Air Serv Global Inc
We Are The Bridge
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
A humanitarian disaster occurs. Good people around the world respond by sending assistance. But what happens when doctors, emergency personnel, medicine, food, and relief supplies can't reach their intended destinations to help those most in need? What happens when there are no roads to access isolated locations and hardest hit communities? Air Serv airplanes are the bridge connecting lifesaving aid with those who need it most. In addition to providing humanitarian mission support, Air Serv Global is dedicated to improving aviation safety in Africa as the growing industry develops there. Air Serv provides training and scholarship opportunities to mentor and develop the next generation of aviators.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Humanitarian Air Logistics Support
While we aim to serve anywhere in the world there is need, Air Serv currently operates programs primarily in eastern Africa. The majority of long term programs in 2019 are in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and South Sudan, with additional ad hoc flights as requested. In DRC and South Sudan, Air Serv International has been assuring humanitarian relief workers fast, safe and reliable access to remote locations. Air Serv provides humanitarian flights throughout region, carrying humanitarian staff and vital cargo, and performing medical and security evacuations.
Where we work
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Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Number of groups/individuals benefiting from tools/resources/education materials provided
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Humanitarian Air Logistics Support
Type of Metric
Context - describing the issue we work on
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
2018: 438,177 Miles Flown 714,070 Lbs Carried 13,949 Passengers Transported 2019: 480,138 Miles Flown 614,919 Lbs Carried 17,100 Passengers Transported
Goals & Strategy
Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.
Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
Air Serv aims to provide safe and efficient access to disaster areas for the purposes of delivering aid and humanitarian assistance. We adhere to the highest standards of safety and facilitate the movement of humanitarian partners and supplies into the world's most inaccessible places. When geography, weather, infrastructure, and insecurity restrict ground movement, we are the bridge to the final point of delivery.
While Air Serv began as a solely US-based organization and was staffed by expatriates, we recognized an opportunity in which we were well positioned to support local development and support the growing aviation industry in Africa. By providing training, mentor, and scholarship opportunities, Air Serv has maintained a standard of employing 80%-90% national staff at any given time. The mission of Air Serv Global is to not only continue Air Serv's original mission of providing safe transport in conflict areas, but to also build upon that by training a new generation of pilots, engineers, and air support staff.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
Air Serv has provided air transport services for over three decades and in that time, has acquired a wealth of knowledge and understanding of the needs and objectives of our colleague humanitarian agencies. We evaluate locations of and responses to crises to determine program requirements and capabilities. Working closely with our partner organizations, we maintain and adjust aircraft and supply methods as needs dictate. Air Serv also remains dedicated to the training of local and expatriate staff in required technical, administrative, and management skills.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
Air Serv maintains a fleet of Cessna Caravans, an aircraft type proven in a wide range of environments. It is lightweight but sturdy, able to take off and land where heavier aircraft can not, and is able to transport both passengers and cargo. This aircraft has demonstrated suitability to the environments in which Air Serv programs operate. In addition, Air Serv has maintained a variety of aircraft throughout our years of service, ranging from helicopters and heavy lift, to lighweight King Air and Twin Otter prop planes. As a result, we are well positioned to source additional aircraft which might be more suited to a particular mission than those currently in our fleet.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
Since 1984, Air Serv has flown millions of miles across the world in some of the most inaccessible places under the most difficult of circumstances. In more recent years, Air Serv was the first civilian air operator allowed access to Iraq following the end of initial combat operations in the spring of 2003. When the Pakistan earthquake hit in 2005, ASI helicopters provided vital access to the mountainous areas. In 2011, Air Serv aircraft were utilized by the International Foundation for Electoral Systems to facilitate voter registration prior to the referendum granting independence to South Sudan. In 2017, a tribal war broke out in Bunia, Democratic Republic of the Congo and it was Air Serv planes which carried medicine and assistance for the people displaced by the conflict. Going forward, we hope to expand our geographic scope while maintaining quality and safety standards, expanding training programs, and meeting the needs of our humanitarian partners in any ways we are able.
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Air Serv Global Inc
Board of directorsas of 10/13/2020
Mr. Don Henderson
David Thomas
Fred Gregory
Del Kirkpatrick
Marty Rogers
John Schaper
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Equity strategies
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- We have long-term strategic plans and measurable goals for creating a culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.
- We use a vetting process to identify vendors and partners that share our commitment to race equity.
- We have a promotion process that anticipates and mitigates implicit and explicit biases about people of color serving in leadership positions.
- We engage everyone, from the board to staff levels of the organization, in race equity work and ensure that individuals understand their roles in creating culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.