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6network 02|10more directly to the American Red Cross,Airline Ambassadors, Clinton Bush HaitiRelief Fund or Operation USA. United willcontribute up to five million miles to supportthe bonus offer. Those who want to donatemiles rather than cash can do so throughwww.united.com.US Airways is urging employees to donate tothe American Red Cross, which the airlinewill match up to $25,000 US in addition to apreviously announced donation by the airline.Employees and customers are also urged todonate Dividend Miles to the Red Crossthrough the www.usairways.com/donatemiles website. US doesn’t fly toHaiti, but does have flights to the DominicanRepublic. The airline is in contact with theU.S. State Department should US Airwaysflights be needed.were trucked overland to Port-au-Prince.The shipment included a drinking watertreatment plant, water analysis laboratories,generators, medicine, food, tools and emergencyaccommodation equipment suppliedby German aid organisations.South African is gathering relief supplies,and is working with other Star Alliance carriersto transport material to Haiti. Employeeshave been asked to make contributions anyway they can – money, blankets or clothing –that will be airlifted along with donated medicalsupplies.TAP carried about five tons of cargo and twomembers from the Portuguese national CivilProtection Authority to Caracas, Venezuelawhere the cargo was collected by C130 aircraftand flown to Haiti.Elsewhere in the network, several othermember carriers that don’t fly to the islandhelped by gathering relief supplies and coordinatingdelivery with other member carriers.THAI is sending a 747-300F freighter fromBangkok to Santo Domingo Airport in theDominican Republic via South Korea, Alaskaand Miami. Onboard is 100 tonnes of rice.ANA is transporting of relief goods and reliefagency staff to Haiti between Jan. 18 andFeb. 28. Shipping will be provided on fiveroutes, from Narita to Chicago, WashingtonD.C., New York (JFK), Los Angeles and SanFrancisco.Lufthansa Cargo provided an MD-11 freighterto carry some 75 tonnes of relief supplies toSanto Domingo in the Dominican Republicon January 25. From there, the supplies