Astral Aviation, Airlink sign MoU to ferry disaster relief shipments

Astral Aviation has signed its first formal partnership agreement with disaster response nonprofit Airlink. “In the agreement, Astral Aviation promises to transport 50 tonnes of humanitarian aid over the next year. Airlink will utilise the cargo space to support the movement of humanitarian aid across Astral Aviation’s network, already leveraging this partnership in order to support a shipment of medicines and medical supplies to South Sudan, stated an oficial release. “The supplies were donated by Airlink’s NGO partner, Partners for World Health, to an additional member of Airlink’s network, IMA World Health, and will be distributed in flood-affected regions in the Greater Upper Nile region as well as in health facilities along South Sudan’s border with Uganda,” the release added. Sanjeev Gadhia, CEO, Astral Aviation says, “As Astral Aviation, we see the partnership with Airlink as an important opportunity to support some of the humanitarian efforts in the Sub-Saharan region so as to help alleviate the suffering on some of the war-ravaged and disaster stricken population.”