Vertaxi and Ruijin Partner on M1 Air Ambulance
The cabin is equipped with micro-infusion pumps, defibrillator monitors, and emergency transport ventilators.
Vertaxi announced today the public debut of its M1 air ambulance mission verification aircraft at the Shanghai International Advanced Air Mobility Expo (AAM Shanghai).
The 2-ton-class crewed eVTOL was developed in collaboration with Ruijin Hospital.
According to the eVTOL maker, the aircraft addresses emergency medical rescue scenarios. The State Council’s recently released “National Health ‘15th Five-Year Plan” supports qualified regions to carry out aviation medical rescue.
Vertaxi projects that, at scale, the M1 will reduce peak-hour ground travel between Ruijin Hospital’s Jinshan and Huangpu campuses from 90–100 minutes to approximately 15 minutes.
Conventional rescue helicopters cost 30,000 to 70,000 yuan per hour; Vertaxi puts the eVTOL aircraft’s operating cost at 15% of that, projecting flight costs at the thousand-yuan level.
The cabin is equipped with micro-infusion pumps, defibrillator monitors, and emergency transport ventilators. Vertaxi said the M1 has completed feasibility verification for cabin space, medical equipment, and rescue procedures.
Plans call to optimize onboard medical systems and advance the engineering prototype, focusing on reliability and refinement.
Prior to the M1's debut, Vertaxi noted that its industrial drone brand FCourier conducted clinical blood deliveries in Chuzhou and Zhongshan, reducing transport times from 40–50 minutes to about 15 minutes.
CEO Xie Ling said the eVTOL restructures the cost structure of traditional general aviation, drawing on domestic new energy and smart manufacturing supply chains.
Vertaxi added it will continue cooperation with Ruijin Hospital to build a 10- to 15-minute urban emergency rescue network.