One-Year-Old flown to Boston Children’s for Critical Care

On January 20, 2021, AeroAngel will fly one-year-old Jayne from her home in Georgia to Boston for a critical surgery. Jayne not only has a limited immune system, but also has to travel with essential medical equipment, so AeroAngel is providing a private jet flight for her to reach Boston Children’s Hospital for her treatment.

AeroAngel is the only organization in the country that provides long-distance flights all on private jet aircraft for very sick children at no cost to families, who need to travel to and from distant, life-saving medical care.  

AeroAngel is based in Denver, Colorado, but provides flights across the country, relying on a network of generous jet donors, volunteer pilots and funded charter flights to fulfill a growing list of urgent flight requests.  Last year, AeroAngel completed nearly 75 flights, and has already completed six in 2021.

“With the COVID storm still overhead, we expect demand for flights to double again this year to help medically fragile children with no other safe options travel to and from life-saving medical care,” said Mark Pestal, AeroAngel’s founder and president,  “For families like Jayne’s, commercial air travel is not a safe option given her special needs and the presence of pathogens in public spaces.”

AeroAngel is a unique aviation charity that helps very sick children get to and from distant, life-saving medical care on private jets at no cost to their families.  Founded in 2010, AeroAngel is a mostly volunteer charity and tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.  www.aeroangel.org

Media inquiries:  Sarah Leatherby Sarah@aeroangel.org