Not everyone who has a private jet uses it for reasons this charitable…

H.H. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, ruler of Dubai and Vice President of the UAE, is known for his humanitarian efforts – and his latest act is no exception.

The royal has used his private cargo jet to send Dhs1.3 million of emergency supplies to a cyclone-hit Haiti, and his wife flew on board to Haiti to personally ensure everything was distributed to plan.

As per @HHShkMohd‘s directives,Princess Haya personally oversee the distribution of relief supplies in Haiti following Hurricane Matthew pic.twitter.com/S5Ac8Wosn7 — Dubai Media Office (@DXBMediaOffice) October 14, 2016

Sheikh Mohammed loaded his 747B-400 with 90 metric tonnes of aid and sent it to the Caribbean island, where 300,000 residents are currently living in temporary shelters after their homes were destroyed by Hurricane Matthew.

The deadly tropical cyclone ripped through the US, Central America, the Caribbean and some of South America over the last fortnight, and has affected around 1.4 million Haitians alone.

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Among the US$350,000-worth of supplies sent on Sheikh Mohammed’s plane are water purification units, mosquito nets, medical supplies, tents and other support equipment, which are estimated to help around 340,000 islanders.

As the Port-au-Prince-bound plane refuelled in Rome, HRH Princess Haya bint Al Hussein joined the mission (she’d just had a one-to-one with Pope Francis about how to end world hunger).

Princess Haya also visited Haiti after the horrendous 7.0-magnitude earthquake of 2010, which decimated the island and left tens of thousands dead (the official death toll is still in dispute).

Hurricane Matthew is estimated to have killed between 500 and 1,300 people according to the latest reports.

Thousands still have limited or no access to clean water, education or adequate nutrition – however the UAE’s shipment, organised by the International Humanitarian City per the instruction of Sheikh Mohammed, hopes to change that.

The United Nations Humanitarian Response Depot and partners including Save the Children, Handicap International, World Vision International, Catholic Relief Services, USAID and Lutheran World Relief, all donated to the relief mission.

Princess Haya documented the trip on her Instagram account, revealing that the team were stuck by a storm as they prepared to land on the island.

She also shared images of military officers helping locals across a flooded street.

قوات حفظ السلام التي ترسل إلى الخارج من قبل الدول العربية،هي التي تحارب لقيمنا. هم الذين يجعلوننا ما نحن عليه اليوم The Peacekeepers we Arabs send abroad are the people that fight hardest for our values. They make us who we are today. A photo posted by Haya Bint Al Hussein (@hrhprincesshaya) on Oct 14, 2016 at 11:28am PDT

“The Peacekeepers we Arabs send abroad are the people that fight hardest for our values. They make us who we are today,” the royal wrote.

Princess Haya also paid tribute to her husband and his charitable efforts in a statement on Saturday, calling him “the person who has made the biggest impact on the global humanitarian scene”.

“While he has a deep passion for giving the best possible life to his people he is also keen to share some of the gains of the country’s progress with the less fortunate around the world. His contributions have not been limited by politics, geography, race, colour or religion,” she said in an article on mediaoffice.ae.

“He is passionate about helping those who need it and puts that passion into practice whenever he can.”

من ضخامة حجم طائرة 747B-400 بدى المطار اصغر حجماً. ما زلت لا أستطيع تصديق الشعور الرائع لسرعة الطائرة وخفة حركتها بالرغم من الحمولة الضخمة التي كانت على متنها. The massive 747B-400 just dwarfed everything around her in the airport. I still cannot believe how amazing she felt when we came into land; she absolutely felt so sleek and fast, but when the pilot put the flaps up she turned with such agility on the approach. It was so impressive, even with the massive tonnage she carried for the UAE. A photo posted by Haya Bint Al Hussein (@hrhprincesshaya) on Oct 14, 2016 at 4:48am PDT

Indeed, this isn’t the first huge aid shipment organised by Sheikh Mohammed.

He sent more than 100,000 tonnes of supplies to Uganda last month, to help 60,000 South Sudanese refugees that had fled bloody conflict in their native country.

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Images: mediaoffice.ae, Instagram/HRH Princess Haya