All Air Charter Service articles – Page 4
-
NewsACS appoints global director for humanitarian
Ben DinsdaleCharter broker Air Charter Service (ACS) has appointed Ben Dinsdale as the company’s global director for humanitarian and government services.Dinsdale joined ACS almost 18 years ago. During his time at ACS, he has overseen the establishment of the Paris office’s cargo department and in 2016 became business development director ...
-
NewsStuck box ship partially re-floated as air cargo remains poised
Image courtesy of VesselfinderThe huge containership that has been blocking the Suez Canal for more than a week has been partially re-floated.Earlier today, Egyptian officials said that the stern of the 400 m-long Ever Given ultra-large containership had now been freed, but the bow remains stuck."This was the result of ...
-
News
Lufthansa Cargo downplays impact of vaccine volumes
Lufthansa Cargo is not expecting Covid-19 vaccine volumes to have as much of an impact on the air cargo market as many had first thought.Speaking following the announcement of the cargo firm's 2020 financial results, chief executive Dorothea von Boxberg outlined findings from Accenture Strategy and Consulting, which estimate that ...
-
News
Air cargo vaccine supply chains yet to take off
Demand for air cargo services to carry Covid-19 vaccines has yet to reach the levels many expected.Last year, the industry had been bracing itself for a surge in Covid-19 vaccine demand once inoculation programmes had been launched.However, there has been a slow ramp up in demand so far, with road ...
-
NewsACS adds extra office space in Geneva
Air Charter Service has tripled its office space in Switzerland following recent growth.Despite the pandemic in 2020, ACS Geneva had a record year, booking more than 500 flights and recording a turnover of more than £30m.Alvaro Recas Pardo, chief executive of ACS Switzerland, said: “This is an exciting time for ...
-
News
DB Schenker restarts UK-Europe road services
DB Schenker will today restart road services between Europe and the UK after temporarily suspending them as companies adjusted to new paperwork procedures.The company said it will begin accepting general cargo shipments to the UK from today.However, DB Schenker emphasised the importance of making sure that documentation was in order ...
-
NewsAir Charter Service appoints Fisher in the US
Air Charter Service has appointed Chris Fisher as business development director in the US.He has 30 years of experience in the aviation industry and will work primarily with the airfreight charter broker’s team based in New York.Fisher began his career in aviation logistics in the US Navy before moving into ...
-
News
'Unprecedented' UK cargo charter enquiries as border remains closed
Charter broker Air Charter Service (ACS) is reporting an "unprecedented" number of enquiries for cargo flights as France keeps its border with the UK closed.France closed its border with the UK to trade and travel on Sunday night following the emergence of a new Covid-19 variant.Politicians are currently in talks ...
-
News
ACS prepares for Brexit disruption with freighter capacity
Charter broker Air Charter Service has secured a BAe 146 freighter aircraft as it prepares for border disruption as the UK's transition from the European Union (EU) ends on January 1.Many are expecting changes in customs procedures at the border between the UK and EU as a result of the ...
-
News
Charter brokers prepare for Brexit freighter demand
Charter brokers are preparing for urgent demand when the UK's 12 month European Union exit transition period comes to an end in January.Both Chapman Freeborn and Air Charter Service (ACS) are expecting snarl ups at UK and European ferry ports at the start of the year as border processes are ...
-
NewsCharter sector expected to be busy over coming months
Dan Morgan-Evans, Air Charter ServiceCharter broker Air Charter Service (ACS) is expecting demand for cargo charters to remain strong over the coming months despite an uncertain demand outlook.Group cargo director Dan Morgan-Evans explained that although demand was likely to come under pressure, airlines could take their time restarting the passenger ...
-
NewsAir Charter Service opens new Chicago office
Air Charter Service Chicago teamBroker Air Charter Service (ACS) has opened a new office in Chicago as it continues its US expansion.The office, which is the broker's tenth in the US, will be headed up by Caitlin Uhlmann, who has worked at ACS for nine years at the company's offices ...
-
NewsACS: Charter industry "very busy" since coronavirus outbreak
Air Charter Service (ACS) has revealed that the charter industry is being kept busy due to demands relating to the coronavirus outbreak.Justin Lancaster, commercial director at ACS, explained: "Since the outbreak, our offices around the world have been arranging flights on local charter aircraft as the world deals with the ...
-
NewsACS contributes more than healthy donation to local children’s charity
Bianca Effemey and Tina LeachGlobally active charter broker Air Charter Service (ACS) has donated £30,953 to Momentum Children’s Charity, an organisation that cares for families with children who have cancer or other life-challenging conditions.The charity helps children in the English county of Surrey (where the broker is headquartered) and surrounding ...
-
News
ACS Americas moves to larger HQ
UK broker Air Charter Service (ACS) has moved its US headquarters on Long Island, New York to larger premises.Richard Thompson, ACS Americas president said the new office, at 20,000sq ft, had more than double the floor space of its previous premises. ACS Americas had its most successful year in 2018, ...
-
News25 ACS on-board couriers take one shipment in 186 packages
Some of the couriers with the shipment divided into 32 tonne packages in Hong KongAir Charter Service divided a five tonne shipment, which was labelled urgent, into 186 packages so that it could be carried by 25 on-board carriers on a variety of routes from Hong Kong to Portugal.Oliver Weigelt, ...
-
NewsACS offers further assistance in the wake of Dorian
Broker Air Charter Service (ACS) has offered further assistance to those affected by Hurricane Dorian in the Bahamas by filling the space of an empty passenger aircraft with relief goods.ACS’s Miami office purchased the supplies and donated the aid to those stricken by the hurricane. The broker used the capacity ...
-
NewsAir cargo responds to Hurricane Dorian
Broker Air Charter Service and airline charity Airlink have taken part in several flights in response to Hurricane Dorian, which has devastated the Bahamas and is now set to hit Florida.Air Charter Service said it has been busy evacuating the Bahamas and Florida, as well as flying in medical aid ...
-
NewsACS arranges flight simulator shipment: for real
The Florida office Air Charter Service (ACS) recently chartered a Boeing B747 to move a 35-tonne flight simulator from Texas in the US to Japan.Richard Thompson, president of ACS Americas, informed: “A large defence contractor contacted us earlier this year to transport a high value specialist flight simulator to Japan, ...
-
NewsACS in charity challenge
Air Charter Service (ACS) recently raised nearly £9,000 for charity when 11 of its employees took part in a skydive.The group, accompanied by instructors, leapt out of a Cessna Super Cargomaster at an altitude of 10,000 ft over the English countryside.Glenn Phillips, ACS PR and advertising manager, said: “From inside ...