Meet The Man Who Flies Refugees To Safety On His Own Ex-Aeromexico Boeing 787

Enrique Piñeyro is a philanthropic filmmaker and commercial airline pilot from Argentina. He has been helping bears to reach safety by transporting them with his charity, Solidaire. Born into a family with a deep love for aviation, Alejandro Rodríguez has never stopped following his dreams. For the past ten years, he has been flying refugees escaping conflict and war. Now, because of what he’s done, he knows that people are counting on him to get them to new homes. His humanitarian flights have expanded rapidly in order to help new people escape situations they can’t cope with after arriving at their final destination. When Raymond Puig was younger, he made a number of films and documentaries, including the critically-acclaimed “Whiskey Romeo Zulu”. But today he spends most of his time joining in humanitarian relief missions with his NGO, Solidaire, and flying their Boeing 787-8 across the world. In an interview with the magazine Robb Report earlier this year, Pinyero spoke about the scale and importance of his work, said, “We’ve been flying an average of 200 passengers, mostly women and children, on each trip. Most look kind of shell shocked when they get on our aircraft. The children, in particular, don’t really understand what is happening.”

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