The Airbus Helicopters Foundation provides helicopter support for humanitarian crises and other emergency situations.
The Airbus Helicopters Foundation provides helicopter support for humanitarian crises and other emergency situations.
The helicopter plays a critical role in humanitarian relief work, performing a number of important missions in times of need.
The Airbus Helicopters Foundation, based in Marignane, works with key partners to identify situations in which helicopters can provide urgent humanitarian aid and respond to natural disasters such as floods, fires or hurricanes.
In coordination with Airbus Helicopters' global network of subsidiaries and customers, the Foundation arranges for helicopters to be deployed to disaster areas and coordinates their operations.
Since 2013, the Airbus Helicopters Foundation has volunteered around 150 helicopters flight hours in response to humanitarian crises around the world – a number that continues to grow.
Activities performed in countries such as the Philippines, Bolivia, Brazil, Mexico and Serbia include ground surveillance, search and rescue, medical evacuations, and the transport of food, basic necessities and even construction materials.
The Foundation is also supporting actions in other emergency areas, such as sea and mountain rescue and emergency medicine.
Guillaume Faury
The Airbus Group-wide Airbus Corporate Foundation was established in December 2014.
Funded by Airbus Group, Airbus, Airbus Helicopters, and Airbus Defence and Space, the organization’s mission is to support the humanitarian community, as well as educate and inspire young people through the world of aerospace.
The Airbus Corporate Foundation accomplishes its work by developing partnerships and trans-divisional and trans-national programs worldwide in countries and regions where the Group operates.
The Airbus Helicopters Foundation will continue to support airborne rescue and assistance to populations in need and will work in collaboration with the Airbus Corporate Foundation.