The flight from Heathrow, which was funded by the airline, delivered more than £350,000 worth of supplies to Turkey’s Adana airport, around 115 miles from the quake’s epicentre in Gaziantep province.
Among the 64 pallets are 31,000 coats and blankets and almost a tonne of infant milk powder. The shipment will be handled on the ground by AFAD, the Turkish government’s Aid Agency.
The 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit southeast Turkey near the Syrian border in the early hours of 6 February, with tens of millions of people impacted and an estimated 33,000 deaths.
Virgin organised the flight with Israeli charity Magen David Adom UK (MDA).
