Aerobridge Ramps Up for Hurricane Ida Relief Flights
Aerobridge expects to soon start flying in relief supplies to the New Orleans area in the wake of Hurricane Ida.
Aerobridge has helped coordinate general aviation post-disaster relief flights since 2005, including last year in the wake of Hurricane Dorian—shown here via Aerobridge volunteer Bread Pierce's Cessna Citation CJ2 with its carried relief supplies. Now the organization is gearing up to help in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida. (Photo: Brad Pierce/Textron Aviation)
Aerobridge has helped coordinate general aviation post-disaster relief flights since 2005, including last year in the wake of Hurricane Dorian—shown here via Aerobridge volunteer Bread Pierce's Cessna Citation CJ2 with its carried relief supplies. Now the organization is gearing up to help in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida. (Photo: Brad Pierce/Textron Aviation)

Aerobridge, an organization founded in late 2005 to coordinate disaster-relief efforts by general aviation operators, expects to start flying in relief supplies this afternoon from its staging area at Florida’s Pensacola International Airport (KPNS) to the New Orleans area in the wake of Hurricane Ida.