| Government Switches San Pedro Medevac Flights From Tropic Air to Maya Island Air |
| Thu, November 12, 2026 |
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| And staying on San Pedro—Dennison could have protested the government's recent move to drop Tropic Air and use Maya Island Air exclusively for medevac flights off the island.
7News has confirmed with one of the volunteer ambulance service providers on San Pedro that the Government told the island polyclinic it will no longer use Tropic Air to medevac injured or seriously ill patients to Belize City. That service will now be exclusively routed through Maya Island Air.
Billy Leslie of Triple R Emergency Response told 7News that the notice came earlier this week. He says the polyclinic has been exclusively using Tropic Air for this purpose for years, and he finds it to be efficient.
He expressed concern that the transfer point for patients onto the Maya Island flights is 150 meters away from the drop-off point, while Tropic's pickup point was only 20 meters away, meaning less exposure for the patients.
He says that for his private patients he will continue to use Tropic Air.
The move by government comes after Tropic Air CEO Max Greif was publicly critical of government's proposal to move the island airport to Northern Ambergris Caye.
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