Jacob Bercovici, president of Reva’s San Juan operations, with cep Stuart Hayman and Dawn Cerbone, svp sales and marketing

Reva launches Citation 501 service for Caribbean air ambulance

Air ambulance operator Reva Inc has launched a major expansion of its Caribbean operations following a review of its first quarter flights which showed that demand for air medical transportation in the Caribbean has been growing at least as fast as the region's multi-billion dollar tourism industry as a whole.

Reva offers permanently based jet services capable of direct emergency medical transportation to and from remote islands with short runways, and the addition of a Cessna Citation 501SP jet doubles its capacity in the region. Industry analysts claim that 25 million plus visitors to the Caribbean nations last year created an unprecedented demand for advanced medical care during planned and emergency air transport.

“Permanently basing the Citation 501 in Puerto Rico expands every aspect of Reva's medical flight operations throughout the Caribbean,” says Jacob Bercovici, president of Reva's San Juan operations. “The outlook for the region's steady growth in tourism, trade and financial interests has already established a robust five-year upward trend that we have been looking for. The move assures that Reva will continue to meet that demand and take on more business.”

Chief flight medic Jose Perez says: “Our service will be faster and more direct as we won't have to call in a small plane for initial pick up and then have to transfer an ill patient to the jet for the longer-distance transportation.”