Orbis International seeks to expand services to prevent blindness and restore sight in Middle East Warrenton, VIRGINIA - 5 March 2008 - Air Serv International recently carried an Orbis International assessment team from Amman, Jordan to Erbil and Sulaimaniyah in the Kurdistan region of Iraq. Orbis...
By Jeremy Keyes 5 April 2008 - When Air Serv International’s regular aircraft fuel supplier at Lubumbashi Airport in the DRC last week could not supply fuel for the following day’s flight, Japhet Mbali and Jerome Kikunibitingo worked into the night to acquire fuel for the...
By Lane Wallace March 24, 2008 "If we're lucky, we'll actually see the volcanoes today," Cindy Silong says as we make our way through the murky gray skies of southeastern Uganda. Frankly, I'll consider myself lucky if I see anything clearly today. There's an overcast just...
By Reem Kloub The 20th of March 2008 was a day I will never forget. I started out thinking that it would be a normal day, escorting the operations team at the airport during their preparation for the flight from Jordan to Iraq. However, as soon...
Crisis in Chad increases demand for humanitarian air services Warrenton, Virginia 8 February 2008 - An Air Serv International Twin Otter aircraft arrived yesterday in Abeche, Chad from Entebbe, Uganda. The aircraft was sent in response to the increased demand for humanitarian air services in Chad...
Heavy fighting continued in Chad's capital, N'Djamena today between anti-government rebels and the Chad National Army. Air Serv International's Chad country director, finance manager, and an aircraft engineer, who were in N'Djamena when the fighting broke out, were all evacuated safely. Aircraft engineer Elish Gokavi...
Air Serv International team in Abeche continues to assist with evacuation of UN & NGO staff - Normal humanitarian flight service still in effect - Air Serv International staff in N'Djamena advised to evacuate - remain on standby. Air Serv International's staff in the town of...
Air Serv International expands flight schedule into Iraq in support of MSF-France and other humanitarian NGOs working in Kurdistan Warrenton, Virginia, 1 February 2008 - In preparation for a new humanitarian flight service linking Amman, Jordan with Sulaimaniyah, Iraq, Air Serv International Country Director Arthur Hussey...
Six full-scale medical evacuations completed in November in Iraq Warrenton, VA - January 3, 2007 - At the request of the Palestine Children's Relief Fund, in November Air Serv International flew three children from Iraq to hospitals equipped to treat their specific injuries in Jordan, in addition...
The British Department for International Development (DFID), which has since 2004 financed Air Serv International's humanitarian flights in The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), recently expanded its support to add a Cessna Caravan in Lubumbashi. Air Serv International opened its Lubumbashi base in 2004 with...
