ANCHORAGE, Alaska, March 26, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Lynden Air Cargo's
L-100 Hercules aircraft is being put to use flying relief supplies
to Vanuatu after Tropical Cyclone
Pam devastated the South Pacific Islands March 13. Communications company Digicel Fiji
chartered a Lynden Air Cargo plane from Nadi, Fiji, to the capital city of Port Vila within days of the cyclone. It was
loaded with food rations and technical equipment to repair towers
and networks to restore communications throughout the islands. Now
working with the World Food Programme (WFP), Lynden continues to
pick up more supplies from Brisbane,
Australia, for air delivery to Port Vila in support of humanitarian
efforts.
"We are coordinating flights as quickly as possible in
cooperation with government authorities," says Rick Zerkel, Lynden Air Cargo President. "With
65,000 people left homeless from Cyclone Pam, there is an urgent
need for relief supplies. We are committed to helping in any way we
can for as long as our services are needed."
Lynden operates a fleet of six Hercules around the world
specializing in remote site services and requiring minimal
equipment for loading and offloading. The unique features of the
aircraft make it ideal for flying aid into isolated disaster areas.
Lynden Air Cargo has provided assistance at some of the world's
worst disasters, including the Haiti earthquake in 2011 and the Indonesian
earthquake and Samoan tsunami in 2009. Working with the Federal
Emergency Management Association (FEMA), the Red Cross and the U.S.
Military, Lynden has delivered emergency vehicles, portable
hospitals, food, water and relief workers to ravaged areas across
the globe.
Lynden Air Cargo is one of the Lynden family of companies, whose
combined capabilities include shipping to Alaska, truckload and
less-than-truckload transportation, barge service to Hawaii and
Alaska, charter barges, worldwide
air and ocean forwarding, third-party logistics, trade show
shipping, intermodal bulk chemical hauls, scheduled and chartered
Hercules L-382 cargo aircraft and multi-modal logistics. Lynden
companies are repeat winners in the annual Quest for Quality awards
presented by Logistics Management magazine.
CONTACT: David Rosenzweig
Vice President of Marketing and Media
Lynden, www.lynden.com
(206) 439-5527, Email: drosen@lynden.com
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