Triforce Expands Global ICU Network to Six Continents

Triforce today announced the activation of a São Paulo (GRU) standby base, completing 24/7 ICU jet coverage across six continents and reducing average launch times for South American missions from 6 hours to under 90 minutes.

The new base joins existing standby crews in Geneva, Dubai, Singapore, Johannesburg, and Teterboro. Each base houses a fully credentialed flight medical team, a long-range jet on Alert-30 status, and a redundant supply of ICU consumables sufficient for a five-day intercontinental mission profile.

Why this matters for hospitals and families

South America has historically been the longest-launch corridor for global medevac providers — most missions originated from North America and absorbed an 8–10 hour ferry leg before the patient was on board. Forward-basing a Bombardier Global 7500 in Brazil collapses that ferry into the patient transport itself.

• Average launch time in the region: 90 minutes (down from ~6 hours)
• Maximum unrefueled mission radius from GRU: 7,700 NM
• Onboard configuration: full ICU + isolation pod compatible
• Crew composition: ICU physician, flight nurse, paramedic, two pilots

What's next

Triforce will publish quarterly mission-time reports beginning Q3 2026, giving referring physicians and case managers transparent benchmarks to plan against. A seventh base — likely Anchorage — is on the 2027 roadmap to close the polar route gap.