
UN Humanitarian Air Service
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An essential enabler of global humanitarian action, UNHAS โ ensures that aid workers & relief items get to people most in need.
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With violence grounding commercial flights, UN Humanitarian Air Service remains the only way in and out of #Haitiโs capitalโa vital lifeline for humanitarians. In 2025, UNHAS has stepped up operations, completing 700 flights and transporting 7500 aid workers to keep the crisis response going.


.@UNHAS planes and helicopters deliver lifesaving aid when no one else canโno matter where, no matter what. But without new funds, this vital service that keeps the entire humanitarian system moving will be grounded. World Food Programme needs $101m to ensure UNHAS stays in the skies in 2025.

โ๏ธ Access is everything The UN Humanitarian Air Services keeps #Sudan connected UN Humanitarian Air Service transports aid workers & vital supplies to the frontlines of the world's largest humanitarian crisis Every flight we operate is a lifeline Thanks to ๐จ๐ฆ๐ช๐บ๐ซ๐ท๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ๐ท๐ณ๐ด๐ธ๐ช๐จ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ง๐บ๐ณ๐บ๐ธ ๐

In northeast #Nigeria ๐ณ๐ฌ, a complex humanitarian crisis marked by escalating insecurity, widespread displacement & severe food insecurity continues to worsen. #UNHAS ๐remains the only way to access and support millions of people that require life-saving humanitarian assistance.

#ThankYouThursday Shout out to the United Kingdom Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office ๐ฌ๐ง for supporting World Food Programme-UNHAS operations in ๐จ๐ฉ๐ธ๐ธ๐พ๐ช Their constant support ensures that #UNHAS continues to enable the humanitarian community to reach people in need quickly & safely. #UNHASโ๏ธ๐



๐ aux ๐ฎ๐ฝโโ๏ธpilots et au personnel talentueux de UN Humanitarian Air Service pour leur excellent service et rรฉseau couvrant le #Tchad. Flying over the Lake Chad Basin reveals a stunning wonderland of beauty and evolving nature-in-action.

Humanitarian flights carry loads of aid workers and nearly 800 MT of crucial food supplies every month to Burkina Faso.๐ฉ๏ธ Together with UN Humanitarian Air Service, EU Civil Protection & Humanitarian Aid ๐ช๐บ has been providing last-mile access to remote regions & blockaded areas, supporting communities facing starvation.



"UNHAS is life saving & life changing in this region." ๐Hear from Cindy McCain on NPR about how UN Humanitarian Air Service remains critical for the entire humanitarian community to access people in urgent need in #DRC ๐จ๐ฉ Funding is needed FAST to ensure that no one is left behind. #SavingLives

๐ช๐บ We extend our sincere gratitude to the European Union for its steadfast and strategic support to UNHAS in Madagascar. Since 2022, through EU Civil Protection & Humanitarian Aid ๐ช๐บ, the EU has been instrumental in sustaining humanitarian air operations and ensuring critical access across the country. โ๏ธ๐ฒ๐ฌ

Huge thanks to EU Civil Protection & Humanitarian Aid ๐ช๐บ ๐ช๐บ for the continued support! It will keep UN Humanitarian Air Service in the air โ๏ธ for its vital mission in #Chad ๐น๐ฉ, enabling aid workers to reach those most in need, even during the rainy season in remote areas.


#Mali๐ฒ๐ฑ In remote regions like #Menaka, access to basic social services remains a challenge. Thanks to UN Humanitarian Air Service life-saving vaccines & essential vaccination kits๐are now reaching children and vulnerable communities. Every flightโ๏ธis more than just transport: itโs a lifeline.


Thanks to UN Humanitarian Air Service support,ย IOM was able to transport humanitarian cargo by air to Belladรจre, a border town difficult to access by road due to gang violence in Mirebalais. This mission allows IOM and GARR to deliver urgent assistance to deported migrants in this isolated area.


When road travel is restricted, how do aid workers reach project sites? Watch how EU Civil Protection & Humanitarian Aid ๐ช๐บ and UN Humanitarian Air Service work together to get cargo and aid workers to remote places in Mali and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. ๐ฉ


Grateful for your contributions ๐จ๐ฆDรฉveloppement Canada, ๐บ๐ธUSAID, ๐ฐ๐ทKOREAZ, ๐จ๐ญSwiss Development and Cooperation, ๐ฌ๐งUK aid, ๐ช๐บEU Civil Protection & Humanitarian Aid ๐ช๐บ and CERF - The UN's emergency fund. UN Humanitarian Air Service needs your support to keep flying โ๏ธ in #Chad - delivering lifesaving assistance where itโs needed most. Help us reach those who can't wait!

#FactFriday Every day, dozens of #UNHAS aircraft crisscross our skies, transporting aid workers from NGOs and United Nations agencies & vital cargo to communities in need around the ๐ It is a bridge to the most vulnerable populations, allowing timely and effective humanitarian assistance