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Enfidha-Hammamet International Airport serves many tourist flights for Hammamet, Sousse, Monastir and Mahdia. For ambulance transport to or from the airport, provide the flight number, check-in or landing time and agreed handover point. Based in Monastir, EMS provides ground transport 24/7 and a quote before confirmation.
Despite its name, Enfidha-Hammamet Airport is near Enfidha in Sousse Governorate, about 45 minutes by road from Hammamet via A1. Always check the airport on the ticket: tourist flights may use Enfidha, Monastir or Tunis-Carthage.
Indicative road-only estimates excluding patient loading:
Summer traffic may extend journeys on tourist routes.
EMS handles the road portion of repatriation in either direction: from a hospital bed or hotel room to the agreed airport handover point, or from that point to a receiving hospital or home. Flight arrangements, in-flight medical escort and airline medical clearance remain the responsibility of the assistance provider or airline. Schedules are coordinated between parties.
The ambulance can reach the aircraft only if the airport and airline authorise access for that flight. Otherwise, handover takes place at the agreed terminal point with ground staff. The location is confirmed before transport day.
For departure, work backwards from the airline's check-in or boarding reporting time, not takeoff. Wheelchair assistance inside the terminal must be requested from the airline in advance.
Prepare flight number, passport name, hotel and room, a reachable contact and any medical documents required by the airline.
If the flight is delayed, EMS stays in touch with the case manager and coordinates collection around actual landing. Provide the destination — hospital, clinic, hotel or home — and receiving contact.
A mission paid for by an assistance company or insurer requires a written quote and a written guarantee of payment (GOP) before confirmation. Medical documents are transferred directly to the responsible coordinator, not through the website form. See our assistance companies and insurers page.
Call +216 48 024 000 or contact EMS via WhatsApp with the flight number, pickup or destination and patient needs. A coordinator calls back within 10 minutes. See our Hammamet ambulance page and request a quote.
EMS is a private patient transport service and does not replace SAMU. In a life-threatening emergency, call 190 first.
In a life-threatening emergency or an acute deterioration, contact the competent public emergency services immediately. A request sent by form or WhatsApp does not confirm a transport booking.
Only if the airport and airline authorise it for the specific flight. Otherwise, handover occurs at the agreed terminal point.
No. EMS provides ground transport in Tunisia. The flight, escort and medical clearance are handled by the assistance company or airline.
The check-in or boarding reporting time specified by the airline, not the flight departure time.
EMS remains in contact with the case manager and coordinates collection around actual landing.
For transport paid by an assistance company or insurer, a written guarantee of payment based on the quote is required.
Hammamet runs along several kilometres of coastline: the walled medina at the water's edge, the Hammamet Nord tourist zone stretching towards Nabeul, and the resort of Yasmine Hammamet to the south-west. Requests for medical transport come from hotels just as much as from families who live here all year round. Based in Monastir, the EMS team works regularly in Hammamet on hospital discharges, transfers between facilities and journeys to and from the airports.
Find out more02When a case handler abroad organises a repatriation or a transfer in Tunisia, the ground legs have to fit the medical file, the flight plan and the payment guarantee all at once. Based in Monastir, EMS Ambulance carries out those road journeys anywhere in the country, working to your case file from the first call to the invoice. This page sets out, step by step, how we work with assistance companies and insurers: what to send us, what you receive and who to deal with.
Find out more03When a patient has a flight to catch or has just landed, the ground leg has to be coordinated precisely with the flight schedule. EMS handles that link between the airport, the care facility and the address concerned.
Find out more04There is no single rate for medical transport. The price is built from the actual journey and the resources it requires, which is why we produce a quote for every request.
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