The Group purchases Centreline’s medical repatriation service to consolidate its position in the UK medical repatriation market.

11th June 2025 – Gama Aviation’s Special Mission strategic business unit is pleased to announce the acquisition of Capital Air Ambulance (subject to closing) from Centreline augmenting the Group’s fixed wing air ambulance services in the UK.

On closing, the deal signed yesterday, will see the transition of the Capital team to Gama Aviation, in a move that will increase the resilience of the Group’s existing CQC and Eurami approved clinical team as well as its flight operations and pilot cadre.

Mark Smith, Managing Director, Special Mission commented: “Strategically the acquisition allows us to achieve two complementary activities; one, grow our share of the repatriation market and two, enhance, the productivity of our air ambulance fleet. With this deal, we will achieve both in a shorter timescale and with less execution risk than if we had organically grown our existing share of the repatriation market.”

Gama Aviation was advised through the transaction process by Clairfield Limited. Capital Air Ambulance provided rapid response medical repatriation services with a guaranteed bed-to-bed service and operated as one of the UK’s leading specialist air ambulance services prior to the acquisition.