THAI flies humanitarian aid to Haiti
Thai Airways International will conduct a humanitarian freighter flight, transporting rice that has been donated from the Government of Thailand to the Republic of Haiti, on February 1.
Piyasvasti Amranand, THAI President, said that THAI is supporting the transport of 100 tonnes of rice from the Government of Thailand to the Republic of Haiti. THAI's humanitarian air shipment will be transported on THAI's cargo freighter Boeing 747-300F aircraft, which the Company obtained for cargo freight transport, on the route Bangkok-Incheon Airport-Alaska-Miami-Dominican Republic.
THAI's freighter will depart from Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi Airport on 1 February 2010, operating at approximately 36 hours flight time.
Once THAI's humanitarian freighter flight lands at Santo Domingo Airport in the Dominican Republic, UN humanitarian assistance teams will dispatch donated goods to those in need of relief aid in Haiti. Haiti was struck by severe earthquake on 12 January 2010.
THAI's humanitarian support is valued at the equivalent of US$632,000.
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