MRO Americas 2024: Airlink On What You Don't Know About The Global Impact Of Aviation

Airlink, a charity non-profit organisation headquartered in Washington, D.C., is hosting 15 minute session in the Go LIVE Theater at our MRO Americas event, on the exhibition hall floor at the McCormick Convention Center in Chicago on April 9 at 4:30pm. Sandra Walter, the charity's Director of Development, will give a talk about the global impact of aviation from a humanitarian aid perspective.

Airlink connects its nonprofit and aviation partners to deliver disaster supplies and physical help following humanitarian crises worldwide. It can help with the transportation of passengers and cargo and Airlink can respond at local, national and international levels.
 

The charity works with over 100 non-profit organisations and 40 aviation partners. While disasters can occur anywhere, certain areas of the world are more vulnerable than others. 

The charity's Regional Response Framework has regional response plans, focused on responding in high-risk countries including: 

  • Latin America and the Caribbean
  • Asia Pacific
  • North America
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Middle East
  • North Africa
  • Europe

Through consistent engagement during non-disaster periods, the regional response team thinks ahead and plans collective capacity to respond to an emergency.

For example, Airlink continues to coordinate the movement of critically needed aid to Afghanistan where most of the population are struggling to meet even basic needs. Vulnerable populations across Afghanistan are at additional risk during winter months because they are left exposed to deadly temperatures and vulnerable to health risks. 

There were 10 tons of health supplies given on behalf of INTERSOS and MEDAIR working with airline partners including Kam Air, Philippine Airlines, Turkish Airlines Cargo, and Qatar Airways Cargo.

Attend the session here at MRO Americas to learn more about Airlink's work and what you need to know about how the aviation sector helps with the charity's endeavours. 

Who What Where

Session: What You Don't Know About the Global Impact of Aviation

Speaker: Sandra Walter, Director of Development

Venue: Go LIVE Theater, exhibition hall at the McCormick Convention Center in Chicago on April 9 at 4:30pm

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