6 GA firms provide relief efforts for quake victims

Six general aviation companies sent 30 helicopters to transport relief goods for the Sichuan earthquake victims.
They were China Easter General Aviation Corp., Zhuhai Helicopter Branch of China Southern Airlines, CITIC Offshore Helicopter Co., China Flying Dragon Special Aviation Co., Jiangsu Huayu General Airline Co., and Xinjiang Kaiyuan General Aviation Co. By June 5, the disaster relief operation used 23 helicopters, accumulating total flying hours of 425 hours and 7 minutes, and operating 349 movements of rescue flight tasks. They also transported 1,881 salvagers to earthquake areas, and carried 574.066 tons of relief supplies.