Where roads end, help must not stop.

Pilot und Dorfbewohnerinnen in Papua-Neugiunea geben sich die Hand
Airlifts for people in need

MAF flies to the places help never reaches

Millions of people in the Global South live in regions cut off from the world – without roads, without schools, without hospitals, without prospects. For them, a MAF flight can change everything: it brings people, medicines and vital supplies to where they are needed most. As the world's largest humanitarian airline, MAF takes help to where the roads end.

Our global impact

MAF in numbers

116

aircraft

Roughly every 6 minutes, a MAF aircraft takes off or lands somewhere in the world.

24

countries

With over 1,000 destinations worldwide, we reach thousands of people every day.

4,100

tonnes of cargo

That is how much vital cargo we deliver to remote places each year, saving lives.

120,000

people

Every year we carry thousands of people, connecting worlds in the process.

What we stand for

We fly life-changing help

Where roads end, hope often ends too. Being cut off from the world means going without the things a healthy life depends on. With every flight, MAF brings life to where people are isolated – until no place is out of reach.

Health and hygiene

We open up access to clean water and sanitation. We also fly medical staff, equipment and relief supplies into cut-off areas.

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Food and income

We deliver food to vulnerable communities and support them so that, in the long run, they can provide for themselves through local farming, market access and knowledge.

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Education and skills development

We open up access to schools, training centres and skilled-worker programmes. In doing so, we strengthen local capability and create a durable basis for life.

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Faith and hope

We fly partner organisations into conflict areas and work with local churches and communities for positive change, peace and reconciliation.

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Disaster relief

When disaster strikes, we set up airlifts for relief supplies and personnel at short notice. We also coordinate the distribution of aid with our partner organisations.

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Help must not fail because of distance. Together we reach every place.

The air as a link to the world

Where roads end, our mission begins

When roads stop – because of geographical barriers, environmental conditions or political unrest – hope often stops with them. We work to prevent that. We fly to the most remote corners of the world, save lives and create prospects worth living for.

Delivering vital help together

Our partner organisations

With over 1,500 local, national and international partner organisations, we take help to where it would not otherwise arrive, and change lives together.

Logo DCA actalliance
Logo Welt Hunger Hilfe
Logo Worldvision
Logo Unicef
Logo UN Women
Logo world relief
Logo Save the Children
Logo RedTribe
Logo Medecins Sans Frontieres
Logo UNDP Entwicklungsprogramm der Vereinten Nationen
Logo HoverAid
Logo giz Deutsche Gesellschaft für internationale Zusammenarbeit
Logo African Parks
Logo Mercy Ships
CRS Catholic Relief Services
Logo Medair Nothilfe und Wiederaufbau
Logo Bread for the World
Logo Adra
Logo Cure Children's Hospital of Uganda
Logo Caritas Schweiz
Wasserflugzeug auf Lake Murray neben einer kleinen Insel mit Menschen.
News and reports

MAF up close

Announcement
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08
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2026

Something to hold on to in unsteady times

The world feels unmoored to many. Wars and the climate crisis unsettle us, and it is precisely now that international cooperation is being weakened. Under this banner, Swiss aid organisations are standing together.

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Feature
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08
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2026

Mary's fight against human trafficking and child marriage

When one of MAF's partner organisations founded a school in northeastern Uganda, education was the focus. That the school would also become a place of refuge for girls only became apparent over time.

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Feature
04
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08
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2026

The humanitarian crisis in Sudan: a forgotten tragedy

The ongoing war in Sudan has triggered one of the most severe humanitarian crises of our time. To ease the plight of refugees, MAF is joining forces across national borders and aims to expand its aid further.

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ZEWO seal of quality

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Code of honour

The code of honour is aimed at Swiss organisations with a Christian background. It is based on a scientifically grounded standard developed by the Center for Philanthropy Studies at the University of Basel.

CHS Alliance

The internationally recognized, voluntary framework for responsible emergency relief promotes adherence to the Core Humanitarian Standard, to which MAF is committed as a member.