Coping with a strong and gusting crosswind, on short final approach to Runway 12 for a fuel stop at Prestwick before proceeding westbound transatlantic. Arriving from Valladolid, Spain as VAL811. Operated by Voyageur Airways. Carrying the markings and logo of the humanitarian World Food Programme (WFP). Delivered new to Brymon Airways in 1980 as G-BRYJ. Operated for British Airways and its subsidiaries from 1993 until 2005. Became C-FEXZ in 2005. Joined Voyageur Airways in 2006.

Taxiing for a Runway 12 departure to Keflavik, Iceland on the next stage of its transatlantic journey home to Canada as VAL811. Arrived a short time earlier from Valladolid, Spain for a fuel stop at Prestwick. Operated by Voyageur Airways. Carrying the markings and logo of the humanitarian World Food Programme (WFP). Delivered new to Brymon Airways in 1980 as G-BRYJ. Operated on behalf of British Airways and its subsidiaries from 1993 until 2005. Became C-FEXZ in 2005. Joined Voyageur Airways in 2006.

Little is known about Mongolian operator Zorte Air, which was first publicly seen operating two Mi-8 helicopters in Malawi in April 2023. It seems the company was founded in late 2022 or early 2023, obtaining at least two former russian registered Mi-8's. JU-5888 shown here taxing out with 3000kgs of relief supplies, was previously registered as RA-27149. Together with JU-5008 and over a period of 3 month, it conducted some 250 flights, transporting 750 tonnes of material during "Operation Tigwirane Manja 2023", the relief efforts after cyclone Freddy hit Malawi in March 2023.

Inbound to Rwy 12 from Spain for a fuel stop before heading for Iceland.

First flown 14 May 1980 and delivered to Brymon Airways as G-BWRB the same month. To Drummond Island Air as N230BV November 1989. To ZS-MZB March 1991, initially with Absil Air then Rossair who operated it for various UN agencies as shown here. To F&M Aviation as N691JM Jan 2007, then C-FSHJ March 2007. To Maldivian Air Taxi as 8Q-MBA April 2012, merged with Trans Maldivian Airways August 2013. Current as of 2025. Photographer unknown

Operated by Abyssinian Flight Services (AFS), founded in 1999, which is a private Ethiopian air charter operator based in Addis Ababa. Operating several Cessna 208 Grand Caravan aircraft, it provides international and domestic non-scheduled commercial air transport services around the Horn of Africa. One of AFS's customers is the UN Humanitarian Air Service and the WFP, flying relief workers and goods to Southern Ethiopia, as can be seen here on ET-AOF (built & delivered new to AFS in 2011, test registration N62173). In 2007, AFS also established Ethiopia's first private pilot training school.

Operated by Solenta Aviation for the UN WFP.

(photographer not known)

This Evergreen Bell 212 was contracted by the UN World Food Programme to provide aid to Haiti after the 2010 earthquake.

Operated by Zimex Aviation

WFP (World Food Program) titles. Brief technical stop on the way to Africa, using callsign UTH9043.

Owned by Airworks (Kenya) and operated on behalf of the United Nations / WFP.

Catpass 250 conversion with box underneath. Registered as N200EM in 1981, N846MW then ZS-MIM in 1989, 5Y-BKA in 1994 and back to ZS-MIM in 2000.

Registered as N6745A in 1980, N209PC in 1985, N33TJ in 1992, N740GL in 1995, ZS-PSP in 2006 and 5Y-TPA in 2009.