All Charter Company Articles – Page 23
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Website launch to fill cargo charters' empty legs
A new website for the worldwide aviation charter market is designed to allow the operators and brokers to list their empty leg flights in the search for return loads.The founder and brainchild of Flyemptyleg.com, Paul Ludick, said: “It’s about time that charter companies are being allowed and supported to promote ...
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NewsASL confirms purchase of TNT Express airline operations
ASL Aviation Group of Ireland has acquired the airline operations of TNT Express, comprising TNT Airways in Belgium and Pan Air Líneas Aéreas in Spain.The two airlines are to be renamed ASL Airlines Belgium and ASL Airlines Spain respectively, bringing the number of airlines in ASL's portfolio to nine.ASL’s offer ...
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ACS chief hails ‘brilliant’ year for cargo
Air Charter Service’s cargo department had “a brilliant year” in 2015, said chairman Chris Leach. Announcing a 10% increase in turnover, to just over US$480 million, and a 28% increase in gross profit to US$60.2m (year ending 31 January 2016) for the group as a whole, cargo charters were buoyed ...
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Air Partner reveals strong performance
Air Partner, the global aviation services group that is best known for its long-standing air charter broker business, has reported strong results for its financial year that ended in 31 January.Air Partner made an underlying profit before tax of £4.3m, an increase of 64% over the previous financial year, while ...
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ACS stays in vogue
Recently, global charter broker Air Charter Service (ACS) handled a time-critical movement of some valuable designer clothes and shoes to France just in time for Paris Fashion Week.A leading fashion house initially asked ACS to fly 200 designer dresses from Milan to the French capital and, according to ACS group ...
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NewsChennai airport prepares for role as aid and relief hub
A four-day “Get Airports Ready for Disaster” (GARD) workshop is underway at India's Chennai International Airport to help prepare for its role as an aid and relief hub during natural disasters.The workshop has been launched by Deutsche Post DHL Group and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).After a natural disaster, ...
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Volga-Dnepr powers up on Chapman Freeborn mission
Moscow-headquartered Volga-Dnepr Airlines has flown a 19-ton welding system as part of a larger shipment delivered to Malaysia on behalf of air charter broker Chapman Freeborn.The cargo was needed to support repairs being made at one of the country’s biggest electricity power stations, a facility that provides electricity to the ...
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Volga-Dnepr transports 14-tonne trailer using Ilyushin freighter
Volga-Dnepr Airlines recently transported a 14-tonne multi-wheel trailer and 30 tonnes of specialist equipment that was needed to repair Russia’s only natural gas liquefaction plant, Sakhalin-2.The transportation project required operations using Antonov-124-100 and Ilyushin-76TD-90VD freighters from the airline’s fleet to move equipment from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and Moscow to Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk ...
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Chapman Freeborn and RUS Aviation announce Asia cargo agreement
Chapman Freeborn Airchartering and Sharjah-based RUS Aviation have announced an exclusive cargo sales agreement to provide airfreight solutions from Hong Kong to the Middle East and surrounding markets.Effective this month, Chapman Freeborn will sell per-kilo shipments from Hong Kong to the UAE, with onward connections via RUS Aviation’s regional network ...
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Air Charter Service expands to Australia
Air Charter Service has opened a new office in Sydney, Australia, the company’s first operation in the continent.Air Charter Service commercial director Justin Lancaster said: “Our Hong Kong office has built up a strong customer base in the region over the past few years and we felt now was the ...
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CargoLogicAir's launch customer named as Chapman Freeborn
CargoLogicAir (CLA) has revealed that the charter flights it carried out earlier this year were arranged by Chapman Freeborn Italia on behalf of freight forwarder Savino del Bene.CLA’s first charter flights flew from Stansted to Bari via Frankfurt and carried a total of 113 tons of automotive parts, including engine ...
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Romanian artefacts flown from Bucharest to Beijing
Air Partner, working on behalf of TNT Romania, helped deliver a cargo of 445 treasured Romanian artefacts to China.The shipment was flown from Bucharest Otopeni airport to Beijing on a B777 freighter operated by Emirates. Due to the nature of the cargo, all flight clearances had to be secured through ...
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Volga-Dnepr helps out on mission to mars
Volga-Dnepr Airlines has helped transport equipment and materials for the ExoMars space exploration programme.The charter airline operated three An-124-100 cargo flights for Bollore Logistics, carrying equipment for the Mars mission, which aims to discover whether life is present on the red planet.The flights, which operated on December 18, 20 and ...
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ACS in charity fundraiser
Air Charter Service raised more than $11,000 for charity at its London headquarter's fancy-dress Christmas party.The fundraising activities centred on a raffle featuring prizes such as an Apple Watch, lunch on the Orient Express and a trip to Iceland to see the Northern Lights donated by generous operators. Tina Leach, ...
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ACS brings home the bacon as ham takes flight
Air Charter Service last week brought home the bacon when it flew 17 tonnes of ham to Puerto Rico as the island was close to running out of the meat.ACS North America president of operations Richard Thompson explained the emergency flight was required because an order had been missed: "Someone ...
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ACS saves client $200,000 on fire truck charter
Air Charter Service saved a client $200,000 by using special ramps to load three fire trucks onto two IL-76s flying from Turkey to Iraq rather than onto a single Antonov 124.Justin Lancaster, ACS’ commercial director, commented: “The trucks are for the Iraqi government. We worked extremely closely with our customer ...
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Chapman Freeborn Airchartering expands in Poland
Chapman Freeborn Airchartering has opened a new office in Poland as it expands to meet growth in the country.The new office in Katowice will be led by Daniel Walaszek as general manager with responsibility for expanding the company's charter and on board courier (OBC) services in the local market, as ...
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Russia bans charter flights to Turkey
Russia has banned charter flights to Turkey as part of a range of sanctions in response to last week’s downing of a Russian jet.In a range of decrees announced over the weekend, the Russian government announced it would take measures to introduce a ban on charter flights between Russia and ...
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ACS appoints Werf in Frankfurt
Air Charter Service (ACS) has promoted Caroline Werf to managing director of its Frankfurt operation ahead of its move to larger premises.Werf originally worked in the company’s London headquarters before taking up her role in the Frankfurt office.She is an Aviation Management graduate of the International University of Applied Sciences ...
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Air Partner and Air Cargo Integrators launch new partnership
Air Partner’s freight division and UAE-based Air Cargo Integrators (ACI) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to develop both their freight charter and global airfreight products.Under the terms of the MoU, UK-based Air Partner Freight has appointed ACI as its official freight sales and marketing representative in the UAE ...