Airline provides free transport to relief workers, cargo,
donates $1 million to funds
Qantas Airways has
announced on Friday that in the wake of the earthquake and series
of tsunamis that have devastated South East Asia, it has taken the
following actions:
The airline will ontinue to operate its daily 747 services to
Bangkok, and its regular services to Indonesia and India
Send Qantas staff to Phuket to assist with relief efforts
Operated a special 767 flight to Phuket to bring travelers back
to Australia. Qantas General Manager of Aviation Health Services,
Dr. Ion Morrison, and Qantas Nurse Robyn Noble traveled to Phuket
to assist the injured on the ground and on the return flight
Arranged to operate a special relief flight to Male in The
Maldives and Colombo in Sri Lanka, carrying medical teams and
equipment to both Male and Colombo and carrying passengers back to
Australia from Colombo
Offered free of charge travel to a team of volunteer doctors
from Melbourne to Colombo
Flown medical and charitable supplies free of charge to the
region
Announced that it would donate a total of $1 million to UNICEF,
CARE Australia, Oxfam and World Vision to assist with their
disaster relief efforts.
The Chief Executive Officer of Qantas Airways, Geoff Dixon, said
Qantas had been in close contact with the Australian Government
since the disaster occurred to offer assistance, and the airline
remained in constant contact to provide whatever capacity and help
is required.
"We will continue to monitor the situation closely and stand
ready to provide any additional assistance required," Mr. Dixon
said.
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