Falcon Aviation Services (FVS, Abu Dhabi Bateen) has added the United Arab Emirates' first dedicated air ambulance jet, a Challenger 605. The company told ch-aviation the aircraft is based at Abu Dhabi Bateen Executive and is configured to carry one patient alongside three to five accompanying medical and support personnel.

The 2012-built jet, A6-FAM (msn 5905), first became active on January 16 with a local flight around Dubai World Central, where it had arrived on October 4. On January 30, the aircraft flew to Al Ain before continuing to Abu Dhabi Al Bateen Executive and has remained active across the region since.

Falcon Aviation Services described the Challenger 605 as well suited to long-range medical missions, citing reliability, range, a stand-up cabin, and strong performance characteristics. “Operational flexibility and dispatch reliability further support time-critical medical evacuation missions both regionally and internationally,” a spokesperson said.

Owned and operated by Falcon Aviation Services, the new Challenger 605 forms part of a strategic expansion into dedicated air ambulance services and follows a memorandum of understanding signed in 2025 with Response Plus Medical Services (RPM), a provider of pre-hospital and emergency medical care. RPM supplies the specialised medical team onboard the aircraft.

Looking ahead, Falcon Aviation Services has no confirmed additional air ambulance aircraft in the pipeline. “Future fleet expansion in this segment will be assessed based on operational performance and regional demand for medical evacuation services,” the spokesperson added.

The Challenger 605 was previously registered in the United States as N605VG and formed part of the Part 135 fleet of Circadian Aviation (CYC, Bridgeport Igor Sikorsky Memorial), one of three certificates used by Airshare (XSR, Kansas City Downtown). Neither Airshare's own certificate nor that of Sterling Aviation (NSH, Milwaukee General Mitchell), which retired a Challenger 605 in 2025, include another Challenger 600-series aircraft.

Across Falcon Aviation Services' United Arab Emirates and San Marino air operator's certificates (AOCs), the group operates a total of 42 fixed- and rotary-wing aircraft. The air ambulance jet joins other fixed-wing aircraft in Falcon Aviation Services' Emirati fleet, including a Falcon 900DX, two DHC-8-Q300s, and four DHC-8-Q400s.

Among these, a 2008-built DHC-8-Q400, A6-ADK (msn 4222), and the two DHC-8-Q300s, A6-ADD (msn 627) and A6-ADE (msn 628), both manufactured in 2006, were added in January. The turboprops are operated and managed on behalf of the United Arab Emirates government air transportation division, Presidential Flight. All three were previously operated by Abu Dhabi Aviation, whose fleet continues to include a DHC-8-Q300.

In addition, Falcon Aviation Services operates two Global Express jets, a Global Express XRS, a Legacy 650, and a G450 on behalf of Falcon Luxe, a separate entity belonging to the Alex Group Investment.

Falcon Aviation Services San Marino's fleet comprises a Legacy 600 (parked at Abu Dhabi Bateen since July 26), a Legacy 650, and a Lineage 1000. The Legacy 650, T7-FTH (msn 14501237), is 6.2 years old and began operations on July 16 with a flight between Singapore Seletar and Singapore Changi, followed by a sector Abu Dhabi Al Bateen Executive. Since July 29, the jet has been based at Kuwait.

The aircraft was formerly registered in India as VT-FPA and operated within the corporate jet fleet of Jaya Hind Industries, an India-based manufacturer of thermal products for automotive applications that does not hold a non-scheduled operator's permit (NSOP).

Jaya Hind Industries replaced the Legacy 650 with a 2018-built, 13-seat Global 6000, VT-AFP (msn 9853), previously operated by Empire Aviation San Marino as T7-SSS. Empire Aviation San Marino continues to operate two Global 6000s, along with several other Global-series jets, Bombardier Business Aircraft, Boeing Business Jet, Embraer Executive Jets, Gulfstream Aerospace, and Hawker Beechcraft aircraft.