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| Sunday, 9 January 2005 |
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Emirates supports airport emergency teams A multi-national, volunteer group of experts in airport cargo operations is playing a critical role in the flow of international aid to hundreds of thousands of tsunami victims in Sri Lanka, in possibly the largest emergency logistics operation ever mounted on the island. Supported by Emirates Airline, Dnata and five other companies, the Dubai-based Airport Emergency Team (AET) of the Disaster Resource Network (DRN) was deployed at Colombo's Bandaranaike International Airport for the first time since the AET's establishment, just three days after the country was ravaged by the disaster. Its mandate is to help manage all humanitarian cargo arriving on charter flights into the country, enabling a quick turnaround of aircraft, and the efficient dispatch of relief goods to the affected areas. The Airport Emergency Team has been set up under the patronage of Emirates' Chairman HH Sheikh Ahmed Bin Saeed Al Maktoum and is made up of representatives from seven participating organisations: Emirates, Dnata, DHL, TNT, Aramex, Chapman Freeborn and Dubai Aid City. The AET's nine-member group in Sri Lanka is headed by Chris Weeks of DHL, as Director Europe, Middle East and Africa for the Disaster Resource Network, and Team Leader David Ambridge of Dnata Cargo. |
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