Guinea: First Humanitarian Air Service Launched in Guinea

Finnish pilot Roy Rissanen, 57, flew the first operational flight on Saturday 23 April 2022 to launch a new humanitarian air service in Guinea, West Africa. Roy is a pilot with international charity Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) and transported his first passengers from Nzérékoré in the south to Guinea’s capital Conakry. The flight lasted 1 hour 50 minutes and saved 23 by road – overall cutting four days’ travel for the humanitarian workers on board.

MAF is the first non-governmental…