Why the Cessna Caravan 208?
Our goal is to be able to have more capacity to help people. This requires larger planes that can carry more supplies or people.
The Cessna Caravan is very well designed for our intended uses. These planes would allow us to carry up to 9 relief workers and/or some 3,000 lbs (1365 kg) of cargo, to be safely transported on each leg.
This is a huge boost in capacity over aircraft that limit us to carrying only 1500 lbs of tools and materials – or 3 or 4 relief workers with their equipment on each leg.
When responsiveness matters, seats and capacity make a very real difference in the success of relief operations.