Stories

Passengers on a mission with MAF flight to Guinea’s heart

Published: January 16, 2025

A MAF plane visited four destinations in one day, bringing partners to remote communities. United by a passion to serve the people of Guinea, representatives from Mission Philafricaine, Pioneers Bible Translators, City of Refuge Ministry and...

‘I want to help my community’

Published: January 16, 2025

Mougulu High School’s first ever graduation ceremony was a time to celebrate the achievements of students from isolated villages. MAF has been supporting the remote school in the Western Province of Papua New Guinea since it was founded in...

Conserving our fish for the future

Published: January 16, 2025

How the MAF shuttle service fosters Blue Ventures in Timor-Leste to support coastal community on Atauro Island to restore their marine ecosystem. The ocean is one of the main sources of livelihood for the people of Bikeli, a coastal region...

Island school’s inspiring example

Published: January 16, 2025

MAF flights support vibrant education community in picturesque but remote Arnhem Land location. Gäwa Christian School straddles a sandy patch of land behind low, scrubby dunes and tidal flats on the edge of the Arafura Sea, on the northernmost...

‘Essential service’ - How MAF brings help to forgotten youth

Published: January 16, 2025

Organisation relies on regular flights to take social program 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...

MAF Trek makes isolation real for students

Published: January 16, 2025

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...

Overcoming the barriers: How MAF helps medevac patients return home

Published: January 16, 2025

Salomon da Costa, his wife Eliazefa and baby Hajam with Estela Noronha, MAF Timor-Leste Passenger Virgilio Magno and a relative Imagine being rushed to hospital in an emergency, far away from family, and then having to make your own...

Keeping MAF safe

Published: January 16, 2025

Mareeba, a town on the Atherton Tablelands in Far North Queensland, flies under the radar in many ways, but the MAF hangar there is strategically positioned to serve several MAF country programs. In the Australian countryside, surrounded by...

Take a look inside MAF’s Mareeba hangar 

Published: January 16, 2025

MAF is known for its work in the air, but some of the most important tasks are done on the ground by our talented team of engineers.  Thanks to the generosity of MAF supporters, a new $4 million hangar complex was built at Mareeba Airport...

MAF Brings Cheers to Dusin, Papua New Guinea

Published: January 16, 2025

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...

The First Yolngu Pilot

Published: January 16, 2025

My name is Yingiya Guyula and I’m a senior leader and elder from the Liya-dhalinymirr Djambarrpuyŋu clan. This is my journey with MAF in Arnhem Land. Aeroplanes before cars I was born and raised in the bush near Buckingham bay and the...

MAF in Timor-Leste — Medevac from Atauro Island

Published: January 16, 2025

The life of a one-year-old boy, suffering from a lung condition, was saved when he was flown by MAF to receive urgent specialist medical treatment. MAF’s intervention was so vital because the young patient was on Atauro Island, separated by...