Peter J Musoko Philippe Martou & Margot van der Velden at the end of a visit to eastern Congo with UN Humanitarian Air Service ✈️ #IFlywithUNHAS #aviation

The UN Humanitarian Air Service aircraft fleet includes fully equipped helicopters for transporting patients, vaccines and biological samples. The deployment and resourcing of UNHAS ✈️🚁 frontline first-response services are critical to the overall humanitarian response.

.World Food Programme is constantly looking at ways to reduce the environmental impact of its operations. A case study carried out in 2021 to evaluate the operation opportunities to minimize aircraft fuel consumption & emissions has shown a decrease ↘️ in fuel consumption of 2%.

The World Food Programme Aviation Service is working to intensify market intelligence and conduct test flights of already identified remotely piloted aircraft systems aimed at expand WFP cargo delivery capabilities in countries with growing needs.

Heading up to Aleppo with DanStoenescu for joint visit with EU in Syria to Aleppo, Hama & Homs. Thanks to WFP Syria and donors for improving access for humanitarians to the north and northeast through #unhas flights

Today, UN Humanitarian Air Service Guinea resumes its flights to #Nzerekore after the end of the airfield rehabilitation works. Humanitarian workers rely on aviation ✈ to reach this destination located in the Guinée forestière region of south-eastern #Guinea 🇬🇳

A few days ago, UN Humanitarian Air Service #Chad transported 13.6 tons of relief items 📦 and High Energy Biscuits 🍪 to the #Sila region to flood-affected populations on behalf of humanitarian actors.

An additional UN Humanitarian Air Service DHC-6 aircraft has arrived in #Haiti 🇭🇹 to meet growing demands as well as to support the cyclonic season.

As the needs in #Somalia 🇸🇴 are greater than ever due to an extreme and worsening drought, it is essential that humanitarian actors and relief cargo can reach the families most in need. Since 2007, UN Humanitarian Air Service ✈ is a vital means of air transport for the humanitarian community.

We have just received a helicopter in #Somalia 🚁 which allow us to transport into the deep field both aid workers as well as humanitarian light cargo.

Since the resumption of UN Humanitarian Air Service services in #Afghanistan 🇦🇫 a year ago, we transported more than 22,500 passengers and 52 tons of light cargo. The operation currently offers 20 connections to remote and hard-to-reach destinations, and to 3 international locations.

Want to know who we are and what we do? Here is a glimpse of what World Food Programme Aviation Service does 🛩🚁⤵️

.UN Humanitarian Air Service plays a crucial role for all humanitarian operations in the North East #Nigeria as it provides essential and reliable access to the humanitarian actors, ensuring critical access to millions of vulnerable people with urgent needs.

Looking back at the World Food Programme Global Passenger Air Service set up from May 2020 to May 2022 to ensure the continued movement of health and humanitarian personnel and essential cargo in the areas impacted by the closure of commercial air travels 🔽

The humanitarian community in #Madagascar urges World Food Programme to continue helicopter services to reach the areas affected by #CycloneFreddy until the end of the rainy season at least🌧️🚁 It would take several days to reach those destinations by road and some are not even accessible!

The last-mile delivery of vital cargo is only possible through helicopter services in the areas affected by #cyclonefreddy in #Madagascar. UN Humanitarian Air Service operates essential flights through a 🚁funded by the EU Civil Protection & Humanitarian Aid 🇪🇺 and requires US$ 1 million to keep the service ⛈️🌪️

When humanitarian aid needs to go to even the most remote locations, UNHAS with funding support from the EU EU Civil Protection & Humanitarian Aid 🇪🇺 can get material and personnel on location for life-saving activities UN Humanitarian Air Service #Madagascar UE à Madagascar & aux Comores

UN Humanitarian Air Service & WFP in Madagascar - PAM requires support from #donors to keep providing essential air service to reach people in need WFP Government Partners