Lufthansa sends one MD-11 with 80 tons of relief to Santo Domingo

LUFTHANSA Cargo has flown an MD-11 freighter with 80 tons of food and equipment to Dominican Republic's capital of Santo Domingo where it was moved on by truck to the earthquake victims in neighbouring Haiti that shares the island of Hispanioloa

The shipment consists largely of food, medicines and equipment. Since Port-au-Prince airport in Haiti is restricted exclusively to military aircraft, the relief flight will land in Santo Domingo.

The journey from Santo Domingo to Port-au-Prince takes 15 hours. Further cargo flights are being considered. Additionally, Lufthansa is transporting further aid supplies, especially food, to Miami in the bellyholds of passenger aircraft. These are being shipped to Port-au-Prince on the US military airlift.

"Lufthansa promptly contacted the crisis staff of the German government last week to offer its support," said Lufthansa group chairman Wolfgang Mayrhuber. "As a globally active group, we feel duty-bound to help relieve the suffering of the victims in Haiti".

HelpAlliance, the voluntary aid organisation set up by Lufthansa staff in 1999, has opened an account at the Frankfurter Sparkasse 1822, to which donations for the people in Haiti can be sent (account number: 1245639577, sort code: 500 502 01/ ref: "Haiti").

(Source: www.schednet.com)