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VOLGA-DNEPR AIRLINES RUSHES AID TO TYPHOON HAIYAN VICTIMS IN THE PHILIPPINES


Volga-Dnepr Airlines joined the relief effort delivering urgently- needed humanitarian aid to the victims of typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines.


On November 13, the airline’s IL-76TD- 90VD freighter aircraft landed in Lapu- Lapu Airport carrying humanitarian supplies from Denmark and Sweden. Cargo onboard the flight included generators, tents, food, mobile camps for relief workers, motor transport and water purifiers and was delivered on behalf of the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency. The


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The Norwegian Red Cross has thanked Volga-Dnepr Airlines for its role in expediting humanitarian aid to victims of Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines.


The charity called on Volga-Dnepr to operate a relief flight on November 20, carrying 31 tons of much-needed aid. The airline’s IL-76TD-90VD freighter aircraft delivered the cargo to Davao, a city in Mindanao in the Philippines and the third most populous metropolitan area in the country, to help victims of the natural disaster.


This was the latest in a series of flights operated by Volga-Dnepr Airlines, which also carried aid shipments from Singapore,


flights were operated under the auspices of the SALIS project.


This was Volga-Dnepr’s latest relief flight to help victims of natural disasters in the Philippines. At the beginning of November, the airline carried 26 tons of aid and relief cargo from Changi Airport in Singapore to Lapu-Lapu to help those who suffered in the October 15 earthquake. 485 tents and 150 sheds were transported to the disaster area at the request of air charter broker Chapman Freeborn. Volga-Dnepr’s specialists organised the services of third- party freight handlers at the departure and arrival airports for loading and unloading.


Denmark and Sweden to Lapu Lapu. A further series of flights delivered more than 80 tons of relief cargo from Canada to the disaster area.


Breno Horsth of the Norwegian Red Cross said: “We are indeed happy with how everything went. Loading in Oslo was accomplished in a very professional way with the Volga-Dnepr team working alongside the Norwegian military to coordinate the operation. The airline’s experts have huge experience of dealing with the different types of cargo and they are always helpful and well-coordinated. We are really glad to cooperate with Volga- Dnepr Airlines.”


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On-time performance of the flight to the Philippines was one of the pre-conditions of the booking because the delegation of consignor and consignee representatives were expecting the aircraft to arrive within a precise timeframe.


Volga-Dnepr has over 23 years’ experience of participating in international aid and relief missions. Over this period, the airline’s AN-124-100 and IL-76TD-90VD freighter fleet has performed 978 flights and delivered over 65,000 tons of urgently- needed aid and relief cargo to 93 countries worldwide. Its contribution to supporting the fast transportation of humanitarian cargo has been a key part of urgent aid missions around the world, including for victims of the devastating tsunami in South-East Asia (2004), Hurricane Katrina in the USA (2005), the eruption of the Chaiten Volcano in Chile (2008), and earthquakes in Haiti (2010) and Turkey (2011).


The International project SALIS (Strategic Airlift Interim Solution) involves 14 nations and pools the resources of the participants to charter special aircraft to provide heavy airlift capability.


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