Heavy rains and muddy airstrips have forced the World Food Programme to cancel a number of humanitarian flights in the last three months in South Sudan.
WFP runs the UN Humanitarian Air Service (UNHAS) flying aid and other personnel to 42 locations within South Sudan using nine aircraft.WFP spokesman, George Fominyen, told CRN that most airstrips are not all-weather and heavy rains and mud put them out of operation.
Mr Fominyen said WFP rescheduled many UNHAS flights for the safety of passengers, crew and aircraft.
The WFP spokeseprson confirmed that WFP resumed flights to Kwajok on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
The flights to Kwajok were cancelled over security concerns after an incident between Warrap State governor and a WFP staff during check-in procedures.
NGOs complained that WFP was cancelling too many flights without prior information and that the UNHAS program in South Sudan was becoming unreliable.