Emirates, International Humanitarian City launch airbridge for quake victims

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In the wake of the devastating earthquakes in Turkey and Syria, Emirates Airline is organising an airbridge with the International Humanitarian City (IHC) to move pressing aid provides, medical gadgets and tools.

The initiative will help on-ground support efforts and search and rescue actions in each nations.

The first shipments are as a consequence of exit on Friday on EK 121 and EK 117, carrying thermal blankets and household tents from United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), adopted by World Health Organisation (WHO) and World Food Programme (WFP) aid cargo of medical kits and shelter gadgets, co-ordinated by the IHC in Dubai.

In the approaching days, extra consignments of blankets, tents, shelter kits, flashlights, water distribution ramps and trauma and emergency well being kits will likely be transported.

Emirates SkyCargo plans to dedicate cargo house for round 100 tonnes of humanitarian aid items over the course of the following two weeks throughout its each day flight operations to Istanbul.

The important emergency provides will then be delivered by native organisations to affected areas in southern Turkey and northern Syria, supporting on-ground responders and offering a lot wanted support to the a whole lot of hundreds of individuals impacted by the earthquakes.

His Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Emirates’ Chairman and Chief Executive, mentioned, “We stand with the Turkish and Syrian people and are working with experts like the International Humanitarian City to help provide urgent relief to those affected and displaced by the earthquakes, as well as support the complex recovery efforts on the ground.”

.@HHAhmedBinSaeed: Emirates has intensive expertise in supporting humanitarian aid efforts, and thru its three each day flights to Istanbul will provide common and constant widebody capability for aid gadgets and medical provides.

— Dubai Media Office (@DXBMediaOffice) February 10, 2023

Mohammed Ibrahim Al Shaibani, Chairman of the Supreme Committee for the Supervision of IHC, mentioned, “We are taking urgent action by facilitating airlifts of vital medical supplies, shelter items and other relief goods from the UNHCR, WHO and WFP to address the pressing demand for aid in the affected regions.”

The freight division of Emirates has a long-standing partnership with the IHC, enabling the airline to nimbly and shortly lead on quite a few aid missions, deploying humanitarian provides to communities all over the world impacted by pure disasters, medical emergencies, world outbreaks and different crises.

In the wake of the devastating earthquakes in Turkey and Syria, @Emirates is organising an airbridge with the @IHC_UAE, to move pressing aid provides, medical gadgets and tools to help on-ground support efforts and search and rescue actions in each nations. pic.twitter.com/9KrXXnwD9A

— Dubai Media Office (@DXBMediaOffice) February 10, 2023