LATAM's Solidarity Plane program carried out this Thursday (9/5) a special flight in partnership with the Brazilian Ministry of Defense to transport more than 7 tons free of charge from Guarulhos (São Paulo) to the Canoas Air Base (RS). of humanitarian aid for the victims of the rains in Rio Grande do Sul. An Airbus A321 from the company was scheduled to ship basic food baskets, mattresses, medicines, disposable diapers and water that were collected by companies, citizens and third sector institutions.
The special LATAM flight to Canoas Air Base took off from São Paulo/Guarulhos at 12:30 pm and landed at the destination at 14 pm. Compared to road transport, the air operation reduced the travel time of cargo between the two cities by almost 20 hours. Now, the humanitarian aid will be transported by land to Porto Alegre and distributed to the most affected regions, in an operation coordinated by the Brazilian Air Force (FAB).
LATAM is also transporting free of charge to the Air Bases of Guarulhos (SP) and Brasília (DF) other donations that the Federal Government is collecting until May 20th at the Armed Forces barracks, Fire Department units and Post Office agencies. From Guarulhos and Brasília, the Ministry of Defense will carry out other humanitarian flights to take donations to the Canoas Air Base.
Furthermore, LATAM participates in a t campaign with CVC in which people can take their donations of clothes, shoes and blankets directly to one of the operator's more than 1 stores in Brazil. The collection is being carried out between May 6th and 19th, and part of the donations will then be transported by LATAM's Solidarity Plane program to the State of Rio Grande do Sul.
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