Organisation relies on regular flights to take social programme to remote communities. For Troy Barrett, co-founder and Managing Director of Country Connect, MAF’s Regular Passenger Transport service (RPT) is much more than a mere convenience as he criss-crosses the 33,000 square kilometres of the East Arnhem Region of Arnhem Land, Northern Territory. “It’s an essential […]
Read more MAF’s Training Centre in Far North Queensland hosted a group of teenage students and teachers from across Australia for the inaugural MAF Trek, an event that lets students experience just how significant an MAF flight can be for people in isolated areas. MAF’s Training Centre in Far North Queensland hosted a group of teenage students […]
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Imagine being rushed to hospital in an emergency, far away from family, and then having to make your own way home during a painful recovery. MAF Timor-Leste’s Closing the Loop project is overcoming those barriers by supporting patients in hospital and flying them home for a joyful reunion. Teenager Virgilio Magno was flown to the […]
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PNG ranks in the bottom half of the global maternal mortality index according to World Bank data. Rural areas without reliable electricity pose the greatest danger to women in labour. MAF is partnering with Dr Freda Wemin to roll out ‘Mama’s Waiting Hut’ initiative, which uses solar power to light remote clinics, making childbirth safer. […]
Read more
In some of the most remote and hard-to-reach places on earth, access to a Bible can be nearly impossible. That’s where MAF steps in, using planes to deliver God’s Word to those who need it most. Whether it’s soaring over dense jungles, crossing vast deserts, or navigating rugged mountains, MAF pilots are on a mission […]
Read more
The Jamir family are missionaries with Pioneers, living in the community of Gapuwiyak in Arnhem Land. Gapuwiyak is a remote indigenous community of approximately 900 people. By air this community is located just 40 minutes away from Nhulunbuy, the nearest town, and by road it is more than 200 kilometres on a mostly dirt road […]
Read more
Bill Smith and his wife Lori Smith are both missionaries who are highly involved in church planting through medical evangelist & theological education with the Association of Baptists for World Evangelism (ABWE) in Papua New Guinea. Bill is also the chancellor of Goroka Baptist Bible College and his wife Lori runs the Seigu Baptist clinic […]
Read more
MAF is crucial in transporting eye specialists from Kenya’s capital Nairobi, to Moyale to offer life changing surgeries. Omar (not his real name) * is overjoyed after his sight was restored following four years of vision loss during which he had to rely entirely on his son. The 63-year-old praised the surgeons and organisers of […]
Read more
The flight from Dusin to Mt Hagen takes less than 20 minutes – to travel by foot would be 3 days. Read the impact this 20 minute flight – just $50 worth of fuel – has: As he banked his Cessna 208 Caravan onto the final approach for his second landing of the day at […]
Read more
MAF Kenya partners with the Veterinarians with a Mission Progarmme (VMP) to support isolated farmers who have no access to vets or who can’t afford treatment to protect their animals. In 2023, MAF enabled VMP to save over 74,000 animals in Kenya. Read below the story of one such trip. Healing Hooves and Hearts Over 18,000 […]
Read more
PRESS RELEASE MAF Australia’s 12th Annual Fuel for Father’s Day Campaign Urges Support for Essential Aviation Fuel [Sydney, 1 Aug] – Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) Australia launches its twelfth annual Fuel for Father’s Day campaign, urging Australians to donate essential aviation fuel for its life-saving, life-transforming and life-giving flights. Since 2013, this campaign, supported by […]
Read more
Renee Brewer and Bridget Ingham are pilots for MAF in Papua New Guinea. They recently shared with MAF Australia some insights about their experience and their work. Interview with MAF Pilot Renee Brewer MAF: What is your role? Renee: I work for MAF as a pilot in Papua New Guinea. I fly people and cargo […]
Read more
The team at MAF Arnhem Land work closely with women’s shelter to help pair fleeing domestic violence. Rescue flights are unexpected and unplanned, whether for accidents or sickness or domestic violence, and MAF pilots in Arnhem Land regularly fly all three. “I thought I was finished after my charter flight, and I was gearing up […]
Read more
The remote mountainous community of Tekin in Papua New Guinea has received much needed food supplies from an MAF flight, enabling lessons to continue until the end of term. Story by Matt Painter Despite restricted flights due to PNG’s current fuel crisis, Tekin Primary School welcomed an MAF charter flight containing 902 kilograms of food […]
Read more
MAF in Papua New Guinea expresses our heartfelt sympathy for the victims of the recent landslide in Mulitaka village. While the devastation is severe, the presence of highway access and the Enga provincial airport at Wapenamanda close by, ensures that aid can be effectively delivered without the need for Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) assistance. However, […]
Read more
Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) in Papua New Guinea (PNG) – like every other air service operator in the country – continues facing Jet A1 (aviation fuel) supply issues, posing a significant challenge to our ability to serve remote communities to the extent and reliability as we did before. MAF’s operation is mostly affected by the […]
Read more
In late April, the team in Madagascar delivered more that 2 tons of polio vaccines from UNICEF to many districts in Madagascar. The significance of this mission cannot be overstated, as these vaccines hold the power to shield vulnerable populations from a disease that can inflict lifelong paralysis – polio. Districts like Maroantsetra, Morafenobe, Antsalova, […]
Read more
Specialists from CURE Children’s Hospital changed lives when they flew with MAF to the community of Kibarani, Kilifi. Children with disabilities are walking again and facing life with new hope and freedom, thanks to a medical team that flies with MAF to reach remote regions of Kenya. MAF pilot Christiaan Haak flew orthopaedic doctors from […]
Read more
Genovio de Jesus dos Santos is a happy little boy who usually loves to play with his friends in the isolated community of Maliana. But a severe case of dengue fever left him seriously ill and in need of urgent hospital treatment in Timor-Leste’s capital Dili. Faced with a tough road journey of three to […]
Read more
While MAF Papua New Guinea’s team works hard to find solutions to an ongoing fuel crisis, the impact of necessary fuel surcharges is felt far and wide when normal community service flights must be constrained. MAF Kiunga fuel storage area - mostly empty of JETA1 200L fuel drums during the current crisis A recent shortage [...]
Read more Organisation relies on regular flights to take social programme to remote communities. For Troy Barrett, co-founder and Managing Director of Country Connect, MAF’s Regular Passenger Transport service (RPT) is much more than a mere convenience as he criss-crosses the 33,000 square kilometres of the East Arnhem Region of Arnhem Land, Northern Territory. “It’s an essential […]
Read more MAF’s Training Centre in Far North Queensland hosted a group of teenage students and teachers from across Australia for the inaugural MAF Trek, an event that lets students experience just how significant an MAF flight can be for people in isolated areas. MAF’s Training Centre in Far North Queensland hosted a group of teenage students […]
Read more Imagine being rushed to hospital in an emergency, far away from family, and then having to make your own way home during a painful recovery. MAF Timor-Leste’s Closing the Loop project is overcoming those barriers by supporting patients in hospital and flying them home for a joyful reunion. Teenager Virgilio Magno was flown to the […]
Read more PNG ranks in the bottom half of the global maternal mortality index according to World Bank data. Rural areas without reliable electricity pose the greatest danger to women in labour. MAF is partnering with Dr Freda Wemin to roll out ‘Mama’s Waiting Hut’ initiative, which uses solar power to light remote clinics, making childbirth safer. […]
Read more In some of the most remote and hard-to-reach places on earth, access to a Bible can be nearly impossible. That’s where MAF steps in, using planes to deliver God’s Word to those who need it most. Whether it’s soaring over dense jungles, crossing vast deserts, or navigating rugged mountains, MAF pilots are on a mission […]
Read more The Jamir family are missionaries with Pioneers, living in the community of Gapuwiyak in Arnhem Land. Gapuwiyak is a remote indigenous community of approximately 900 people. By air this community is located just 40 minutes away from Nhulunbuy, the nearest town, and by road it is more than 200 kilometres on a mostly dirt road […]
Read more Bill Smith and his wife Lori Smith are both missionaries who are highly involved in church planting through medical evangelist & theological education with the Association of Baptists for World Evangelism (ABWE) in Papua New Guinea. Bill is also the chancellor of Goroka Baptist Bible College and his wife Lori runs the Seigu Baptist clinic […]
Read more MAF is crucial in transporting eye specialists from Kenya’s capital Nairobi, to Moyale to offer life changing surgeries. Omar (not his real name) * is overjoyed after his sight was restored following four years of vision loss during which he had to rely entirely on his son. The 63-year-old praised the surgeons and organisers of […]
Read more The flight from Dusin to Mt Hagen takes less than 20 minutes – to travel by foot would be 3 days. Read the impact this 20 minute flight – just $50 worth of fuel – has: As he banked his Cessna 208 Caravan onto the final approach for his second landing of the day at […]
Read more MAF Kenya partners with the Veterinarians with a Mission Progarmme (VMP) to support isolated farmers who have no access to vets or who can’t afford treatment to protect their animals. In 2023, MAF enabled VMP to save over 74,000 animals in Kenya. Read below the story of one such trip. Healing Hooves and Hearts Over 18,000 […]
Read more PRESS RELEASE MAF Australia’s 12th Annual Fuel for Father’s Day Campaign Urges Support for Essential Aviation Fuel [Sydney, 1 Aug] – Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) Australia launches its twelfth annual Fuel for Father’s Day campaign, urging Australians to donate essential aviation fuel for its life-saving, life-transforming and life-giving flights. Since 2013, this campaign, supported by […]
Read more Renee Brewer and Bridget Ingham are pilots for MAF in Papua New Guinea. They recently shared with MAF Australia some insights about their experience and their work. Interview with MAF Pilot Renee Brewer MAF: What is your role? Renee: I work for MAF as a pilot in Papua New Guinea. I fly people and cargo […]
Read more The team at MAF Arnhem Land work closely with women’s shelter to help pair fleeing domestic violence. Rescue flights are unexpected and unplanned, whether for accidents or sickness or domestic violence, and MAF pilots in Arnhem Land regularly fly all three. “I thought I was finished after my charter flight, and I was gearing up […]
Read more The remote mountainous community of Tekin in Papua New Guinea has received much needed food supplies from an MAF flight, enabling lessons to continue until the end of term. Story by Matt Painter Despite restricted flights due to PNG’s current fuel crisis, Tekin Primary School welcomed an MAF charter flight containing 902 kilograms of food […]
Read more MAF in Papua New Guinea expresses our heartfelt sympathy for the victims of the recent landslide in Mulitaka village. While the devastation is severe, the presence of highway access and the Enga provincial airport at Wapenamanda close by, ensures that aid can be effectively delivered without the need for Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) assistance. However, […]
Read more Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) in Papua New Guinea (PNG) – like every other air service operator in the country – continues facing Jet A1 (aviation fuel) supply issues, posing a significant challenge to our ability to serve remote communities to the extent and reliability as we did before. MAF’s operation is mostly affected by the […]
Read more In late April, the team in Madagascar delivered more that 2 tons of polio vaccines from UNICEF to many districts in Madagascar. The significance of this mission cannot be overstated, as these vaccines hold the power to shield vulnerable populations from a disease that can inflict lifelong paralysis – polio. Districts like Maroantsetra, Morafenobe, Antsalova, […]
Read more Specialists from CURE Children’s Hospital changed lives when they flew with MAF to the community of Kibarani, Kilifi. Children with disabilities are walking again and facing life with new hope and freedom, thanks to a medical team that flies with MAF to reach remote regions of Kenya. MAF pilot Christiaan Haak flew orthopaedic doctors from […]
Read more Genovio de Jesus dos Santos is a happy little boy who usually loves to play with his friends in the isolated community of Maliana. But a severe case of dengue fever left him seriously ill and in need of urgent hospital treatment in Timor-Leste’s capital Dili. Faced with a tough road journey of three to […]
Read more While MAF Papua New Guinea’s team works hard to find solutions to an ongoing fuel crisis, the impact of necessary fuel surcharges is felt far and wide when normal community service flights must be constrained. MAF Kiunga fuel storage area - mostly empty of JETA1 200L fuel drums during the current crisis A recent shortage [...]
Read more Organisation relies on regular flights to take social programme to remote communities. For Troy Barrett, co-founder and Managing Director of Country Connect, MAF’s Regular Passenger Transport service (RPT) is much more than a mere convenience as he criss-crosses the 33,000 square kilometres of the East Arnhem Region of Arnhem Land, Northern Territory. “It’s an essential […]
Read more MAF’s Training Centre in Far North Queensland hosted a group of teenage students and teachers from across Australia for the inaugural MAF Trek, an event that lets students experience just how significant an MAF flight can be for people in isolated areas. MAF’s Training Centre in Far North Queensland hosted a group of teenage students […]
Read more Imagine being rushed to hospital in an emergency, far away from family, and then having to make your own way home during a painful recovery. MAF Timor-Leste’s Closing the Loop project is overcoming those barriers by supporting patients in hospital and flying them home for a joyful reunion. Teenager Virgilio Magno was flown to the […]
Read more PNG ranks in the bottom half of the global maternal mortality index according to World Bank data. Rural areas without reliable electricity pose the greatest danger to women in labour. MAF is partnering with Dr Freda Wemin to roll out ‘Mama’s Waiting Hut’ initiative, which uses solar power to light remote clinics, making childbirth safer. […]
Read more In some of the most remote and hard-to-reach places on earth, access to a Bible can be nearly impossible. That’s where MAF steps in, using planes to deliver God’s Word to those who need it most. Whether it’s soaring over dense jungles, crossing vast deserts, or navigating rugged mountains, MAF pilots are on a mission […]
Read more The Jamir family are missionaries with Pioneers, living in the community of Gapuwiyak in Arnhem Land. Gapuwiyak is a remote indigenous community of approximately 900 people. By air this community is located just 40 minutes away from Nhulunbuy, the nearest town, and by road it is more than 200 kilometres on a mostly dirt road […]
Read more Bill Smith and his wife Lori Smith are both missionaries who are highly involved in church planting through medical evangelist & theological education with the Association of Baptists for World Evangelism (ABWE) in Papua New Guinea. Bill is also the chancellor of Goroka Baptist Bible College and his wife Lori runs the Seigu Baptist clinic […]
Read more MAF is crucial in transporting eye specialists from Kenya’s capital Nairobi, to Moyale to offer life changing surgeries. Omar (not his real name) * is overjoyed after his sight was restored following four years of vision loss during which he had to rely entirely on his son. The 63-year-old praised the surgeons and organisers of […]
Read more The flight from Dusin to Mt Hagen takes less than 20 minutes – to travel by foot would be 3 days. Read the impact this 20 minute flight – just $50 worth of fuel – has: As he banked his Cessna 208 Caravan onto the final approach for his second landing of the day at […]
Read more MAF Kenya partners with the Veterinarians with a Mission Progarmme (VMP) to support isolated farmers who have no access to vets or who can’t afford treatment to protect their animals. In 2023, MAF enabled VMP to save over 74,000 animals in Kenya. Read below the story of one such trip. Healing Hooves and Hearts Over 18,000 […]
Read more PRESS RELEASE MAF Australia’s 12th Annual Fuel for Father’s Day Campaign Urges Support for Essential Aviation Fuel [Sydney, 1 Aug] – Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) Australia launches its twelfth annual Fuel for Father’s Day campaign, urging Australians to donate essential aviation fuel for its life-saving, life-transforming and life-giving flights. Since 2013, this campaign, supported by […]
Read more Renee Brewer and Bridget Ingham are pilots for MAF in Papua New Guinea. They recently shared with MAF Australia some insights about their experience and their work. Interview with MAF Pilot Renee Brewer MAF: What is your role? Renee: I work for MAF as a pilot in Papua New Guinea. I fly people and cargo […]
Read more The team at MAF Arnhem Land work closely with women’s shelter to help pair fleeing domestic violence. Rescue flights are unexpected and unplanned, whether for accidents or sickness or domestic violence, and MAF pilots in Arnhem Land regularly fly all three. “I thought I was finished after my charter flight, and I was gearing up […]
Read more The remote mountainous community of Tekin in Papua New Guinea has received much needed food supplies from an MAF flight, enabling lessons to continue until the end of term. Story by Matt Painter Despite restricted flights due to PNG’s current fuel crisis, Tekin Primary School welcomed an MAF charter flight containing 902 kilograms of food […]
Read more MAF in Papua New Guinea expresses our heartfelt sympathy for the victims of the recent landslide in Mulitaka village. While the devastation is severe, the presence of highway access and the Enga provincial airport at Wapenamanda close by, ensures that aid can be effectively delivered without the need for Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) assistance. However, […]
Read more Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) in Papua New Guinea (PNG) – like every other air service operator in the country – continues facing Jet A1 (aviation fuel) supply issues, posing a significant challenge to our ability to serve remote communities to the extent and reliability as we did before. MAF’s operation is mostly affected by the […]
Read more In late April, the team in Madagascar delivered more that 2 tons of polio vaccines from UNICEF to many districts in Madagascar. The significance of this mission cannot be overstated, as these vaccines hold the power to shield vulnerable populations from a disease that can inflict lifelong paralysis – polio. Districts like Maroantsetra, Morafenobe, Antsalova, […]
Read more Specialists from CURE Children’s Hospital changed lives when they flew with MAF to the community of Kibarani, Kilifi. Children with disabilities are walking again and facing life with new hope and freedom, thanks to a medical team that flies with MAF to reach remote regions of Kenya. MAF pilot Christiaan Haak flew orthopaedic doctors from […]
Read more Genovio de Jesus dos Santos is a happy little boy who usually loves to play with his friends in the isolated community of Maliana. But a severe case of dengue fever left him seriously ill and in need of urgent hospital treatment in Timor-Leste’s capital Dili. Faced with a tough road journey of three to […]
Read more While MAF Papua New Guinea’s team works hard to find solutions to an ongoing fuel crisis, the impact of necessary fuel surcharges is felt far and wide when normal community service flights must be constrained. MAF Kiunga fuel storage area - mostly empty of JETA1 200L fuel drums during the current crisis A recent shortage [...]
Read more Organisation relies on regular flights to take social programme to remote communities. For Troy Barrett, co-founder and Managing Director of Country Connect, MAF’s Regular Passenger Transport service (RPT) is much more than a mere convenience as he criss-crosses the 33,000 square kilometres of the East Arnhem Region of Arnhem Land, Northern Territory. “It’s an essential […]
Read more MAF’s Training Centre in Far North Queensland hosted a group of teenage students and teachers from across Australia for the inaugural MAF Trek, an event that lets students experience just how significant an MAF flight can be for people in isolated areas. MAF’s Training Centre in Far North Queensland hosted a group of teenage students […]
Read more Imagine being rushed to hospital in an emergency, far away from family, and then having to make your own way home during a painful recovery. MAF Timor-Leste’s Closing the Loop project is overcoming those barriers by supporting patients in hospital and flying them home for a joyful reunion. Teenager Virgilio Magno was flown to the […]
Read more PNG ranks in the bottom half of the global maternal mortality index according to World Bank data. Rural areas without reliable electricity pose the greatest danger to women in labour. MAF is partnering with Dr Freda Wemin to roll out ‘Mama’s Waiting Hut’ initiative, which uses solar power to light remote clinics, making childbirth safer. […]
Read more In some of the most remote and hard-to-reach places on earth, access to a Bible can be nearly impossible. That’s where MAF steps in, using planes to deliver God’s Word to those who need it most. Whether it’s soaring over dense jungles, crossing vast deserts, or navigating rugged mountains, MAF pilots are on a mission […]
Read more The Jamir family are missionaries with Pioneers, living in the community of Gapuwiyak in Arnhem Land. Gapuwiyak is a remote indigenous community of approximately 900 people. By air this community is located just 40 minutes away from Nhulunbuy, the nearest town, and by road it is more than 200 kilometres on a mostly dirt road […]
Read more Bill Smith and his wife Lori Smith are both missionaries who are highly involved in church planting through medical evangelist & theological education with the Association of Baptists for World Evangelism (ABWE) in Papua New Guinea. Bill is also the chancellor of Goroka Baptist Bible College and his wife Lori runs the Seigu Baptist clinic […]
Read more MAF is crucial in transporting eye specialists from Kenya’s capital Nairobi, to Moyale to offer life changing surgeries. Omar (not his real name) * is overjoyed after his sight was restored following four years of vision loss during which he had to rely entirely on his son. The 63-year-old praised the surgeons and organisers of […]
Read more The flight from Dusin to Mt Hagen takes less than 20 minutes – to travel by foot would be 3 days. Read the impact this 20 minute flight – just $50 worth of fuel – has: As he banked his Cessna 208 Caravan onto the final approach for his second landing of the day at […]
Read more MAF Kenya partners with the Veterinarians with a Mission Progarmme (VMP) to support isolated farmers who have no access to vets or who can’t afford treatment to protect their animals. In 2023, MAF enabled VMP to save over 74,000 animals in Kenya. Read below the story of one such trip. Healing Hooves and Hearts Over 18,000 […]
Read more PRESS RELEASE MAF Australia’s 12th Annual Fuel for Father’s Day Campaign Urges Support for Essential Aviation Fuel [Sydney, 1 Aug] – Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) Australia launches its twelfth annual Fuel for Father’s Day campaign, urging Australians to donate essential aviation fuel for its life-saving, life-transforming and life-giving flights. Since 2013, this campaign, supported by […]
Read more Renee Brewer and Bridget Ingham are pilots for MAF in Papua New Guinea. They recently shared with MAF Australia some insights about their experience and their work. Interview with MAF Pilot Renee Brewer MAF: What is your role? Renee: I work for MAF as a pilot in Papua New Guinea. I fly people and cargo […]
Read more The team at MAF Arnhem Land work closely with women’s shelter to help pair fleeing domestic violence. Rescue flights are unexpected and unplanned, whether for accidents or sickness or domestic violence, and MAF pilots in Arnhem Land regularly fly all three. “I thought I was finished after my charter flight, and I was gearing up […]
Read more The remote mountainous community of Tekin in Papua New Guinea has received much needed food supplies from an MAF flight, enabling lessons to continue until the end of term. Story by Matt Painter Despite restricted flights due to PNG’s current fuel crisis, Tekin Primary School welcomed an MAF charter flight containing 902 kilograms of food […]
Read more MAF in Papua New Guinea expresses our heartfelt sympathy for the victims of the recent landslide in Mulitaka village. While the devastation is severe, the presence of highway access and the Enga provincial airport at Wapenamanda close by, ensures that aid can be effectively delivered without the need for Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) assistance. However, […]
Read more Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) in Papua New Guinea (PNG) – like every other air service operator in the country – continues facing Jet A1 (aviation fuel) supply issues, posing a significant challenge to our ability to serve remote communities to the extent and reliability as we did before. MAF’s operation is mostly affected by the […]
Read more In late April, the team in Madagascar delivered more that 2 tons of polio vaccines from UNICEF to many districts in Madagascar. The significance of this mission cannot be overstated, as these vaccines hold the power to shield vulnerable populations from a disease that can inflict lifelong paralysis – polio. Districts like Maroantsetra, Morafenobe, Antsalova, […]
Read more Specialists from CURE Children’s Hospital changed lives when they flew with MAF to the community of Kibarani, Kilifi. Children with disabilities are walking again and facing life with new hope and freedom, thanks to a medical team that flies with MAF to reach remote regions of Kenya. MAF pilot Christiaan Haak flew orthopaedic doctors from […]
Read more Genovio de Jesus dos Santos is a happy little boy who usually loves to play with his friends in the isolated community of Maliana. But a severe case of dengue fever left him seriously ill and in need of urgent hospital treatment in Timor-Leste’s capital Dili. Faced with a tough road journey of three to […]
Read more While MAF Papua New Guinea’s team works hard to find solutions to an ongoing fuel crisis, the impact of necessary fuel surcharges is felt far and wide when normal community service flights must be constrained. MAF Kiunga fuel storage area - mostly empty of JETA1 200L fuel drums during the current crisis A recent shortage [...]
Read more Organisation relies on regular flights to take social programme to remote communities. For Troy Barrett, co-founder and Managing Director of Country Connect, MAF’s Regular Passenger Transport service (RPT) is much more than a mere convenience as he criss-crosses the 33,000 square kilometres of the East Arnhem Region of Arnhem Land, Northern Territory. “It’s an essential […]
Read more MAF’s Training Centre in Far North Queensland hosted a group of teenage students and teachers from across Australia for the inaugural MAF Trek, an event that lets students experience just how significant an MAF flight can be for people in isolated areas. MAF’s Training Centre in Far North Queensland hosted a group of teenage students […]
Read more Imagine being rushed to hospital in an emergency, far away from family, and then having to make your own way home during a painful recovery. MAF Timor-Leste’s Closing the Loop project is overcoming those barriers by supporting patients in hospital and flying them home for a joyful reunion. Teenager Virgilio Magno was flown to the […]
Read more PNG ranks in the bottom half of the global maternal mortality index according to World Bank data. Rural areas without reliable electricity pose the greatest danger to women in labour. MAF is partnering with Dr Freda Wemin to roll out ‘Mama’s Waiting Hut’ initiative, which uses solar power to light remote clinics, making childbirth safer. […]
Read more In some of the most remote and hard-to-reach places on earth, access to a Bible can be nearly impossible. That’s where MAF steps in, using planes to deliver God’s Word to those who need it most. Whether it’s soaring over dense jungles, crossing vast deserts, or navigating rugged mountains, MAF pilots are on a mission […]
Read more The Jamir family are missionaries with Pioneers, living in the community of Gapuwiyak in Arnhem Land. Gapuwiyak is a remote indigenous community of approximately 900 people. By air this community is located just 40 minutes away from Nhulunbuy, the nearest town, and by road it is more than 200 kilometres on a mostly dirt road […]
Read more Bill Smith and his wife Lori Smith are both missionaries who are highly involved in church planting through medical evangelist & theological education with the Association of Baptists for World Evangelism (ABWE) in Papua New Guinea. Bill is also the chancellor of Goroka Baptist Bible College and his wife Lori runs the Seigu Baptist clinic […]
Read more MAF is crucial in transporting eye specialists from Kenya’s capital Nairobi, to Moyale to offer life changing surgeries. Omar (not his real name) * is overjoyed after his sight was restored following four years of vision loss during which he had to rely entirely on his son. The 63-year-old praised the surgeons and organisers of […]
Read more The flight from Dusin to Mt Hagen takes less than 20 minutes – to travel by foot would be 3 days. Read the impact this 20 minute flight – just $50 worth of fuel – has: As he banked his Cessna 208 Caravan onto the final approach for his second landing of the day at […]
Read more MAF Kenya partners with the Veterinarians with a Mission Progarmme (VMP) to support isolated farmers who have no access to vets or who can’t afford treatment to protect their animals. In 2023, MAF enabled VMP to save over 74,000 animals in Kenya. Read below the story of one such trip. Healing Hooves and Hearts Over 18,000 […]
Read more PRESS RELEASE MAF Australia’s 12th Annual Fuel for Father’s Day Campaign Urges Support for Essential Aviation Fuel [Sydney, 1 Aug] – Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) Australia launches its twelfth annual Fuel for Father’s Day campaign, urging Australians to donate essential aviation fuel for its life-saving, life-transforming and life-giving flights. Since 2013, this campaign, supported by […]
Read more Renee Brewer and Bridget Ingham are pilots for MAF in Papua New Guinea. They recently shared with MAF Australia some insights about their experience and their work. Interview with MAF Pilot Renee Brewer MAF: What is your role? Renee: I work for MAF as a pilot in Papua New Guinea. I fly people and cargo […]
Read more The team at MAF Arnhem Land work closely with women’s shelter to help pair fleeing domestic violence. Rescue flights are unexpected and unplanned, whether for accidents or sickness or domestic violence, and MAF pilots in Arnhem Land regularly fly all three. “I thought I was finished after my charter flight, and I was gearing up […]
Read more The remote mountainous community of Tekin in Papua New Guinea has received much needed food supplies from an MAF flight, enabling lessons to continue until the end of term. Story by Matt Painter Despite restricted flights due to PNG’s current fuel crisis, Tekin Primary School welcomed an MAF charter flight containing 902 kilograms of food […]
Read more MAF in Papua New Guinea expresses our heartfelt sympathy for the victims of the recent landslide in Mulitaka village. While the devastation is severe, the presence of highway access and the Enga provincial airport at Wapenamanda close by, ensures that aid can be effectively delivered without the need for Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) assistance. However, […]
Read more Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) in Papua New Guinea (PNG) – like every other air service operator in the country – continues facing Jet A1 (aviation fuel) supply issues, posing a significant challenge to our ability to serve remote communities to the extent and reliability as we did before. MAF’s operation is mostly affected by the […]
Read more In late April, the team in Madagascar delivered more that 2 tons of polio vaccines from UNICEF to many districts in Madagascar. The significance of this mission cannot be overstated, as these vaccines hold the power to shield vulnerable populations from a disease that can inflict lifelong paralysis – polio. Districts like Maroantsetra, Morafenobe, Antsalova, […]
Read more Specialists from CURE Children’s Hospital changed lives when they flew with MAF to the community of Kibarani, Kilifi. Children with disabilities are walking again and facing life with new hope and freedom, thanks to a medical team that flies with MAF to reach remote regions of Kenya. MAF pilot Christiaan Haak flew orthopaedic doctors from […]
Read more Genovio de Jesus dos Santos is a happy little boy who usually loves to play with his friends in the isolated community of Maliana. But a severe case of dengue fever left him seriously ill and in need of urgent hospital treatment in Timor-Leste’s capital Dili. Faced with a tough road journey of three to […]
Read more While MAF Papua New Guinea’s team works hard to find solutions to an ongoing fuel crisis, the impact of necessary fuel surcharges is felt far and wide when normal community service flights must be constrained. MAF Kiunga fuel storage area - mostly empty of JETA1 200L fuel drums during the current crisis A recent shortage [...]
Read more Organisation relies on regular flights to take social programme to remote communities. For Troy Barrett, co-founder and Managing Director of Country Connect, MAF’s Regular Passenger Transport service (RPT) is much more than a mere convenience as he criss-crosses the 33,000 square kilometres of the East Arnhem Region of Arnhem Land, Northern Territory. “It’s an essential […]
Read more MAF’s Training Centre in Far North Queensland hosted a group of teenage students and teachers from across Australia for the inaugural MAF Trek, an event that lets students experience just how significant an MAF flight can be for people in isolated areas. MAF’s Training Centre in Far North Queensland hosted a group of teenage students […]
Read more Imagine being rushed to hospital in an emergency, far away from family, and then having to make your own way home during a painful recovery. MAF Timor-Leste’s Closing the Loop project is overcoming those barriers by supporting patients in hospital and flying them home for a joyful reunion. Teenager Virgilio Magno was flown to the […]
Read more PNG ranks in the bottom half of the global maternal mortality index according to World Bank data. Rural areas without reliable electricity pose the greatest danger to women in labour. MAF is partnering with Dr Freda Wemin to roll out ‘Mama’s Waiting Hut’ initiative, which uses solar power to light remote clinics, making childbirth safer. […]
Read more In some of the most remote and hard-to-reach places on earth, access to a Bible can be nearly impossible. That’s where MAF steps in, using planes to deliver God’s Word to those who need it most. Whether it’s soaring over dense jungles, crossing vast deserts, or navigating rugged mountains, MAF pilots are on a mission […]
Read more The Jamir family are missionaries with Pioneers, living in the community of Gapuwiyak in Arnhem Land. Gapuwiyak is a remote indigenous community of approximately 900 people. By air this community is located just 40 minutes away from Nhulunbuy, the nearest town, and by road it is more than 200 kilometres on a mostly dirt road […]
Read more Bill Smith and his wife Lori Smith are both missionaries who are highly involved in church planting through medical evangelist & theological education with the Association of Baptists for World Evangelism (ABWE) in Papua New Guinea. Bill is also the chancellor of Goroka Baptist Bible College and his wife Lori runs the Seigu Baptist clinic […]
Read more MAF is crucial in transporting eye specialists from Kenya’s capital Nairobi, to Moyale to offer life changing surgeries. Omar (not his real name) * is overjoyed after his sight was restored following four years of vision loss during which he had to rely entirely on his son. The 63-year-old praised the surgeons and organisers of […]
Read more The flight from Dusin to Mt Hagen takes less than 20 minutes – to travel by foot would be 3 days. Read the impact this 20 minute flight – just $50 worth of fuel – has: As he banked his Cessna 208 Caravan onto the final approach for his second landing of the day at […]
Read more MAF Kenya partners with the Veterinarians with a Mission Progarmme (VMP) to support isolated farmers who have no access to vets or who can’t afford treatment to protect their animals. In 2023, MAF enabled VMP to save over 74,000 animals in Kenya. Read below the story of one such trip. Healing Hooves and Hearts Over 18,000 […]
Read more PRESS RELEASE MAF Australia’s 12th Annual Fuel for Father’s Day Campaign Urges Support for Essential Aviation Fuel [Sydney, 1 Aug] – Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) Australia launches its twelfth annual Fuel for Father’s Day campaign, urging Australians to donate essential aviation fuel for its life-saving, life-transforming and life-giving flights. Since 2013, this campaign, supported by […]
Read more Renee Brewer and Bridget Ingham are pilots for MAF in Papua New Guinea. They recently shared with MAF Australia some insights about their experience and their work. Interview with MAF Pilot Renee Brewer MAF: What is your role? Renee: I work for MAF as a pilot in Papua New Guinea. I fly people and cargo […]
Read more The team at MAF Arnhem Land work closely with women’s shelter to help pair fleeing domestic violence. Rescue flights are unexpected and unplanned, whether for accidents or sickness or domestic violence, and MAF pilots in Arnhem Land regularly fly all three. “I thought I was finished after my charter flight, and I was gearing up […]
Read more The remote mountainous community of Tekin in Papua New Guinea has received much needed food supplies from an MAF flight, enabling lessons to continue until the end of term. Story by Matt Painter Despite restricted flights due to PNG’s current fuel crisis, Tekin Primary School welcomed an MAF charter flight containing 902 kilograms of food […]
Read more MAF in Papua New Guinea expresses our heartfelt sympathy for the victims of the recent landslide in Mulitaka village. While the devastation is severe, the presence of highway access and the Enga provincial airport at Wapenamanda close by, ensures that aid can be effectively delivered without the need for Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) assistance. However, […]
Read more Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) in Papua New Guinea (PNG) – like every other air service operator in the country – continues facing Jet A1 (aviation fuel) supply issues, posing a significant challenge to our ability to serve remote communities to the extent and reliability as we did before. MAF’s operation is mostly affected by the […]
Read more In late April, the team in Madagascar delivered more that 2 tons of polio vaccines from UNICEF to many districts in Madagascar. The significance of this mission cannot be overstated, as these vaccines hold the power to shield vulnerable populations from a disease that can inflict lifelong paralysis – polio. Districts like Maroantsetra, Morafenobe, Antsalova, […]
Read more Specialists from CURE Children’s Hospital changed lives when they flew with MAF to the community of Kibarani, Kilifi. Children with disabilities are walking again and facing life with new hope and freedom, thanks to a medical team that flies with MAF to reach remote regions of Kenya. MAF pilot Christiaan Haak flew orthopaedic doctors from […]
Read more Genovio de Jesus dos Santos is a happy little boy who usually loves to play with his friends in the isolated community of Maliana. But a severe case of dengue fever left him seriously ill and in need of urgent hospital treatment in Timor-Leste’s capital Dili. Faced with a tough road journey of three to […]
Read more While MAF Papua New Guinea’s team works hard to find solutions to an ongoing fuel crisis, the impact of necessary fuel surcharges is felt far and wide when normal community service flights must be constrained. MAF Kiunga fuel storage area - mostly empty of JETA1 200L fuel drums during the current crisis A recent shortage [...]
Read more Organisation relies on regular flights to take social programme to remote communities. For Troy Barrett, co-founder and Managing Director of Country Connect, MAF’s Regular Passenger Transport service (RPT) is much more than a mere convenience as he criss-crosses the 33,000 square kilometres of the East Arnhem Region of Arnhem Land, Northern Territory. “It’s an essential […]
Read more MAF’s Training Centre in Far North Queensland hosted a group of teenage students and teachers from across Australia for the inaugural MAF Trek, an event that lets students experience just how significant an MAF flight can be for people in isolated areas. MAF’s Training Centre in Far North Queensland hosted a group of teenage students […]
Read more Imagine being rushed to hospital in an emergency, far away from family, and then having to make your own way home during a painful recovery. MAF Timor-Leste’s Closing the Loop project is overcoming those barriers by supporting patients in hospital and flying them home for a joyful reunion. Teenager Virgilio Magno was flown to the […]
Read more PNG ranks in the bottom half of the global maternal mortality index according to World Bank data. Rural areas without reliable electricity pose the greatest danger to women in labour. MAF is partnering with Dr Freda Wemin to roll out ‘Mama’s Waiting Hut’ initiative, which uses solar power to light remote clinics, making childbirth safer. […]
Read more In some of the most remote and hard-to-reach places on earth, access to a Bible can be nearly impossible. That’s where MAF steps in, using planes to deliver God’s Word to those who need it most. Whether it’s soaring over dense jungles, crossing vast deserts, or navigating rugged mountains, MAF pilots are on a mission […]
Read more The Jamir family are missionaries with Pioneers, living in the community of Gapuwiyak in Arnhem Land. Gapuwiyak is a remote indigenous community of approximately 900 people. By air this community is located just 40 minutes away from Nhulunbuy, the nearest town, and by road it is more than 200 kilometres on a mostly dirt road […]
Read more Bill Smith and his wife Lori Smith are both missionaries who are highly involved in church planting through medical evangelist & theological education with the Association of Baptists for World Evangelism (ABWE) in Papua New Guinea. Bill is also the chancellor of Goroka Baptist Bible College and his wife Lori runs the Seigu Baptist clinic […]
Read more MAF is crucial in transporting eye specialists from Kenya’s capital Nairobi, to Moyale to offer life changing surgeries. Omar (not his real name) * is overjoyed after his sight was restored following four years of vision loss during which he had to rely entirely on his son. The 63-year-old praised the surgeons and organisers of […]
Read more The flight from Dusin to Mt Hagen takes less than 20 minutes – to travel by foot would be 3 days. Read the impact this 20 minute flight – just $50 worth of fuel – has: As he banked his Cessna 208 Caravan onto the final approach for his second landing of the day at […]
Read more MAF Kenya partners with the Veterinarians with a Mission Progarmme (VMP) to support isolated farmers who have no access to vets or who can’t afford treatment to protect their animals. In 2023, MAF enabled VMP to save over 74,000 animals in Kenya. Read below the story of one such trip. Healing Hooves and Hearts Over 18,000 […]
Read more PRESS RELEASE MAF Australia’s 12th Annual Fuel for Father’s Day Campaign Urges Support for Essential Aviation Fuel [Sydney, 1 Aug] – Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) Australia launches its twelfth annual Fuel for Father’s Day campaign, urging Australians to donate essential aviation fuel for its life-saving, life-transforming and life-giving flights. Since 2013, this campaign, supported by […]
Read more Renee Brewer and Bridget Ingham are pilots for MAF in Papua New Guinea. They recently shared with MAF Australia some insights about their experience and their work. Interview with MAF Pilot Renee Brewer MAF: What is your role? Renee: I work for MAF as a pilot in Papua New Guinea. I fly people and cargo […]
Read more The team at MAF Arnhem Land work closely with women’s shelter to help pair fleeing domestic violence. Rescue flights are unexpected and unplanned, whether for accidents or sickness or domestic violence, and MAF pilots in Arnhem Land regularly fly all three. “I thought I was finished after my charter flight, and I was gearing up […]
Read more The remote mountainous community of Tekin in Papua New Guinea has received much needed food supplies from an MAF flight, enabling lessons to continue until the end of term. Story by Matt Painter Despite restricted flights due to PNG’s current fuel crisis, Tekin Primary School welcomed an MAF charter flight containing 902 kilograms of food […]
Read more MAF in Papua New Guinea expresses our heartfelt sympathy for the victims of the recent landslide in Mulitaka village. While the devastation is severe, the presence of highway access and the Enga provincial airport at Wapenamanda close by, ensures that aid can be effectively delivered without the need for Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) assistance. However, […]
Read more Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) in Papua New Guinea (PNG) – like every other air service operator in the country – continues facing Jet A1 (aviation fuel) supply issues, posing a significant challenge to our ability to serve remote communities to the extent and reliability as we did before. MAF’s operation is mostly affected by the […]
Read more In late April, the team in Madagascar delivered more that 2 tons of polio vaccines from UNICEF to many districts in Madagascar. The significance of this mission cannot be overstated, as these vaccines hold the power to shield vulnerable populations from a disease that can inflict lifelong paralysis – polio. Districts like Maroantsetra, Morafenobe, Antsalova, […]
Read more Specialists from CURE Children’s Hospital changed lives when they flew with MAF to the community of Kibarani, Kilifi. Children with disabilities are walking again and facing life with new hope and freedom, thanks to a medical team that flies with MAF to reach remote regions of Kenya. MAF pilot Christiaan Haak flew orthopaedic doctors from […]
Read more Genovio de Jesus dos Santos is a happy little boy who usually loves to play with his friends in the isolated community of Maliana. But a severe case of dengue fever left him seriously ill and in need of urgent hospital treatment in Timor-Leste’s capital Dili. Faced with a tough road journey of three to […]
Read more While MAF Papua New Guinea’s team works hard to find solutions to an ongoing fuel crisis, the impact of necessary fuel surcharges is felt far and wide when normal community service flights must be constrained. MAF Kiunga fuel storage area - mostly empty of JETA1 200L fuel drums during the current crisis A recent shortage [...]
Read more Organisation relies on regular flights to take social programme to remote communities. For Troy Barrett, co-founder and Managing Director of Country Connect, MAF’s Regular Passenger Transport service (RPT) is much more than a mere convenience as he criss-crosses the 33,000 square kilometres of the East Arnhem Region of Arnhem Land, Northern Territory. “It’s an essential […]
Read more MAF’s Training Centre in Far North Queensland hosted a group of teenage students and teachers from across Australia for the inaugural MAF Trek, an event that lets students experience just how significant an MAF flight can be for people in isolated areas. MAF’s Training Centre in Far North Queensland hosted a group of teenage students […]
Read more Imagine being rushed to hospital in an emergency, far away from family, and then having to make your own way home during a painful recovery. MAF Timor-Leste’s Closing the Loop project is overcoming those barriers by supporting patients in hospital and flying them home for a joyful reunion. Teenager Virgilio Magno was flown to the […]
Read more PNG ranks in the bottom half of the global maternal mortality index according to World Bank data. Rural areas without reliable electricity pose the greatest danger to women in labour. MAF is partnering with Dr Freda Wemin to roll out ‘Mama’s Waiting Hut’ initiative, which uses solar power to light remote clinics, making childbirth safer. […]
Read more In some of the most remote and hard-to-reach places on earth, access to a Bible can be nearly impossible. That’s where MAF steps in, using planes to deliver God’s Word to those who need it most. Whether it’s soaring over dense jungles, crossing vast deserts, or navigating rugged mountains, MAF pilots are on a mission […]
Read more The Jamir family are missionaries with Pioneers, living in the community of Gapuwiyak in Arnhem Land. Gapuwiyak is a remote indigenous community of approximately 900 people. By air this community is located just 40 minutes away from Nhulunbuy, the nearest town, and by road it is more than 200 kilometres on a mostly dirt road […]
Read more Bill Smith and his wife Lori Smith are both missionaries who are highly involved in church planting through medical evangelist & theological education with the Association of Baptists for World Evangelism (ABWE) in Papua New Guinea. Bill is also the chancellor of Goroka Baptist Bible College and his wife Lori runs the Seigu Baptist clinic […]
Read more MAF is crucial in transporting eye specialists from Kenya’s capital Nairobi, to Moyale to offer life changing surgeries. Omar (not his real name) * is overjoyed after his sight was restored following four years of vision loss during which he had to rely entirely on his son. The 63-year-old praised the surgeons and organisers of […]
Read more The flight from Dusin to Mt Hagen takes less than 20 minutes – to travel by foot would be 3 days. Read the impact this 20 minute flight – just $50 worth of fuel – has: As he banked his Cessna 208 Caravan onto the final approach for his second landing of the day at […]
Read more MAF Kenya partners with the Veterinarians with a Mission Progarmme (VMP) to support isolated farmers who have no access to vets or who can’t afford treatment to protect their animals. In 2023, MAF enabled VMP to save over 74,000 animals in Kenya. Read below the story of one such trip. Healing Hooves and Hearts Over 18,000 […]
Read more PRESS RELEASE MAF Australia’s 12th Annual Fuel for Father’s Day Campaign Urges Support for Essential Aviation Fuel [Sydney, 1 Aug] – Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) Australia launches its twelfth annual Fuel for Father’s Day campaign, urging Australians to donate essential aviation fuel for its life-saving, life-transforming and life-giving flights. Since 2013, this campaign, supported by […]
Read more Renee Brewer and Bridget Ingham are pilots for MAF in Papua New Guinea. They recently shared with MAF Australia some insights about their experience and their work. Interview with MAF Pilot Renee Brewer MAF: What is your role? Renee: I work for MAF as a pilot in Papua New Guinea. I fly people and cargo […]
Read more The team at MAF Arnhem Land work closely with women’s shelter to help pair fleeing domestic violence. Rescue flights are unexpected and unplanned, whether for accidents or sickness or domestic violence, and MAF pilots in Arnhem Land regularly fly all three. “I thought I was finished after my charter flight, and I was gearing up […]
Read more The remote mountainous community of Tekin in Papua New Guinea has received much needed food supplies from an MAF flight, enabling lessons to continue until the end of term. Story by Matt Painter Despite restricted flights due to PNG’s current fuel crisis, Tekin Primary School welcomed an MAF charter flight containing 902 kilograms of food […]
Read more MAF in Papua New Guinea expresses our heartfelt sympathy for the victims of the recent landslide in Mulitaka village. While the devastation is severe, the presence of highway access and the Enga provincial airport at Wapenamanda close by, ensures that aid can be effectively delivered without the need for Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) assistance. However, […]
Read more Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) in Papua New Guinea (PNG) – like every other air service operator in the country – continues facing Jet A1 (aviation fuel) supply issues, posing a significant challenge to our ability to serve remote communities to the extent and reliability as we did before. MAF’s operation is mostly affected by the […]
Read more In late April, the team in Madagascar delivered more that 2 tons of polio vaccines from UNICEF to many districts in Madagascar. The significance of this mission cannot be overstated, as these vaccines hold the power to shield vulnerable populations from a disease that can inflict lifelong paralysis – polio. Districts like Maroantsetra, Morafenobe, Antsalova, […]
Read more Specialists from CURE Children’s Hospital changed lives when they flew with MAF to the community of Kibarani, Kilifi. Children with disabilities are walking again and facing life with new hope and freedom, thanks to a medical team that flies with MAF to reach remote regions of Kenya. MAF pilot Christiaan Haak flew orthopaedic doctors from […]
Read more Genovio de Jesus dos Santos is a happy little boy who usually loves to play with his friends in the isolated community of Maliana. But a severe case of dengue fever left him seriously ill and in need of urgent hospital treatment in Timor-Leste’s capital Dili. Faced with a tough road journey of three to […]
Read more While MAF Papua New Guinea’s team works hard to find solutions to an ongoing fuel crisis, the impact of necessary fuel surcharges is felt far and wide when normal community service flights must be constrained. MAF Kiunga fuel storage area - mostly empty of JETA1 200L fuel drums during the current crisis A recent shortage [...]
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