Additional jets set to bolster medical response for remote communities

RACQ Lifeflight Rescue has taken delivery of two more Challenger 604 aircraft, expanding and upgrading its fleet of medically configured jets.

The two jets will provide people who live in remote communities even faster access to world-class medical treatment.

“The aircraft can go to the majority of airstrips and townships in Queensland and bring those people to the major centres such as Townsville,

Cairns, Mackay and Brisbane,” LifeFlight Coordination Centre executive manager Peter Elliott said.

The RACQ Lifeflight Rescue Air Ambulance jet fleet now consists of four Challenger 604s, two of which will be based in Brisbane and two in Townsville.

“One of the new aircraft is replacing our Lear 45 jet, which has been based in Townsville for the past 10 years, while the other is an addition to our fleet,” Mr Elliott said.

Two of RACQ Lifeflight Rescue’s Challenger 604s and a Learjet 45 airlifted three of the injured miners from the Moranbah gas explosion earlier this month.