Aircraft class
Hybrid gyroplane
Air ambulance aircraft manufacturer
A safer helicopter, built for emergency medical flight.
Aurenda designs and manufactures the Avectra 101, a hybrid gyroplane-helicopter engineered from the ground up for the air ambulance mission, safer flight, far lower operating cost, and a lighter footprint on every mission.
Flight safety
3x safer profile
Fuel per mission
35-40% lower
Site access
VTOL anywhere
Why we build differently
The air ambulance has barely changed in 40 years
Most emergency medical helicopters are general-purpose aircraft adapted for the role. They are costly to fly, constrained by terrain and weather, and carry a disproportionate safety burden. Aurenda set out to fix that at the source, in the aircraft itself.
Dangerous flight profiles
Conventional helicopters are exposed to vortex ring state and tail-rotor failure, a leading cause of loss-of-control accidents.
High operating cost
Twin-engine HEMS helicopters are expensive to fuel and maintain, which limits how many missions can be flown.
Limited access
Terrain, weather and landing-zone requirements restrict where and when a helicopter can reach a patient.
Heavy footprint
High fuel burn drives high emissions per mission, an increasing concern for public health providers.
The aircraft
The Avectra 101, a category replacement
The Avectra 101 is not a modified helicopter. It is a hybrid gyroplane-helicopter, purpose-built so that a single aircraft is safer, cheaper and cleaner at the same time.
- VTOL mode lifts the aircraft vertically for take-off and landing from any site, no runway needed.
- Gyroplane mode lets the rotor autorotate freely in cruise for a stable, low-drag, fuel-efficient flight.
- Engine failure becomes a controlled glide, not a freefall.
Four compounding advantages
Why the Avectra 101 changes everything
01
Safer
No tail rotor. No vortex ring state. An autorotating rotor cannot stall. Safety is engineered in, not marketed on.
02
Lower cost
Fewer parts, less fuel and simpler maintenance mean far more missions can be flown for the same budget.
03
More versatile
A wider environmental envelope, higher winds, harder terrain and tighter sites, so it reaches more patients.
04
Sustainable
35 to 40% lower fuel burn per mission than a conventional helicopter, with a simpler airframe to maintain.
Built for critical care
A flying intensive-care platform
Every Avectra 101 is built as a mobile critical-care environment. The stretcher-configured cabin is engineered for advanced intervention in flight, and the aircraft is prepared for integrated telemedicine so operators can connect a specialist to the patient from the moment of dispatch.
- A cabin laid out for monitoring, ventilation, transfusion and airway management.
- Wiring and provisioning for real-time telemedicine and physiological data.
- Room for a crew to work, so care can begin long before the hospital.
Built for the mission
One aircraft, every emergency role
The Avectra 101 is designed for the organisations that deliver emergency medical flight.
01
HEMS operators
Helicopter emergency medical services that need a safer, lower-cost aircraft to fly more missions.
02
Inter-hospital transfer
Rapid, high-acuity critical-care transfers between facilities, with a full ICU cabin in the air.
03
Remote & industrial
Energy, mining and offshore operators needing dependable medical response where help is far away.
By design
The numbers are structural
Every figure here is a property of the airframe, not a marketing target.
3x
Safer flight profile than conventional HEMS helicopters
94%
Up to 94% lower operating cost per flight hour, by design
Zero
Tail rotors, and no exposure to vortex ring state
Answers
Air ambulance aircraft, answered
A quick primer on Aurenda, the Avectra 101 and what a modern air ambulance manufacturer does.
Is Aurenda an air ambulance service?
No. Aurenda is a manufacturer. We design and build air ambulance helicopters for the operators, health systems and providers who fly emergency medical missions. Aurenda does not operate flights or provide emergency care itself.
What is the Avectra 101?
The Avectra 101 is Aurenda's hybrid gyroplane-helicopter, an air ambulance aircraft built from a clean sheet for the emergency medical mission. It offers vertical take-off and landing from any site, a gyroplane cruise on a rotor that cannot stall, no tail rotor, and 35 to 40% lower fuel burn than a conventional HEMS helicopter.
What makes the aircraft safer than a conventional helicopter?
The safety is built into the airframe. With no tail rotor, no exposure to vortex ring state, and a rotor that autorotates and cannot stall, several of the most dangerous helicopter failure modes are engineered out. An engine failure becomes a controlled glide rather than a freefall.
Who buys the Avectra 101?
Air ambulance and HEMS operators, health systems, government agencies, and organisations providing remote or industrial medical cover. Aurenda supplies and supports the aircraft; its operators deliver the clinical service.
Where is Aurenda based?
Aurenda's head office is at 8 Manor Gardens, Farncombe, Surrey GU7 3LL, United Kingdom. Aurenda is a division of Fixius Holdings.
How can I enquire about the aircraft?
Contact Aurenda through our contact page or email enquiries@aurenda.me to request a specification pack, discuss a fleet requirement, or arrange a technical briefing.
Aurenda
Talk to the team building the Avectra 101
Operators, health systems and agencies, request a specification pack or a technical briefing on the aircraft.