The International Air Cargo Association (TIACA) praises the immediate and collaborative responses demonstrated by the entire air cargo industry following the tragic events in southern Turkey and northern Syria, from the establishment of humanitarian air bridges to making staff and capacity available to international agencies and NGOs. Delivering vital medical supplies, blankets, food and other lifesaving equipment is critical in effectively dealing with the aftermath of the earthquake and over 100 subsequent aftershocks. The impacted area extends to a diameter of over 500 kilometers with infrastructure such as roads and airports affected. With nighttime temperatures dropping to freezing levels the speed of aid delivered is crucial to support the communities dealing with such horrific loss of life, with tens of thousands dead or injured. Air cargo demonstrated once again it is on the front line of humanitarian response and TIACA wishes to acknowledge the great supporting efforts of the US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) which issued Syria General License (GL) 23, which authorizes for 180 days all transactions related to earthquake relief that would be otherwise prohibited by the Syrian Sanctions Regulations (SySR). (....)