Where roads end, help must not stop.

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.

News and reports

MAF up close

Announcement
24
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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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Announcement
16
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07
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2026

Change of CEO at MAF International in Switzerland

The board of MAF International in Switzerland has appointed Mark Roth as the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for Switzerland with effect from 1 October 2026. Thomas Beyeler is stepping down after seven years at the helm.

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Feature
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03
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2026

Daniel owes his life to a rescue flight

Daniel dreams of becoming a lawyer and helping his fellow South Sudanese. That he can dream at all he owes to an MAF rescue flight: 20 years ago, as a toddler, he fell into a fire and his life hung in the balance.

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Certified and recognised

Your trust matters to us

We hold ourselves to the highest standards of transparency, effectiveness and humanitarian practice.

ZEWO seal of quality

Switzerland's foremost seal of quality for charitable giving confirms that MAF International in Switzerland uses donations transparently, for their intended purpose and to real effect.

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 CHS Alliance promotes compliance with the Core Humanitarian Standard, an internationally recognised quality framework for responsible emergency relief, to which MAF is committed as a member.