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Why One Airline Flies To West Africa Despite Ebola


"It is our humanitarian duty to operate there"

Several major airlines including British Airways and Emirates have suspended service to Ebola-stricken regions of West Africa in response to a rapidly worsening Ebola outbreak, and Americans seem to agree with the service halts: 58% of people polled in a recent survey from NBC News want to ban all incoming flights from West African countries with Ebola.

But two airlines-Brussels and Royal Air Maroc, Morocco's largest airline-have continued serving Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea.

Brussels Airlines says it has no plans to stop flying into Guinea, Sierra Leone or Liberia in the immediate future. "It is our humanitarian duty to operate there," said Geert Sciot, a vice president at Brussels Airlines. "Without our fights it would become almost impossible for medical staff to reach the country."