Qatar Airways to offer free service for relief aid to Kerala
Qatar Airways Cargo has come forward to help to the flood ridden state of Kerala by announcing to deliver urgent relief aid. The relief aid will be delivered to the affected areas via the airline’s passenger service from Doha to Thiruvananthapuram.
“We have received earnest requests from the Indian community residing in Qatar seeking support to transport relief aid to Southern Kerala, where many of their families and relatives are affected by the worst flood in a century,” said Guillaume Halleux, Chief Officer Cargo, Qatar Airways.
Free transportation of relief goods from Doha to Trivandrum will be operated on their daily passenger flights. They are expecting to airlift more than 50 tonnes of urgent relief goods from the operation, which will commence from August 21st to 29th August 2018. The team also hoped speedy recovery of the region from the disaster.
Besides, Qatar Airways Cargo invited residents of Qatar to generously contribute relief aid, including dry food, water, clothing, and medicines to those in need, on the occasion of Eid al-Adha. Each donation is permitted up to 100kg.
Qatar Airways Cargo has always been showing their concern for humanitarian crises and has been active in supporting air transportation relief efforts internationally. The cargo carrier delivers air freight to more than 160 destinations worldwide via its Doha hub on more than 200 passenger and freighter aircraft.
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