Airlink is working with its NGO and airline partners to provide free-of-charge flights for responding personnel to reach communities in Maui. Volunteer relief responders will be providing critical services including telecommunications connectivity, debris removal, heirloom recovery, and shelter support. Affected residents most in need of support will be prioritized.
Airlink is actively engaged in responding to the ongoing wildfires that have tragically claimed over 50 lives in Hawaii. Maui is bearing the brunt of the fires, and the Lahaina community in western Maui, which is home to approximately 12,000 people, now stands largely in ruins, resulting in the displacement of hundreds of families. The repercussions have been profound, with more than 250 structures either damaged or utterly destroyed, transforming entire sections of Lahaina.
Airlink is working with its NGO and airline partners to provide free-of-charge flights for responding personnel to reach communities in Maui. On the cargo movement side, Airlink is receiving incoming requests from partners and is so far working to send 30 pallets of aid over the coming weeks.
Airlink brings prior expertise in wildfire response, demonstrated through ongoing response efforts to the Nova Scotia, Canada wildfires, the Lytton Creek Fires (2021), and the lethal bushfires in Australia during 2020. Airlink will assist in moving responders to provide immediate relief, in addition to later-stage debris removal, sheltering, and recovery once the wildfires are contained - for as long as the need exists.
