Founded in 1984, Air Serv International was created for the sole purpose of providing safe and reliable air transport to humanitarian organizations operating in regions too difficult or dangerous to reach by land. During the Ethiopian famine, a group of dedicated aviation visionaries quickly realized the power of small-craft aviation in expanding the reach of relief and assistance during natural disasters and crises. Now operating a fleet of seven Cessna Caravans, Air Serv flies where no one else will, reaching the most inaccessible places under the most extreme conditions.

Over the last few decades, they have been active around the world. Loosely defining runways as paved or un-paved roads, dry river beds, or fields, Air Serv has safely and reliably increased the reach of humanitarian workers by providing aviation services including transportation of goods, services, and relief workers, flying medical evacuations, and repatriating displaced persons. Their most recent history includes being the first civilian air operator allowed access to Iraq following the end of initial combat in the spring of 2003, acting as one of the first responders to the tsunami in Sri Lanka in 2004, and supporting NGO efforts in eastern Chad, the Darfur region of Sudan, and Juba, South Sudan from 2004-2015. Current programs are located in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of Chad in support of Medecins Sans Frontieres and the United Nations World Food Program.