Aid & International Development Forum

Transportation & Logistics WorkshopJune 8 & 9, 2011Ty Prettyman, Program Director

ISTAT AIRLINK A Humanitarian Initiative of the ISTAT Foundation

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AIRLINK – THE FUNDAMENTALS

Given:

Charities and NGOs need air capacity to ship both routine and critical supplies and

staff internationally…

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AIRLINK – THE FUNDAMENTALSIATA Load Factors

…and the capacity is clearly available

Blue = empty space!

No need to reinvent the wheel – let’s use empty space that is

already flying around everyday!

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HOW AIRLINK WORKS

On-line website gathers all NGO needs with airline offerings and, once a match is found, puts the airline and NGO in touch with one another to let them work out the details of the shipment

AIDMATRIX Aidmatrix is a US-based, not-for profit organization specializing in

supply chain management for humanitarian aid

Airlink Partnered with Aidmatrix – January 2010

Website design & improvements

Aidmatrix provides assistance with NGO vetting procedures although actual vetting is performed by Airlink staff

Airlink matching website (www.airlink-istat.org) launched 31 May 2010 and is hosted by Aidmatrix

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ISTAT AIRLINK TIMELINE Airlink is a new program …

The Airlink concept was born in the 2009. All volunteer work force.

Jan 2010 – Haiti. Airlink not fully operational but able to respond.

March 2010 – Ty Prettyman joins as Airlink Program Director.

May 2010 – Airlink matching website formally launched.

May – Dec 2010 – Program building, airline & NGO recruiting, several missions accomplished.

March 2011 – Japan earthquake – AirLink sends aid workers and supplies to Japan.

Today: 13 airlines, 25 NGOs participate and actively recruiting NGOs and airlines. 6

AIRLINK WEBSITE

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AIRLINK WEBSITE

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AIRLINK PROCESS - NGO

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Entering a need:

Reviewing Airline general offer:

AIRLINK PROCESS - AIRLINE

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Entering a general transportation offer:

Reviewing NGO needs:

AIRLINK PARTICIPATION - AIRLINES

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Omni Air International

TACA

AIRLINK PARTICIPATION – SELECTED NGOs

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One World Environment

The Fishermen

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HAITI – 12 JANUARY 2010

230,000 fatalities

Many more injured

Over 1 million made homeless

AIRLINK HAITI RESPONSE

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AIRLINK HAITI RESPONSE2,010 doctors, nurses and relief workers moved

Over 500,500 lbs of cargo transported

75 flights facilitated by AirLink into Haiti and the Dominican Republic

AirLink has donated over $400,000 to help support relief flights

Operations to Haiti continue

AIRLINK HELPING HAITI

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AirLink in conjunction with UPS, Partners in Health (PIH), InvacareOhio, and Dr. Megan Coffee, has combined forces to move a shipment ofoxygen container medical equipment, from Ohio to Haiti.

UPS was able to fully donate the move door-to-door from Ohio to Haiti.

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JAPAN – MARCH 2011

Over 15,000 fatalities

6,000 injured

Over 125,000 buildings damaged or destroyed

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AIRLINK JAPAN RESPONSE

15 Aid distribution workers from 4 different NGOs flown by Hawaiian Air from USA immediately after disaster

Over 1,000 lbs of aid supplies carried on board by relief workers

Shipped 200 ShelterBox units from UK to Tokyo on UPS

Operations to Japan continue

AIRLINK HELPING JAPAN

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Through AirLink Hawaiian Air donated five round trip seats to Airline Ambassadors International (AAI) for a mission to set up aid distribution logistics. On Tuesday, April 5 th the AAI team met with both Hands on Tokyo and Second Hand Harvest in Japan to discuss aid distribution. They also prepared 1,000 pounds of relief supplies that AAI volunteers brought with them on the Hawaiian Air flight for distribution in areas north of Tokyo. On April 6th the AAI team met with warehouse staff near the Narita airport to inspect the 3,000 square feet of donated space that was offered to AAI for storage of aid supplies.

AIRLINK FEEDBACK

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I want to thank AirLink, and Particularly Hawaiian and JetBlue Airlines, for helping us with our response to the disaster in Japan. We were able to combine their two offers to allow me a no-cost roundtrip flight, which helped keep our efforts on the ground focused and progressive.  With simultaneous efforts underway in Haiti, Japan, and now Missouri our resources are strained, and knowing that the "AirLink Team" is there to provide support and encouragement means a lot to all of us at All Hands Volunteers. Thanks,David--David CampbellExecutive DirectorAll Hands VolunteersPO Box 546Carlisle, MA 01741http://hands.org/

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MAKING A DIFFERENCE

www.airlink-info.org

BACK UP SLIDES

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AIRLINK – THE FUNDAMENTALS

Charities & NGOs need air capacity

to ship both routine and critical supplies and staff

internationally

Airlines can increase their efficiency by

donating or discounting

available space to charities & NGOs

AirLink makes this connection easy, quick, and confidential

AIRLINK AIRLINE ADVISORY COUNCIL

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Advisory Council Members (as of June 2011) :

Barry Humphreys | Executive Director, ISTAT Airlink; Former Director, Virgin Atlantic Airways

Bob Crandall | Former President & CEO, American Airlines

Mark Dunkerley | President & CEO, Hawaiian Airlines

Ken Gazzola | President & CEO, FlightLogix, Inc; Former Executive VP & Group Publisher, Aviation Week

John McMahon | Former CEO, Genesis Lease Ltd.

James Hogan | CEO, Etihad Airways

Stephen Rimmer | Chairman & CEO, Guggenheim Aviation Partners; Former President, ISTAT Foundation

Michael Platt | Former President, ISTAT

Richard Siegel | Former Director of Civil Aviation, Hong Kong Airport Authority

ISTAT

Who is ISTAT?

ISTAT stands for the International Society of Transport Aircraft Trading.

Let me explain…

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AIRLINK RESPONDS …

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… to Haiti and Japan

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JAPAN – MARCH 2011

Over 15,000 fatalities

6,000 injured

Over 125,000 buildings damaged or destroyed

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15 Aid distribution workers from 4 different NGOs flown by Hawaiian Air from USA immediately after disaster

Over 1,000 lbs of aid supplies carried on board by relief workers

Shipped 200 ShelterBox units from UK to Tokyo on UPS

Operations to Japan continue

AIRLINK JAPAN RESPONSE

MORE AIRLINES & NGOs NEEDED Airline participants have no obligations to provide any lift at all

Airlines can “shop” for a NGO/project or input available capacity

The website is user-friendly and accessible 24/7

NGOs enter “needs” into the AirLink site for all participating airlines to see

AirLink is a one stop shop to access trusted, vetted NGOs

Airlines are free to charge a fee and to make a profit from the shipments that they carry

We need as many airline and NGO participants as possible to ensure that AirLink becomes a true marketplace

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SO REMEMBER. . .

1/7 people of the World are hungry or malnourished

25% do not have access to proper medical care

A child dies from hunger every 6 seconds

AirLink can help!!

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