MAF International

What MAF International does

MAF International (legally Mission Aviation Fellowship International) is a UK-headquartered Christian charitable organization that provides aviation services to remote and isolated communities across 12 programme countries in Africa, Asia, and Oceania, including Arnhem Land (Australia), Chad, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Papua New Guinea, South Sudan, Tanzania, Timor-Leste, and Uganda. Its core offering is flight operations, encompassing charter flights, medical evacuations (medevac), cargo transport, and disaster response, with 23,792 flight legs and 71,863 passengers logged in 2025 across 1,830,932 nautical miles. Services are dispatched through a network of in-country programme offices and an online flight request system, and the organization maintains a fleet supported by internal pilot and engineering training pipelines.

The technology portfolio is operated through a dedicated subsidiary, MAF Technologies (formerly Christian Radio Missionary Fellowship), which delivers HF radio communication systems, solar power installations, computer literacy training, and the WiFi Bible (an offline wireless device transmitting audio Bibles, films, and apps in local languages) to churches, schools, health centers, and partner aircraft. Wholly owned operating entities include MAF Papua New Guinea Ltd and MAF PNG Holdings Ltd, providing the legal and operational structure for in-country aviation and technology activities.

The organization is funded primarily through donations from individuals, churches, and partner organizations rather than fee-for-service pricing, and is structured as a federated partnership of national member groups (including UK, US, Australia, Canada, Netherlands, Germany, and others). It holds registrations with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (No. 1058226) and the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission, and is a member of CHS Alliance, GNDR, ACFID, and eucord. Strategic anchor partnerships include Mercy Ships, Southern Sudan Healthcare Organization, Peace International, and Humanitarian Response and Recovery, with partnerships covering medevac transport, education access for refugees, and disaster response in conflict-affected regions such as the Lake Chad basin.

Name

MAF International

Legal name

Mission Aviation Fellowship International

Website

https://mafint.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1946

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

MAF International (Mission Aviation Fellowship) is a UK-registered Christian charity providing aviation and technology services to remote, isolated communities across 12 countries in Africa, Asia, and Oceania, including medevac flights, disaster response, and digital literacy programs via its MAF Technologies subsidiary.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Ashford

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices15 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Donations and Charitable Contributions: MAF is a Christian charitable organization funded primarily through donations from individuals, churches, and organizations who support their mission of bringing help, hope and healing through aviation to isolated communities

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

MAF International provides light aircraft flight services to remote, isolated communities across 12 countries, including passenger transport, medical evacuations, cargo delivery, and disaster response flights. Through its MAF Technologies subsidiary, it also delivers radio communication systems, solar power installations, WiFi Bible content devices, and digital literacy training to support communities and churches in Papua New Guinea and other program areas.

Product overview

MAF International (Mission Aviation Fellowship) operates as a unified aviation humanitarian service with specialized technology divisions. The core offering is flight operations providing essential transportation to isolated communities across 12 countries. MAF Technologies, operating as Christian Radio Missionary Fellowship (CRMF), extends the mission through radio communications, solar power, computer training, and the WiFi Bible system. The organization primarily serves remote communities in Papua New Guinea, Chad, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, South Sudan, Tanzania, Timor-Leste, Uganda, Guinea, and Arnhem Land (Australia) through integrated aviation and technology services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• MAF Flight Operations Core aviation services providing charter flights, passenger transport, cargo delivery, and shuttle flights to remote and isolated communities across 12 countries, supporting humanitarian missions, missionaries, churches, aid agencies, and healthcare organizations.
• MAF Technologies

Quantifiable outcome

• 71,863 passengers transported in 2025
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• CHS AllianceminorOthersMAF is a member of the Core Humanitarian Standard Alliance, an independent organization that works with humanitarian agencies to improve quality and accountability.
• Global Network for Disaster Risk Reduction (GNDR)minorOthersMAF is a member of GNDR, a global network of organizations working on disaster risk reduction.
• Climate StewardsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerClimate Stewards provides carbon offsetting and environmental stewardship programs, supporting MAF's creation care initiatives.
• Mercy ShipscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMAF flies Mercy Ships patients from remote Madagascar locations to the Africa Mercy hospital ship in Toamasina for free specialized surgeries. Partnership has grown since 2023, with MAF providing over 400 flight hours by end of 2025.
• Bible and Literature Missionary FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnered with MAF Technologies to donate over 2,000 bilingual Bibles (English and Tok Pisin) for distribution at Papua New Guinea National Youth Conference.
• eucord (European Christian Organisations for Relief and Development)minorOthersMAF is a member of eucord network, a European network of Christian relief and development organizations.
• Humanitarian Response and RecoverycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMAF flies humanitarian staff into the Lake Chad region (Bol, Chad) to support communities affected by Boko Haram, providing essential assistance including non-food items, hygiene kits, emergency shelters, latrines and water boreholes.
• Peace InternationalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMAF flights support Peace International School for South Sudanese refugee children in Adjumani, Uganda, transporting founder Rosemary Khamati and trauma healing experts to deliver training to over 800 children and community leaders.
• Southern Sudan Healthcare Organization (SSHCO)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMAF flies Dr Jacob Atem's SSHCO medical team and supplies to remote clinics in South Sudan. SSHCO serves approximately 1,500 patients monthly with a focus on maternal and child health.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Others

• Mercy Ships: Operates hospital ships delivering free surgery in coastal West Africa. A strategic MAF partner for medevac in Madagascar, sharing the remote-healthcare-access mission though not an aviation competitor.
• Wycliffe Bible Translators: Faith-based organization focused on Bible translation in remote and linguistically diverse regions. A complementary mission partner sharing geographies and overlapping programmatic interest with MAF.

Broad incumbents

• Médecins Sans Frontières: Large humanitarian medical organization operating extensively in remote and conflict-affected regions. A major operational partner for medical evacuation aviation in remote areas; comparable in mission geography though not a flight operator itself.
• International SOS: Global commercial medical and security services firm providing medevac and emergency transport to remote and conflict regions. Comparable in remote-area medical evacuation services, though commercially funded rather than donation-based.
• Samaritan's Purse: Large evangelical humanitarian organization with significant disaster response and aviation capabilities. Comparable in faith-based humanitarian scale, global footprint, medevac and emergency relief aviation activity.

Direct peers

• Air Serv International: Humanitarian aviation organization providing flight services to humanitarian agencies in Africa and other remote regions. Closest direct peer operating in the same niche of NGO aviation services for development and humanitarian work.
• Wings of Hope: US-based humanitarian aviation nonprofit providing medical transport and disaster relief flights in remote and developing regions worldwide. Directly comparable in faith-inspired mission, operational model, and remote-area service focus.
• Samaritan Aviation: Humanitarian aviation organization focused on Papua New Guinea providing medevac and remote-area flight services. Directly overlaps with MAF in PNG—a core MAF program country—making it a clear geographic and operational peer.
• African Mission Aviation: Faith-based humanitarian aviation organization operating across multiple African countries. Directly comparable as a mission-driven aviation organization serving missionaries, NGOs, and healthcare workers in remote regions.

Emerging players

• LightHawk: Environmental aviation nonprofit leveraging volunteer pilots to support conservation efforts. Comparable in leveraging aviation capacity for mission-driven objectives, with a narrower environmental focus.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCYaoxfqa_EcxMq4nXYPOn1A
• Facebookfacebook.com/MAF-International-100083469614003
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/mission-aviation-fellowship-international

Compliance6 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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