A new airline devoted to transporting humanitarian aid, BlueLight Humanitarian Airlines (BlueLight), has been officially official launched. According to the promoters, “BlueLight will operate as a fully non-profit entity governed by Swiss standards of transparency and neutrality. Headquartered in Geneva, the international capital of humanitarian diplomacy, BlueLight has been founded to close one of the most persistent gaps in global crisis response: the lack of cost-effective, dedicated, neutral, and scalable air mobility capable of delivering aid swiftly to those most in need.” The new airline “combines cargo, passenger, and air ambulance within a single fleet, allowing rapid, coordinated deployment in crisis conditions. Each aircraft will be configured to carry over 50 tonnes of humanitarian cargo, seat up to 200 response personnel, and operate as an airborne medical unit equipped for emergency trauma care.”
Pierre Bernheim, Co-Founder, BlueLight, says: “BlueLight exists to ensure that help arrives — wherever and whenever it is needed.” BlueLight’s says its fleet will comprise Airbus A340-300 and A321P2F aircraft with maintenance and operations meeting full commercial aviation standards. It is also “developing a next-generation uncrewed aerial delivery system capable of transporting up to 500kg of supplies over an 800-kilometre range, enabling access to conflict zones or disaster areas where runways are damaged or restricted.” Waleed Rawat, Co-Founder, BlueLight, says: “Our purpose is not scale for its own sake, but service at its most essential. We are aligning the discipline of commercial aviation with the compassion of humanitarian work.”
With full scale service commencement billed for 2026, the promoters have “assembled a team of aviation, medical, and humanitarian experts from across Europe, Africa, and the Middle East to lead BlueLight’s launch phase.” BlueLight will operate on a fixed-rate model — transparent, predictable, and often below market cost — with no yield management or price fluctuation. Its mission-driven structure guarantees that every partner, from NGOs to government agencies, has equal access to reliable humanitarian airlift capacity at fair and stable rates.
The humanitarian carrier has also announced that it will incorporate Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) and carbon-offset initiatives into its operations from inception.