Doha: Turkish Airlines continues its efforts to mend the wounds of those affected with the coordination of AFAD (Ministry of Interior Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency) following the devastating earthquake centered in Kahramanmaraş and affecting surrounding cities of Kilis, Diyarbakır, Adana, Osmaniye, Gaziantep, Malatya, Şanlıurfa, Adıyaman and Hatay.
Coordinating with all official organizations such as AFAD and Turkish Red Crescent, flag carrier ensured all search and rescue teams along with aid materials were delivered to affected areas as soon as possible by conducting aid flights and evacuating those affected with evacuation flights without any charges during the crisis.
Turkish Airlines carried 238,112 search and rescue personnel with its 1324 aid flights while evacuating its 230,980 citizens from the earthquake area with 1302 evacuation flights. Continuing its operations in coordination with AFAD and Türkiye missions, embassies, and consulates abroad to deliver aid from Türkiye and abroad as soon as possible, Turkish Airlines carried 15,648 tons of aid material free of charge to the areas afflicted by the earthquake as mostly food, medicine, clothing, generators, hygiene kits, tents with 156 cargo flights. (6198 tons of the cargo were carried with flights conducted from 77 countries while the remaining 9450 tons were from Türkiye)
Turkish Airlines’ 249 personnel were volunteers in the area, assisting search and rescue operations and delivering humanitarian aid.
Members of Airport Rescue and Fire Fighting (ARFF) team of Turkish Airlines Flight Academy in Aydın also took place in the rescue operations in İskenderun.
Turkish Airlines Chairman of the Board and the Executive Committee, Prof. Dr. Ahmet Bolat stated: “With the responsibility of being the national flag carrier, we are working with all officials to mend the wounds."
