What Do We Do?
We provide updated turbine, piston-diesel or gasoline-piston powered aircraft at no cost to Humanitarian Organizations worldwide. We also provide funding, if necessary, for the training of a pilot-mechanic for organizations receiving aircraft
Why Do We Do This?
AIRCRAFT SAVE LIVES! They provide a primary means by which the dedicated people of Humanitarian Organizations help the world. Aircraft operated by Humanitarian Organizations around the world are operational 365 days a year serving the most needy on our planet. Often they are the ONLY way these people will receive medical help and services as well as emergency food and assistance. Irreversible conditions now exist which make it increasingly more difficult for these organizations to provide their life saving and life sustaining services. Rising cost, decreasing availability and the certain demise of 100LL Aviation Gasoline are critical problems without solutions in sight from the petroleum industry. In addition, increasing maintenance and repair costs of an aging fleet of aircraft severely impact the resources of Humanitarian Organizations. Most of the existing Humanitarian Aviation fleet must use 100LL(100 Octane, Low Lead content) Aviation Gasoline. The petroleum industry has warned that the future production of 100LL Aviation Gasoline will continue to decline as it is phased out worldwide. Already, 100LL is not available in some parts of the world needing Humanitarian air service the most. Making this problem much more serious is the fact that the replacement for 100LL has not yet been developed. As the existing fleet continues to age, it is very unlikely that modifying these aircraft to operate on a replacement fuel years in the future will be financially feasible or practical. Also complicating the issue, it is not yet known if this replacement fuel will be widely available throughout the world. The average age of aircraft used in Humanitarian Aviation worldwide is 39 years. As Humanitarian Organizations struggle to keep their aircraft safe and operational, maintenance and repair costs increase exponentially with age and use. Even without the 100LL fuel problem, this issue alone requires prompt and continual attention. Aircraft must be replaced as they reach their safe operational age and use limits HUMANITARIAN AVIATION INTERNATIONAL, INC. provides solutions to these financial and operational problems by providing Humanitarian Organizations with new or low-time, updated, often more capable aircraft. These aircraft will utilize modern turbine or piston-diesel engines which use Jet-A Aviation Fuel. Jet-A is much more affordable, is widely available worldwide and has a long production life anticipated. Some missions may allow the use of smaller aircraft powered by engines which can use automobile gasoline. Another problem facing Humanitarian Aviation is that commercial aviation outside of the Humanitarian Sector offers pilots and mechanics more opportunities for higher pay, greater benefits and advancement. Also for budgetary and personnel reasons in many areas of operation worldwide, Humanitarian Aviation sector pilots are required to maintain and repair the aircraft the fly. As educational costs continue to rise worldwide the time and expense required to educate, train and qualify a Professional Pilot/Certified Aircraft Mechanic can be discouraging and difficult to accomplish and is beyond the means of many small humanitarian organizations. Often, it is impossible for such training to be obtained locally. To encourage and enable greater participation in Humanitarian Aviation, HUMANITARIAN AVIATION INTERNATIONAL, INC. will provide funding, when necessary, to enable those humanitarian organizations receiving aircraft to train a pilot/mechanic for their organization.
Who Do We Serve?
Our primary focus is to provide aircraft to smaller Humanitarian Organizations operating in areas of the world which are unserved or undeserved by existing Humanitarian Aviation. Our goal is to enable these organizations to improve and increase their level of service and areas served by supplementing existing or implementing new Humanitarian Aviation operations where they are needed most and provided least. We also, when necessary, fund the training of a person specified by the recipient organization and preferably indigenous to the areas where we place an aircraft as a pilot/mechanic. By doing this, we hope to empower local people and provide another way to strengthen humanitarian efforts locally.
