The new aircraft offer safe, prompt air transport for ill and injured patients from remote areas of the country to central locations in Greece and Europe where they can receive the urgent care they need. The new aircraft are used exclusively to enhance EKAV’s services and help it provide them more efficiently, ensuring that emergency pre-hospital care is accessible to all and that EKAV’s specialized air ambulance staff of flying doctors, rescuers, and nurses have the most up-to-date medical equipment at their disposal.
Implementation of the grant was made possible through SNF’s collaboration with the Hellenic Ministry of Health, which owns the aircraft; EKAV, which uses them; and the Hellenic Air Force, which assists in their flight operation. The aircraft went into operation in June 2021, following training programs for flight and technical personnel conducted by the Air Force. During their first four years of operation (June 2021-March 2025), the first four aircraft (two airplanes and two helicopters) have carried out almost 3,000 patient transports all across Greece.
