02 Nov Air Serv International expands service to Sudan

On November 2, 2007 Air Serv International took delivery of an Astar 350 (squirrel) helicopter in South Sudan. The aircraft will fly on November 5th to support UNOPS assessment teams visiting schools in southern Sudan. The helicopter will be based in Juba, Sudan.

Air Serv International is providing humanitarian flights to help rebuild this African nation’s infrastructure. Ongoing support for the education system is an investment in building a sustainable future. Air Serv International is proud to support UNOPS school assessment teams in reaching these remote communities in Sudan.

Air Serv International, Inc. is a not-for-profit humanitarian 501 (c) 3 aviation organization incorporated in Florida in 1984. Currently Air Serv International operates 19 aircraft worldwide. It has more than 23 years and over a quarter of a million hours of flight time, with no flight related fatalities.

Air Serv International is committed to improve conditions and become a catalyst for positive change by helping the peoples of our host countries to help themselves, and supporting our partner humanitarian aid agencies with air service to some of the most remote and underserved places in the world. Air Serv International working with our partners provides relief, rehabilitation, development, aviation, environmental protection and restoration, democracy building, medical evacuations, and security evacuation services globally.

Air Serv partners include World Vision, Doctors Without Borders, International Rescue Committee, Save the Children, Bureau of Population Migrations and the British and European aid agencies, DFID, ECHO, Louis Berger Group, United Nations, USAID and other humanitarian agencies and organizations. This is just an example of the over 200 agencies and organizations that Air Serv International works with.

Contact: Chris Johnson
Phone: 540-428-2323 ext 113
E-mail: CJOHNSON@AIRSERV.ORG