Arusha Medivac Air Ambulance Service

What Arusha Medivac Air Ambulance Service does

Arusha Medivac Air Ambulance Service is a Tanzanian air ambulance operator founded in 2017 by Captain Jacek Rejman and headquartered at Arusha Airport. The company operates a single twin-engine Piper Navajo PA-31 aircraft and is the only dedicated air ambulance service in Tanzania, with Tanzania Civil Aviation Authority (TCAA) registration and authorization for night flights and bush airstrip landings. Its core function is emergency medical evacuation (medevac) and inter-facility transfer, with service coverage spanning all of Tanzania, the Northern National Parks (Serengeti, Ngorongoro, Tarangire, Lake Manyara, Arusha), and cross-border to Nairobi, Kenya. The aircraft is not a hospital; medical care is delivered in-flight by accompanying medical staff, and the company does not maintain its own hospital infrastructure.

The business model combines three revenue streams. First, a subscription membership program — $50/year for Tanzanian residents, $20/month for tourists capped at 4 weeks of coverage, plus corporate plans — bundled with free medevac flights within Tanzania (with the member and one friend or family member covered in the same aircraft) and associated fees for repatriations and cross-border cases. Second, fee-for-service charter medevac flights priced by distance and aircraft type. Third, home doctor consultations delivered on a fee basis as an extension into ground-side clinical care. Membership totals 3,779 individuals (1,385 residents and 2,394 tourists), and the company has assembled eight strategic partnerships spanning aviation, medical, and aid organizations (Wings of Hope, Flying Medical Service, AVEO, AVI, Hawk Aviation, ALMC, Coastal, CH2) to support mission execution.

Operationally, Arusha Medivac runs with a lean staff of 7 employees and one airframe, both of which cap throughput and dictate a measured growth profile. The company's primary assets are its regulatory authorizations, its first-mover position in Tanzanian dedicated air ambulance services, the deep operating experience of its founder (15+ years in aviation/medevac), and a diversified member base that cushions single-customer risk but is materially exposed to safari-tourism cyclicality. Pricing across all three revenue lines is low absolute-dollar, making volume and corporate accounts the principal levers to expand revenue.

Name

Arusha Medivac Air Ambulance Service

Legal name

Arusha Medivac

Website

https://arushamedivac.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Arusha Medivac Air Ambulance Service operates Tanzania's only dedicated air ambulance from Arusha Airport, providing emergency medevac, inter-facility transfers, and home medical consultations across Tanzania and into Nairobi, Kenya, with a subscription membership serving over 3,700 individuals and corporate clients.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Air Ambulance Services

NAICS

Ambulance Services (62191), Nonscheduled Air Transportation (4812)

SIC

Services-Misc Health & Allied Services, Nec (8090)

akta.pro primary industry

Air Medical Transport (Helicopter/Fixed-Wing) (HLAFANAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Medical Air Transport (Air Ambulance/Patient Transfer) (TLAFABAG), Emergency Response, Assistance & Medical Evacuation Services (THACAEAC), Emergency Medical Services (EMS) & Ambulance Services (BPAIAGAC)

Keywords

• Air ambulance services
• Medical evacuation flights
• Emergency medical transport
• Aeromedical retrieval
• Air ambulance membership

Headquarters

HQ city

Arusha

HQ country

Tanzania

HQ region

Africa

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Membership Subscriptions: Annual and monthly membership fees providing one free emergency flight per year for residents, coverage for tourists up to 4 weeks, and corporate staff coverage. Membership insures members against the high cost of emergency air ambulance flights.
2. Fee-for-Service Emergency Flights: Non-members pay full price for emergency flights which can be thousands of dollars. Members receive discounted rates. Payment via cash, cheque, bank transfer, or credit card (6% fee for credit card).
3. Home Consultations: Medical team provides home/hotel consultations for residents or tourists in Arusha town at an exclusive fee per consultation

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Arusha Medivac operates Tanzania's only dedicated air ambulance service, providing 24/7 emergency medical evacuation and aeromedical retrieval using a twin-engine Piper Navajo PA-31 aircraft equipped with Advanced Life Support equipment. The service covers all of Tanzania with rapid response to the Northern National Parks and extends to tertiary medical facilities in Nairobi, Kenya, complemented by subscription membership plans for residents, tourists, and corporate clients, plus home/hotel medical consultations and ground ambulance transfers.

Product overview

Arusha Medivac operates Tanzania's only dedicated Air Ambulance Service, a single unified offering centered on emergency medical air evacuation using a twin-engine Piper Navajo PA-31 aircraft. The core Air Ambulance Service is complemented by membership subscription plans (Resident at $50/year, Tourist at $20/4 weeks, and Corporate), a 24/7 help line with multilingual flight coordinators, home consultation services, and ambulance transfer coordination. The aircraft provides advanced life support capabilities with night flight authorization and bush airstrip landing ability, with membership plans offering free emergency flights and priority service.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Air Ambulance Service
• Membership Plans
• Home and Hotel Medical Consultations
• Ground Ambulance Transfers

Quantifiable outcome

• 45 minutes flight time from Arusha to Nairobi
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• Wings of HopeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner organization working with Arusha Medivac to deliver medical evacuation services
• Flying Medical Service (FMS)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner organization in medical evacuation services delivery. The founder previously volunteered with Flying Medical Service for eight years.
• AVEOminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner organization contributing to medical evacuation service delivery
• AVIminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner organization in aviation/medical evacuation services
• Hawk AviationminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAviation partner in medical evacuation operations
• ALMCminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner organization in medical evacuation services
• CoastalminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner organization in aviation/medical evacuation services
• CH2minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner organization contributing to medical evacuation service delivery

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Medjet Assistance: US-based membership-model air ambulance and medical transport service. Operates a comparable subscription framework (individual/family/corporate tiers) with recurring annual fees and emergency transport entitlement — same membership-driven GTM motion as Arusha Medivac, adapted to a developed market.
• Air Ambulance Worldwide: Commercial fixed-wing air ambulance provider offering international medical repatriation and tourism-evacuation services. Comparable pricing model (per-mission fee-for-service with insurance billing) and customer profile (travelers requiring cross-border medical transport).
• AMREF Flying Doctors: East Africa's largest air ambulance operator, headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya. Operates a fixed-wing fleet for medical evacuations across Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, and beyond — directly comparable service offering and customer base (tourists, corporates, insurers) to Arusha Medivac, but at substantially larger scale and regional reach.

Broad incumbents

• International SOS: Global medical and travel security services firm with extensive air evacuation capabilities across Africa. Serves multinational corporates, insurers, and travelers through subscription contracts — overlapping with Arusha Medivac's insurance and corporate channels but at global scale rather than single-country specialization.

Emerging players

• Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF): Humanitarian aviation organization operating in East Africa, including medical evacuation flights from remote areas. Comparable aircraft types and bush-strip operations, but organized as a non-profit rather than a commercial subscription model — overlapping mission profile but different commercial structure.
• Wings of Hope: US-based non-profit aviation organization that partners with Arusha Medivac. Operates medical and humanitarian flights in developing countries, including East Africa. Comparable aircraft utilization and bush-airstrip operations, but as a charity partner rather than a direct commercial competitor.

Regional players

• Netcare 911: South Africa-based air ambulance and emergency medical service with cross-border evacuation capability into southern and eastern Africa. Comparable service offering and aircraft fleet, but primarily serves a different geography (South Africa-centric) with some regional overlap.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/arusha-medivac-air-ambulance-service-tanzania

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

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