ATC notes successful first year of B747F charter flights
05 / 08 / 2021
Source: Air One Aviation
GSSA Air One Aviation has generated more than 145,000 tonnes of cargo in the first year of its deal with freighter carrier AeroTransCargo (ATC).
The sales agent said that ATC expanded from ACMI operations to offering its own charter flights at the start of August 2020 and since then it has operated flights connecting 50 airports, including 244 services ex Hong Kong, 88 from Liege and 83 from Zhengzhou in China’s Henan province.
“As well as operations from other key Chinese airports including Guangzhou, Hangzhou, Macau, Nanchang, Shanghai, Shenzhen and Zhengzhou, the fleet has also provided much-needed cargo capacity to customers in markets in Asia Pacific and Southeast Asia such as Bangkok, Brisbane, Ho Chi Minh City, Kuala Lumpur and Singapore,” Air One said in a statement.
In Europe, hubs served include Amsterdam, Brussels, Budapest, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Leipzig, Liege, Luxembourg, Maastricht, Madrid, Ostend, Paris, Prague, Vatry, Vienna, Zaragoza and Zurich.
It has also provided services to firms in Costa Rica, Delhi, Dhaka, Lagos, Lusaka and Rio de Janeiro.
Looking ahead, Air One Aviation already has another 1,000 full flights booked between August and the end of 2021 to transport a further 115,000 tonnes of cargo.
Jai Singh, chief executive and managing director of ATC said: “Our first year as a charter airline has exceeded all our expectations and for this I have to pay tribute to the performance of our global GSA partner, Air One Aviation.
“Through their neutrality and ‘Blue Chip’ contacts in leading freight forwarders and brokers, they have quickly established the ATC brand in the international cargo market and given us a platform for the next stage of our growth.”
Paul Bennett, chief executive of Air One Aviation, added: “We have been able to meet the high demand for freighter capacity over the past year because of the reliability of ATC’s flight operations, and the airline’s continued fleet investment.
“In this time, it has expanded its 747-400F fleet from four to six aircraft, which has enabled us to confidently market capacity to charter brokers, freight forwarders and consolidators looking for short and long-term charter solutions. We already have strong forward bookings well into 2022 and expect the airline to continue to invest and grow in line with the opportunities we are generating all over the world.”
