All Charter Company articles – Page 24
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Air Partner joins AirCargoGroup
UK-based charter broker Air Partner has joined the AirCargoGroup (ACG) global association of airfreight wholesalers and consolidators.As a preferred vendor and associate partner, Air Partner will be able to use ACG’s neutral airfreight wholesale and handling services worldwide, as well as its block space agreements with commercial airlines for part ...
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Airbridge International expanding its network
GSSAs can increase their business in two ways: They can add more airline clients – or they can increase the amount of business they do with existing airline customers.Airbridge International (AI) is in the happy position of being able to do the latter, says general manager, Europe, Mark Andrew – ...
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An-124 takes Siemens rotor for a spin
One of Volga-Dnepr’s An-124-100 freighters moved a 50-ton rotor from Germany to Mumbai, India, for engineering and technology firm Siemens.The air carrier’s Engineering and Logistics Centre (ELC) assessed and approved a specially-designed transport skid to get the piece from Siemens' manufacturing plant in Muelheim, Germany, to Leipzig/Halle Airport, taking care ...
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Thomas Howe becomes president of ACS California
Air Charter Service (ACS) has promoted Thomas Howe to president of its US west coast operation.Howe, formerly vice president of the US office, joined ACS at its cargo division in the London headquarters.He later transferred to Los Angeles to start up the cargo department on the west coast, making it ...
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ACS appoints Thompson
Air Charter Service has appointed Richard Thompson as president of the company’s North America operations.Thompson will be responsible for the UK-based company’s operations in New York, California, Texas and Canada. He steps into the position previously held by Andy Christie, who was last month promoted to group director of ACS’s ...
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ACS promotes Nick Harris
Nick Harris of Air Charter Service (ACS) has returned to the company’s Dubai office to take up the role of cargo director for the region.Harris, who started his ACS career in the London headquarters almost eight years ago, previously worked in the Dubai office as a cargo manager between 2009 ...
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Chapman Freeborn appoints Portuguese agent
CHARTER specialist Chapman Freeborn (CF) has appointed ALS Portugal Aviation & Logistics Solutions as its exclusive representative for the Portuguese market.CF has worked closely with the management team of Cascais-based ALS Portugal for a number of years and the new agreement gives local customers greater access to worldwide air charter ...
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John Batten leaves Coyne Airways
COYNE AIRWAYS has appointed Liana Coyne as chief operating officer as part of a restructure that sees managing director John Batten leave the charter airline after seven months in the role.Batten, a former Swissport Cargo executive vice-president, joined the all-cargo carrier in September 2013 with the intention of launching services ...
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Charters grew by 14 per cent for ACS
AIRCRAFT charter specialist Air Charter Service [ACS] completed almost 7,500 charter contracts in its financial year 1 February 2013 to 31 January 2014.That is a 14 per cent year-on-year improvement, enthuses new managing director Ruan Courtney.“These figures are a great testament to our work ethic and professionalism as we saw ...
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Chapman Freeborn delivers unmanned surface vehicle
AIR charter broker Chapman Freeborn and logistics partners SPI International and Logik Logistics International have successfully transported this first ever C-Worker vessel, an unmanned surface vehicle (USV) that is set to revolutionise oil and gas operations.The year-long logistics project – which started with loading feasibility studies before construction of the ...
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New cargo sales manager at Chartersphere
GLOBAL aircraft charter provider Chartersphere, has promoted Nacho Carretero as is its new cargo sales manager.Spanish-speaking broker Carretero, who has been with the company since 2012, has developed the UK-based business in key market areas, including Europe and Latin America, says a statement.Paul Bennett, managing director of Chartersphere, comments: “Nacho ...
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New interim chief financial officer at Air Partner
CHARTER broker Air Partner has promoted Neil Morris to the role of interim chief financial officer.Morris, who replaces Gavin Charles, is currently the company’s interim group financial controller – a position he has held since last July.Prior to joining Air Partner, Morris was group finance director of the cruise and ...
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One Question
Ben Dinsdale, assistant director, London Cargo, Air Charter Service (ACS), answers: "I BELIEVE there is a real role for the specialist freight forwarder that only moves livestock, exotic animals, horses etc – because they are the people that put all the bits together and its where those links fall apart ...
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Panalpina and Atlas Air extend freighter partnership
Logistics operator Panalpina and freighter lessor Atlas Air are strengthening their partnership with a new five-year agreement that sees the forwarder switch one of its wet-leased B747-8Fs to more than 200 scheduled charters per year.“The new long-term agreement with Atlas Air will intensify our cooperation and increase our joint business,” ...
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Cargojet network expansion
Canada’s Cargojet is expanding its domestic air cargo network from the beginning of April.Cargojet, operating overnight services across North America plus global charters, has a total freighter fleet of 24 aircraft, including the recent introduction of five B767-300ERFs, three B767-200ERFs and one B757-200ERF.The carrier did not outline in detail the ...
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Aid agencies prepare airlift to Vanuatu
Aid agencies and the military have scrambled to fly supplies into Vanuatu, after the Pacific island nation was hit by Cyclone Pam last week.The Category Five tropical storm hit Vanuatu with winds of up to 170mph, causing widespread damage and knocking out power, water and other services.The storm is likely ...
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US freighter lessor ATSG sees "excellent" 2015 for air cargo
US-based freighter lessor Air Transport Services Group (ATSG) has highlighted “fundamental industry dynamics” that point toward “an excellent year for air cargo companies in 2015”.Nasdaq-quoted ATSG, the world's largest owner and operator of converted B767 freighters, reported 2014 fourth quarter adjusted pre-tax earnings up 19 per cent to $17.7mFourth quarter ...
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Shahe Ouzounian, chief operating officer, Chapman Freeborn, answers:“I am hoping there is a flattening out of a general decline in the supply side – and that we can actually look forward to a more stable period for those carriers and brokers that add value. I expect consolidation and stability on ...
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ACS opens Houston office
CHARTER broker Air Charter Service (ACS) is to open a new office in Houston, Texas to satisfy airfreight demand from oil and gas companies.It comes after the company’s North American operations grew by nearly a third last year.“A large part of that growth was on the cargo side of the ...
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Chartersphere airlifts humanitarian aid to Central African Republic
GLOBAL broker Chartersphere has helped to deliver urgent humanitarian aid to the troubled Central African Republic.The landlocked tiny nation, which borders Chad in the north, and Sudan in the north-east, has been in the grip of inter-ethnic violence between Christians and Muslims for the past 12 months.Thousands of people have ...