Safety
Orbis Showcases Sight-saving Role at Farnborough Airshow
MD-11 airliner serves as a flying eye hospital
Orbis eye care charity
Sight-saving organization Orbis is the official charity partner of the Farnborough International Airshow.

Orbis, a not-for-profit group working to treat and prevent avoidable blindness, is participating in the Farnborough International Airshow as the 2026 event’s official charity partner. The organization is promoting how it uses its Flying Eye Hospital—an adapted MD-10 aircraft—to bring expert care to communities around the world.

The aircraft has an operating theater that provides treatment for conditions including cataracts, glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy, trachoma, and trichiasis. Through its Cybersight program, Orbis delivers telemedicine procedures and ophthalmology training supported by around 400 expert medical volunteers from more than 30 countries.