In recent years we have successfully evacuated tens of thousands of people from places such as Iraq, Iran, West Africa, Afghanistan, Chechnya, Indonesia, and East Timor.
And whilst security issues are the main threat, we are also called upon for natural disasters such as hurricanes, volcanic eruptions and earthquakes, where response times are life-critical.
Air Partner alone extracted over 7,500 expatriates in one weekend during the 2006 crisis in Lebanon.
Governments recognised that no other aviation company could have achieved such a result – all carried out with urgency, accuracy, and complete safety.