-law, making sure she was comfortable throughout the long journey back and arranged a hospital bed for her in the UK. They gave us updates throughout the day, so we were…
Air Ambulance from Palma to England
SkyCare have been amazing. Within 48hrs of contacting them we had an agreed flight schedule and handover arranged between Palma and England. I arranged privately so I didn’t have the help or aid of an insurance company to be the middle man and I was very stressed and out of my depth. SkyCare really supported me and calmed any worries or anxiety I had about a very unknown risky arrangement…
Commercial Medical Flight from Faro to Scotland
Given the very difficult circumstances, the service we received from your doctor was utterly outstanding. From the first meet we felt safe and comfortable and throughout the whole service of getting us home we were very grateful to have such a knowledgeable person by our side. The doctor was extremely friendly and I would recommend sky care in any medical emergency. I can’t honestly praise the service high enough. Thank you so so much.
Commercial Medical Flight from Serbia to Birmingham
My 69-year-old mum unfortunately suffered a stroke while we were flying home from Turkey, which resulted in an emergency landing in Serbia. It was one of the most frightening and stressful experiences our family has ever been through. We didn’t have travel insurance that could help, so I spent hours contacting different medical repatriation companies and comparing quotes. SkyCare wasn’t the cheapest option, but after speaking to them, I had a feeling they genuinely cared about getting my mum home safely rather than just treating us like another customer. I’m so glad I trusted my instincts…
Air Ambulance from Spain to London
I cannot thank Skycare UK enough for the exceptional service they provided when organising the medical repatriation of my father-in-law from Salamanca, Spain, following a stroke.
From the very beginning, the team took the time to understand our situation and our needs during what was an incredibly difficult and emotional time for the whole family. Cameron and Ben were outstanding throughout the process, always available by phone or WhatsApp to answer questions quickly and ….
Commercial Medical Flight from Turkey to London
I can’t recommend SkyCare Repatriation highly enough. I called, Cameron answered. And he didn’t stop answering. He was there when we needed him. When we didn’t have the capacity to take on anything else, he took EVERYTHING to do with the repatriation on his shoulders. As soon as we signed on the dotted line everything was dealt with by SkyCare including organising a bed in the NHS hospital nearest our home and where the consultant who would be operating on my mother was based. And the team who brought my mother home were so caring…
Commercial Medical Flight from Alicante to London
SkyCare were amazing from initial enquiry to finish. No question was too big or too small (and I had lots!). We can’t thank Sarah enough for accompanying us on the commercial flight, and the office team for helping us bring our elderly mum with dementia and mobility issues safely home from Spain to the UK.
All aspects of the travel were handled for us, including the booking process, check-in, airport assistance, and transfers, which removed so much stress at a very difficult time….
Commercial Medical Escort Flight from Jamaica
Incredible – When my Mum had a serious seizure in Jamaica, my NHS Dr Consultant friend said “Repatriate. Get her back here to the UK, directly to us, the NHS.” I went online in the middle of the night and found CQC approved Skycare. They are an expert “A Team” of clinical professionals brought together to provide a 365, 24/7 service to repatriate poorly patients.
I chose SkyCare’s bed to bed commercial flight service to repatriate my Mum from Kingston Jamaica to the UK…
Air Ambulance Germany to England
Skycare provided an exceptional standard of service throughout the entire repatriation process. From the outset, their team demonstrated remarkable patience and understanding, particularly when plans and travel dates needed to change multiple times. Nothing ever felt like too much trouble, and they handled every adjustment professionally and efficiently.
They took the time to clearly explain each stage of the process, ensuring we fully understood what to expect and what arrangements were being made….
Air Ambulance from Paris to England
The team were amazing from start to finish. From the first phone call the team handled everything. They communicated with us quickly and efficiently and were on hand with any questions we had in our time of distress. When the team arrived at the hospital they took control of the situation and guided us through what was happening and were very impressive and immediately reassured us and showed great care for our son. The logistics were handled perfectly with a clear itinerary from when they would arrive, depart the hospital and arrive at airport and then arrive at the hospital in England…
Air Ambulance from Nice to Scotland
We cannot thank Ben, Craig and the team at SkyCare enough for bringing Christina home safely from Nice. From the moment we first made contact, the level of professionalism and care was outstanding. Dealing with a medical emergency abroad is incredibly daunting, but SkyCare took over all the logistics, allowing us to focus on Christina’s well-being.The medical crew (Peter and Laura) and pilots were exceptional, highly skilled, calm, and deeply compassionate throughout the entire transfer…
Air Ambulance from Alicante to London
I honestly cannot put into words how grateful I am to Skycare Repatriation for what they did for me during the worst week of my life.After being seriously injured abroad and feeling completely alone and vulnerable, they stepped in and quite literally changed everything. From the moment they got involved, I felt safe, supported, and genuinely cared for.What stood out to me the most were the two highly skilled medics who were with me every step of the journey…
Air Ambulance from Marbella to Poole
“This case involved a medical repatriation from Marbella to the UK, requiring rapid coordination between local healthcare providers and UK hospital services.”
Amazing service, kind & professional – due to system we had to go to A&E in Poole they managed to secure a bed in a private room in NHS all the staff from pilot to medic to driver 5 star gold standard
Air Ambulance from Peru to Peru
Brilliant team that organised medical flight transfer of a family member in Peru – difficult area to deal with and they sorted it out extremely quickly and had amazing communication throughout the whole experience – thanks very much!
Air Ambulance from Benidorm to London
Craig and his team of medics were absolutely amazing in our time of desperation. They were on hand from the moment I contacted them with our incident, taking all the stress and pressure of being in Spain away and helping us to navigate this awful, scary and frightening situation with his calm and supportive manner. From the moment the team landed in Spain, they took control, my nephew was air lifted back to the UK with such precision and kindness…
Commercial Medical Escort from Turkey to London
Communication and arranging the difficult journey back to the UK with SkyCare was easy. The team guided us through all the necessary steps to arrange the permissions and were professional and understanding of all the issues.
On the day Tasha and Sam met us and travelled the whole journey back. The ambulance arranged both ends was on time and comfortable…
Air Ambulance from London to Italy
The SkyCare team proposed two options for repatriation and helped me all along explore them, understand them, and plan accordingly. Due to the nature of our emergency, plans changed all the time, but the SkyCare team were able to adapt on the fly, and produce new plans.
All along the communication was rapid, clear, professional, and I felt that someone was really taking care of our emergency.
Commercial Medical Escort from London to Bulgaria
I couldn’t praise Craig and the team more! Craig was a literal life-saver and helped me so much during one of the toughest times in my life. He organised everything in less than 24 hours. If you ever need medical repatriation, SkyCare are the one and only choice you should be considering.
Commercial Medical Escort from Colombia to Essex
The team were a godsend they brought my son back from a nightmare fall on holiday in Columbia. He was with the team and I flew separately home the next day. I had no worries once I met them of him going on his own with them they were so friendly and professional. Thank you to all the team in Columbia and in England arranging it, I would highly recommend this team if you unfortunately ever needed this care.
Commercial Medical Escort from Colombia
Abbie and Connor brought me back from Columbia and they done an exceptional job with transferring me on the connecting flight. Multiple changes on wheelchairs and as pain free as possible. I’m very grateful to them for getting home. Thank you so much to Sky care for arranging all of this.
Ambulance from Austria to the UK
I needed to repatriate a relative from Austria at really short notice following an accident. The team at Skycare were absolutely wonderful – they assembled a crew at a days notice, kept me updated throughout the trip and were so professional and trustworthy. I would absolutely recommend them. They made a really stressful situation so much better – thank you to Craig, Ben, Emma Charlie and whole crew. So grateful to you!
Air Ambulance from France to Suffolk
Big shout out to the whole SkyCare team for my repatriation last week. I spent 2 weeks in hospital in France from a skiing accident and major surgery. The whole day ran very smoothly and I couldn’t have been looked after any better…
Following a very poor and frustrating experience with a medical insurance company who seemed focussed only on delaying matters we contacted SkyCare to organise medical repatriation for a family member we needed to get back to the UK. From start to finish we felt SkyCare offered the highest level of service obviously wanting the best medically for our relative but also professionally and speedily dealing with the necessary administration and formalities when coming from Iceland to the UK…
“The team at SkyCare could not have done more in supporting me getting my partner home. The transfer care was second to none and the support leading up to the transfer was excellent. David (complete with his broken leg) arrived back to a bed in an NHS hospital arranged by SkyCare. There really are not enough superlatives to describe the difference Craig, Ben, Ross etc all made. Thank you.”
“SkyCare have truly been lifesavers for us and our daughter who was taken ill overseas. They not only arranged the escorted flight home for our daughter but undertook all the hard graft of locating and liaising with the relevant UK hospital to get our daughter admitted directly on arrival in the UK. First Class Service!”
I’m so grateful to Craig and the team at SkyCare for guiding us through a difficult period. The team were always responsive and went above and beyond to assist our specific circumstances and challenges, to find a solution that was a safe and practical for us. They were personal and professional and treated us with sensitivity and compassion. I would 100% recommend them to everyone.
Commercial Medical Escort from Funchal to London
At a very desperate time, I was fortunate enough to find SkyCare and their wonderful team. My mother had a stroke overseas. The insurance team let us down badly so I looked at finding independent services to repatriate her back to the UK. SkyCare were able to provide a detailed and transparent price breakdown within 2 hrs . They provided a new quote within 30 min when we had to adjust an element of the repatriation. My insurance service would not provide a detailed quote…
Road Ambulance from Worthing to London
A highly professional service, performed so efficiently at a moments notice, with kindness and even a little humour at such a difficult time for us. Highly recommend.
Craig and Ben were absolutely brilliant! The process was flawless and after the chaos of the incident that happened to my mum, Craig was fantastic in organizing everything so I didn’t need to worry! It went seamlessly and everyone was so kind! Best money spent to get my mum home for emergency surgery!! Hi Craig my name is Frank father of Louise (patient) & grandad of Liberty. Your company is exceptional, professional, with a wonderful caring attitude. Thank you so much for looking after my daughter. I recommend your company highly.
Superb service, from first contact to a positive result of repatriating my husband to a UK hospital, the support and care was fantastic. My husband Jim had a stroke at our house in Greece, after emergency treatment he was placed on a ward, which was awful. He had lost his speech and all movement on his right hand side. It is up to relatives to look after the patient in hospital, they only provide medical care. I was so stressed, trying to care for him…
Medical Repatriation Advice and Support
I recently spoke to Craig from SkyCare when my mum was seriously injured overseas and it looked like a medical repatriation was needed. His advice and communication was superb, helping me to navigate a market which appears to be full of brokers with misleading prices and shocking reviews. Fortunately, my mum was deemed stable enough to fly home commercially, and yet Craig still continued to provide advice even though…
Air Ambulance from Spain to London
SkyCare were beyond brilliant with us bringing my Dad back home to Wales by Air Ambulance after he suffered a major stroke in Tenerife. We were really impressed with the whole team’s professionalism and expertise from the first moment we contacted them to the day of the repatriation and even managing to reserve Dad a bed in the Stroke unit in Wrexham Hospital to avoid the delay and trauma of A&E after a very long day travelling…
Airport-to-Hospital Medical Transfer in London
Straightforward and genuine. Craig helped us get our mum safely from the airport to the hospital. Highly recommended.
Commercial Medical Escort from Boston, MA to London
SkyCare made a complex overseas transfer from Boston to London feel effortless. Craig and Sarah were outstanding — calm, professional, and always in touch. They handled everything, from visas to flight logistics, with genuine care and attention. The costs were very reasonable, but it was their empathy and support for both patient and family that made all the difference. I can’t recommend them enough.
Vietnam to London — Medical Repatriation by SkyCare.
Fantastic professional company. We couldn’t have done this without them. My friend suffered a stroke and was paralysed on the right side. Due to a technicality, his insurance wouldn’t cover repatriation, so we had to go private. If anyone is ever in the same position, I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend SkyCare. They made a stressful situation feel manageable, and I’m so grateful for their calm, capable support throughout.
France to UK — Ski Injury Repatriation by SkyCare.
Fantastic service. I was repatriated from France after a skiing accident with multiple injuries. We contacted Craig at 4am and by 10pm I was home — ground ambulance, air ambulance, and ground ambulance again. Everything went smoothly with incredible medical care and kindness. After two miserable weeks in hospital, I finally felt safe and supported. I cannot thank SkyCare enough and wouldn’t hesitate to recommend them.
Vietnam to London — Stroke Repatriation by SkyCare.
Amazing team of people. My brother had a stroke in Vietnam and the insurance company were useless. SkyCare guided me through the process, sorted everything out, and got him safely home. The whole team were fantastic, but special thanks to the medical crew — Adam and Sarah — who flew out and did an incredible job. I can’t recommend SkyCare enough for their calm, professional help in such a difficult time.
UK to Malaysia — Long-Haul Medical Repatriation by SkyCare.
If you’re in the UK looking for a repatriation company, I couldn’t recommend SkyCare enough. They arranged medical transport for my dad from London to Kuala Lumpur — a 12-hour flight. From my first message, they responded quickly and handled all documents and approvals efficiently. Huge thanks to Craig for making everything smooth and to Nurse Nav for caring for my dad the whole way home.
Spain to UK — Stroke Repatriation by SkyCare.
SkyCare were brilliant with us, helping to bring my dad home to England after he suffered a stroke in Spain. From the moment we reached out to the day of the repatriation itself, the entire team showed professionalism, compassion, and expertise. We felt fully supported and reassured throughout the process. Thank you to everyone involved — I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend SkyCare to anyone in a similar situation.
Las Palmas to UK — Air Ambulance Repatriation by SkyCare.
Thank you to Craig and Ben for organising our return home from Las Palmas. My dad was extremely anxious about the process, but everything ran so smoothly at every stage. Mum is now safe in Maidstone Hospital, and she’s just happy to be somewhere she can easily communicate. The whole experience was calm, compassionate, and professional — we really appreciate everything SkyCare did to make it seamless.
— Pete McNair (via email)
France to UK — COVID-Era Medical Repatriation by SkyCare.
From first contact to the final update confirming safe arrival, SkyCare’s care and coordination were second to none. They handled all COVID testing, documents, and border requirements with professionalism and warmth. Repatriating two elderly parents during a pandemic was daunting, but they made the process seamless — even providing journey tracking door to door. Their genuine care and clear communication reassured us at every stage. I highly recommend SkyCare for compassionate international patient transfers.
Cannot thank the team at BM Ambulance enough for getting my Dad home from Spain. Craig/Sarah/James/Emma & Danny were all absolutely amazing. It was a huge 24 hour journey and they made Mum & Dad feel comfortable and safe the entire way. I don’t think my Dad would have made it without your help. He’s still not in the best of health but at least we have him home. We definitely could not have done this without you. Thank you all involved. Amazing people offering a fantastic service. x
I would have given more than 5 stars if I could have. A big thank you to Craig, Sarah and John for the safe delivery of our much loved mum, mother in law, Nan and great grandmother from Spain after suffering a stroke.
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