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Thursday 23 Feb 2012
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Helicopter Air Charter flights East Africa

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This is the most interesting safari whereby you will be stopped at the doorstep by this aircraft called Helicopter or Chopper. We have some exclusive properties on island or in areas with
roads and no airstrips for fixed wing aircrafts to land and that is how the Helicopter flights comes in handy. The helicopter or chopper flies at a low attitude and it enables the clear visibility of geographical features and especially mountain climbing, viewing of the Great Rift Valley, lakes, rivers, forests, hills, and many others. Though this type of transport is very expensive the helicopters are scarce and only available in the 3 and 5 seater capacity only. You can use the helicopter flights can be used for radiometric and mapping .

Helicopter Air Charter Flights Kenya,East Africa

Kenya is one of the tourists destination in Africa situated in East Africa Region with its capital city being Nairobi known as 'city in the sun' .Air transport is growing rapidly with high demand of fixed wing aircraft and helicopters for air charter flights within Africa and globally.Kenya is the hub for all international,regional and domestic flights connecting within Eastern & Central Africa with inbound and outbound flights out and into Jomo Kenyatta International Nairobi and Moi International Airport,Mombasa.Helicopter air charter flights are some of the air transport provide in Kenya by air operators.

On Lake Victoria we have Mfangano Island and Rusinga which you use boats for crossing to the camps,lodges thus also endangering your life as you don't when last this boats were serviced and thus for safety and comfort use helicopter flights.Helicopter flights are on high demand for emergency evacuations and air ambulance for areas without airstrips especially the luxurious camps,lodges in the Masai Mara National Game reserves,Laikipia,Amboseli National Park,Samburu & Shaba  Game Reserves,Tsavo East/West National Parks,Meru National Parks,Mt Kenya & Aberdares national parks due to the activities carried out their while on safari .Most of this destinations are accessible by either road using 4by 4 vehicles like Land Rover, Land-cruisers which will take longer even result into a patient loosing live thus the introduction of Helicopter Air Ambulance.Medical & emergency evacuation flights,search & rescue missions in Kenya,Tanzania,Uganda,Rwanda,Burundi,Africa, South Sudan & Somalia without forgetting DR Congo are provided using helicopter air charter flights as it does not need airport,aistrip or runway but only open area.

Helicopter Air Charter Flights,East Africa,Africa

East Africa is situated in Africa and the countries found in this region are Kenya ,Uganda ,Tanzania,Rwanda,Burundi with neighbouring countries Somalia,South Sudan and DR Congo.

Tourist normally want to visit all the countries in Eastern & Central Africa and can charter helicopter air flights all through their safari having many options to choose from staying with helicopter or being  picked and droped at a destination of their choice.Helicopter air charter flights can be chartered from Kenya to Tanzania,Kenya to Uganda,Kenya to Somalia,Kenya to DR Congo,Kenya to South Sudan,Kenya to Rwanda,Kenya to Burundi and vise versa same with the other countries.

This aircraft is ideal for banner carrying, mapping, radiometric aerial survey & photography. It is also used for mountain climbing & rescue as it can fly and land and the slope of the mountain and it is used for Air Ambulance,emergency & medical evacuation flights.Helicopter flights are  also used for film shooting,sight seeing, scenic safaris, aerial survey & photography within the East Africa National Parks & Reserves whose its state countries are Kenya ,Uganda ,Tanzania ,Rwanda,Burundi.Almost the entire DR Congo is covered by forests thus the resulting into fewer airstrips and need for helicopter flights.Most of the tourists like mountain climbing especially in Tanzania and at times there are incidents and  helicopter services comes in handy for search & rescue and air ambulance to the nearest hospital.

Organizations operating in remote areas can use these services as all you need is a clear place for landing and not an airstrip. It is ideal for business executives, V.I.P, honeymooners, anniversary celebrities,birthday anniversaries who want to visit exclusive lodges and camps which are in forests or island for the privacy and quite environment located within East Africa.

Helicopter Air Charter Flights,Tanzania,East Africa

With the high demand of air travel in Tanzania which is situated in East Africa,in the continent of Africa air operators are providing charter flights services that include helicopter air charter flights. Helicopter air charter flights in itself  you will benefit from scenic flights,aerial survey & photography flights,helicopter safaris,birding safaris,wedding safaris,birthday anniversary safaris,conference safaris,business meetings safaris,anniversary safaris.Helicopter air charter flights operate into national parks and game reserves in Tanzania  into camps ,Lodges namely,Serengeti,Seronera,Lake Manyara,Sasakwa, Ndutu, Kogatende, Selous ,Ruaha ,Mahale ,Zanzibar,Pemba,Mafia,Mnemba,Tumbatu,Ngorongoro,Mt Kilimanjaro,Mt Meru,Oldonyo Lengai,Olduvai Gorge.

Helicopter air charter flights also play an important role in search & rescue flights,emergency evacuation flights ,air ambulance charter flights,helicopter safaris within and outside to Kenya,Uganda,Tanzania,Rwanda,Burundi. Charter flights using helicopter can be hired to major cities from Zanzibar,Arusha,Kilimanjaro,Mwanza and Daresaalam to Musoma ,Tabora ,Iringa,Mbeya,Kigoma,Dodoma,Tanga,Mtwara,Morogoro and many others.

For you to be able to get an accurate charter cost of the helicopter flight you need to be precise and give actual location as costs are based on hours flown against the hourly rate based on the helicopter capacity.

Helicopter Air Charter Flights,Uganda,East Africa

Helicopter air charter flights operate from Kenya,Tanzania,Rwanda,Burundi to Uganda carrying tourists,business executives,individuals .Helicopter air charter flights operated in Uganda do include scenic flights,conference flights,meetings flights,team-building flights,helicopter safaris,aerial survey & photography flights,filming flights,sight seeing flights,air ambulance flights,search& rescue flights,wedding flights,honey-mooners flights,conference flights,emergency evacuation flights and many others.

Helicopter air charter flights to national parks & game reserves operate to SSese  Islands,Sipi Falls,Murchison Falls,Kabalega Falls,Kidepo,Queen Elizabeth,Jinja,Bwindi and many others.This flights can be chartered from Soroti,Entebbe,Arua,Gulu,Kitgum,Jinja within and out of Uganda to neighbouring countries for example Nairobi ,Mombasa ,Kisumu ,Malindi ,Lamu ,Ukunda ,Eldoret  ,Kitale,Kakamega,Nakuru,Masai Mara,Samburu,Amboseli,Tsavo in Kenya and to Tanzania Serengeti,Seronera,Lake Manyara,sasakwa,Seronera,Mt Kilimanjaro ,Arusha ,Mwanza, Musoma,Zanzibar,Daresaalam,Pemba,Mafia , Kigali in Rwanda and Bujumbura in Burundi.

Helicopter Air Charter Flights South Sudan & Somalia,Africa

Helicopter air charter flights are ideal for aerial survey & photography for mines explorers and for emergency evacuation flights,air ambulance flights,search & rescue flights,helicopter flights,filming flights,scenic flights.


Due to the insecurity in this two countries the helicopters are useful for project inspection to areas with no roads and airstrip for fixed wing aircraft to land. It can also be used for radiometric and mapping. These aircraft can be used by surveyors to take the coordinates of areas and airports for the GPS use and satellite.

Flights out and into South Sudan using helicopters can  be from any countries in Africa the hub being Kenya and Uganda, but direct flights can be done upon securing landing clearance and passes for the passengers and crew which takes two working days notice.The passengers traveling will be required to produce two passport size photographs and original passport to be able to obtain the passes at a fee starting from usd 100=00 per person and a visa fee of usd 100=00 for one month to be paid on landing South Sudan.Clearance into Somalia from Kenya you will require to write a letter that is charterer to the air operator detailing your request by including date of flights and arrival time Somalia and name of destination,names of passengers nationality and passport numbers,aircraft registration,pilots name and nationality,purpose of flight and it will take three days for a permission to be obtained and this will be through Ministry of Foreign Affairs Kenya.Due to the flight times we will require to fly to an alternate aistrip for fuel as the helicopter can not do return trip without refuelling so based on your destination you will be adviced.Flights operate to Somalia to the following airports, Mogadishu, Belletuen ,Galgayo ,Berdera, Berbera ,Kismayu, Marere, Dinsor, Wajid, Garowe, Baidoa, Jamame, Afmadow,Garowe,Burao,Baledo just to mention afew. Into South Sudan from any country in Africa helicopter flights departs direct or via Juba or Rumbek to interior of South Sudan namely ,Wau, Yei ,Aweil, Ponchalla, Haat, Waat, Akon, Akobo, Yambio, Bentiu, Borr, Boma,Kapotea,Padak,Pading among many others.

For memorable safaris and especially people with backache problems and who don't like landings and takeoffs then this is your preferred way to travel by air as some of these airstrips have potholes and tidy thus a lot of bumpy landings and takeoff.

Most of the international companies who wants to create awareness of their product to remote areas normally use the helicopter with a banner and brochures being dropped from the air.

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Lease Management for Humanitarian & Relief Flights for passengers & cargo in Africa

Some Organizations spend huge amount of money on taking adhoc charter flights other than engaging a consultant to carry out feasibility study of the activities including movement of passengers & cargo to ascertain the viable way to carry out these project. It is important as an organization to have a feasibility study on all your projects on transport and logistics and you may even realize you have saved a quarter of your allocated budget on the project proposed.

Lease Management Of Aircrafts for Relief Supplies.

It is easier when you have volume of work especially in war torn areas like South Sudan, Somalia, Darfur, Chad, Afghanistan, Iraq, and Kosovo to have aircrafts on wet lease. The advantage of leasing aircrafts is that the more hours you fly in a month the lesser the rate per hour drops. Though in leasing you need to commit a certain amount of hours in a month of which you will pay whether you utilize them or not but you can form consortium with other organizations so that you can allocate each a number of hours and if it exceeds the guaranteed hours then you will get the rate per hour dropped. The advantage of leasing is that you will have exclusive use of the crew and aircraft and easy to handle emergencies especially when operating in remote areas and war torn countries. When leasing you has to carefully select the best aircrafts with the performance in the area you are operating and the work involved. For humanitarian & Relief Supplies the aircraft should to convertible into both cargo and passengers configuration within a short time. If the area of operation is inaccessible you can use aircrafts to do air-drops and ensure the aircraft has a bigger tonnage so that you can do a few trips in a day. All types of aircrafts are available for both wet and dry lease in different tonnage or seating capacity of 1 tone to 45 tones.

Humanitarian & Relief Flights in Mogadishu/Bosaso/Galgayo/K50/Kismayu/Marere/Guriel/Garowe (Somalia).

We have United Nations, European Union, on-Governmental Organizations, Africa Union; International Organizations provide humanitarian relief aid in terms of food, medicine, experts like doctors, engineers, consultants, teachers, community social workers to assist the citizen of Somalia to be able to leave like any other human being. These organizations have spend billions in transport, food ,education,medicine,textiles,mosquito nets to prevent malaria, seedlings for agriculture in ensuring that there is stability. They also organize for their personnel emergency evacuations to safer places when awar breaks or there is an attack.Unhcr which handles refugees do organize expatriation flights to refugee camps in Kenya namely, Kakuma, Daadab in Tanzania Ngara among others and ensure these citizens are given refugee status. European Union, United Nations have leased aircrafts that are stationed in areas where there is tidy security ready to monitor situations. Due to high insecurity in Somalia due to civil war the organizations operating there have put emergency preparedness plans in place incase of emergency evacuation, medical evacuations and air ambulance and the aircrafts used are jets or turbo prop which can fly at high attitude.

Humanitarian flights in Kenya.

Kenya is the host of many International, United Nations and Non-Governmental Organizations headquarters and regional offices and being the hub for all flights into/out with also Mombasa port serving Eastern & Central Africa region. United Nations and Non-Governmental Organizations had put Lokichogio in Northern Kenya as the hub to war torn countries like South Sudan, Darfur, Chad,DR Congo but with the signing of the CPA 2005 between the Southerners and Northerners which brought to an end of the 21 years of civil war in Sudan the hub was moved to Juba the capital city of the Government of South Sudan. In North Eastern Kenya Unicef,Wfp,NGOs have set up stations to assist the people living their as it is semi-arid land and they have explored ways of assisting them in farming, diary farming, irrigations and introducing ways of reducing diseases in animals and people. The areas in Northern Kenya are Loyengalani,Lokichar,Lokitaung,Kaikor,Lokimariang,Lokichogio,Lodwar,Lokori and many others and North Eastern areas are Marsabit,Moyale,Sololo,Iliret,Laisamis,Kalacha,Korr,Wajir,Garissa,Modogashe,Hola,Bura,Takaba,Banisa,Elwak,Mandera,Rhamu and many others. Most of these airstrips need aircrafts with short take off and landing performance as they have a lot of potholes and some have been unserviceable for years as they are government airstrips. Only airstrips used by Amref and WFP, UNICEF, UNHCR are repaired and that is because they provide humanitarian aid. To these areas you can only get private charter flights and it is only Lokichogio and Lodwar where scheduled flights are operated to Lokichogio twice daily and Lodwar three times a week. In these areas also insurance companies are issuing medical cover for medical evacuation and air ambulance using both fixed wing and helicopters.

Humanitarian & Relief Supplies for Cargo & Passengers South Sudan.

After the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement 2005 this opened the entire South Sudan with United Nations, International Organizations, on-Governmental Organizations moving to Juba as it was made the capital city. Whenever there was need for a private charter to airlift cargo or passengers it was to come from Lokichogio or Nairobi which was very expensive, but all this became history as air charter companies opened their base in Juba making the connectivity easier and cheaper to the interior of South Sudan. The airlines also started scheduled services to/from Juba which made air travel cheaper and affordable as competition was stiff and everyone trying to outsmart the other by price tag of war and this benefitted the travelers. There are scheduled flights for cargo and passengers from Juba to Rumbek,Malakal,Wau,Yei,Bentiu,Aweil,Yambio and for those with programs that can not meet scheduled flights can take charter flights as they are aircrafts ranging from 12.17,37 seater for cargo charter and passenger charter. You can get a scheduled flight from Nairobi, Wilson Airport via Lokichogio to Rumbek four times per week. You can charter flights from Rumbek or Juba to Darfur, Chad, Entebbe, Goma, Kigali, Bujumbura, for cargo or passenger aircraft. There flights from Entebbe (Uganda) to Yei, Rumbek, Juba, Nyal, Yambio, Akobo on scheduled and private charter flights. International organizations have also went as far as issuing covers for political and patient air ambulance & Emergency Medical Evacuation and these does not matter where you are as the logistics are all in place for air transport. In South Sudan everything is available from motorvechicle manufacturing for Peugeot,Mazda,Toyota,Trucks,Mitsubishi,mobile phone companies, telecommunication software,banks,security firms, construction companies, clearing& forwarding firms,footwear,textile,bookshops ,hoteliers, and many others.Infact in South Sudan you can do filming safaris of the Nile and even do cultural safaris and for one to take photos of the people you need their consent. There wild animals to like, snakes, monkeys, crocodile, hippos, lions which you can do scenic safari. South Sudan is a tourist attraction country with many activities happening just like any other tourists destination.

Humanitarian & Relief Flights DR Congo.

This country has been in war for many years and its one of the richest mineral country in Central Africa.It has its capital city in Kinshasha.Many Non-Governmental Organizations and United Nations have their base in Lubumbashi, Goma, Mbuji Mayi when the provide humanitarian aid from and United Nations has deployed peace-keeping forces in DR Congo due heavy fighting by the government and the rebels group. The International fraternity including Africa Union always do organize dialogue conferences between the rebels and government .Children are suffering and Unicef, World Vision, Care International, Save the children among others have stepped in to ensure there is no child abuse for labour that is the rebels using children as soldiers and also they get aproper diet to stop them from suffering from nutrition. Many organizations have leased aircrafts to provide relief supplies to various regions withing DR Congo. Some take adhoc charter flights for cargo or passenger flights. We have airlines operating schedule services to Lubumbashi, Kinshasha and Goma. There are tourists flights into DR Congo for gorilla safaris as the monkey species, Chimpanze, Baboon are found in the Congo forest. Other services available in DR Congo are air ambulance, emergency evacuation flights, medical evacuation flights, private executive jet flights, aerial survey & photography, helicopter flights, scheduled and non-scheduled flights for cargo & passengers among other aviation related activities.

You can get humanitarian & Relief flights from anywhere in the world and with the specifications of the aircraft you require which will be determined with the airport/airstrip length, width and surface of the runway and the attitude.

Indeed humanitarian & relief flights have played an a vital role in distribution of food,medicine,personnel in inaccessible areas and also through medical evacuation ,emergency evacuations and air ambulance. With these services people in war torn areas and remote areas have a reason to laugh for still being alive despite of all difficulties they are facing.

Anthony Juma is the Editor and Senior Aviation Director at Wings over Africa Aviation. <br><a href='http://www.wingsoverafrica-aviation.com’> This is an Air Charter Company that specializes on Humanitarian & Relief Charter Flights Kenya/South Sudan/Somalia/DR Congo/Darfur/Chad. </a> The website has guided many organizations in achieving their air transport dream. For more information and guidance, visit the site at http:// /www http://www.wingsoverafrica-aviation.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=57&Itemid=67 </a>

 

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