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Air Partner appoints new freight charter sales manager for France
Air Partner has appointed Romain Vasset as freight charter sales manager for the French market.Before joining Air Partner, Vasset gained experience within the aviation and charter industry at PRO SKY as a project manager and at Evolution Jet International as an account manager. Other roles include assistant to the global ...
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Flexport adds scheduled freighter offering
Freight forwarder Flexport will offer "in-house" scheduled airfreight services from April this year following on from its ad hoc charter flights last year.The forwarder said that beginning April 5 it would offer round-trip flights between Hong Kong and Los Angeles twice per week utilising a B747-400F aircraft.The decision to launch ...
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ACS on the up after another big year for cargo charters
Air Charter Service (ACS), the globally active charter broker, has announced that it made revenue of $677m in its last financial year (the 12-month period ending January 31).This figure represented a 39% increase on the previous financial year’s revenue.The company arranged almost 15,000 contracts during its 2017 financial year, up ...
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KOG adds to project logistics teeth in the US
Swiss project logistics specialist KOG Worldwide has further expanded its presence in the US with a Chicago branch under the management of subsidiary KOG Transport Inc.With representative offices already located in New York and Houston, this is the project logistics specialist’s third site in the US.“The business potential in the ...
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Charter broker ACS adds new US office
Air Charter Service (ACS) has opened a new office in Manhattan, its second operation in New York and sixth in North America.The charter broker said that it had decided to open an office in Manhattan because of the number of clients it has in the area.Chief executive Justin Bowman said: ...
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Air Partner sees strong second half results for freight in broker division
UK-based aviation services group Air Partner has reported a "good second half" financial year for its broking division, including "strong results in the US and in freight".In a trading statement ahead of the end of its current financial year on January 31, the company said: "Air Partner is pleased to ...
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AIA implements new online booking portal
Airbridge International Agencies (AIA Cargo) has implemented the first stage of its new online booking portal service, in partnership with Champ’s Traxon cargoWEB+ system.The portal enables the UK-based general sales agent (GSA) and its client airlines to offer a round the-clock customer service via the AIA website.The system is fully ...
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ACS invests in larger premises in India
Air Charter Service's (ACS) Indian operation has moved to new premises in Mumbai, in order to fulfil the UK-based broker’s growth plans in the region.Ashish Wastrad, managing director of ACS India, commented: “We now have very strong teams in both our cargo and our passenger divisions, and we have consistently ...
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Animals displaced by Irma flown to new homes
Air Charter Service (ACS) has flown displaced rescue animals to their new homes after they were evacuated from Florida in the wake of hurricane Irma.Richard Thompson, president of ACS Americas, said: “We arranged charters for hundreds of people to get out of the affected regions in September, before the hurricanes ...
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French charter manager for Chapman Freeborn
Chapman Freeborn Airchartering has appointed David De Clercq as charter sales manager for France.Based in Paris, he will help expand the cargo charter and on board courier client base, working the company’s existing team in Belgium.De Clercq previously held positions at firms including CityJet, Flightcare and Jetairfly and was most ...
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Hurricane response helps boost ACS Q3 revenues
Broker Air Charter Service (ACS) saw revenues increase by 50% in the third quarter of the year, with growth across its three main divisions.The company reported total revenues of £144m for the third quarter with company growth and the response to hurricanes boosting performance.ACS group chief executive Justin Bowman said: ...
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Air Partner appoints Jubb as freight trading manager
Charter broker Air Partner has appointed Robert Jubb as freight trading manager, based at the global aviation services group’s UK headquarters at Gatwick and reporting directly to Mike Hill, director of freight.Jubb has over 13 years of experience in the charter brokerage, airline and time-critical logistics industries. He was previously ...
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No let-up in ACS hurricane relief effort
Broker Air Charter Service (ACS) has now operated more than 130 flights in response to the hurricanes that have ravaged the Caribbean and southern US, for cargo and passengers.Chief executive Justin Bowman, said: “Our US offices were already busy arranging charters in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey in Texas when ...
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ANTONOV An-124 in generator relief flight to Guadeloupe
ANTONOV Airlines has transported 32 power generators as part of relief efforts on the hurricane-stricken Guadeloupe.The airline utilised one of its An-124-100 aircraft to fly the emergency consignment of EDF generators from Châteauroux, France, to Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe, in under 24 hours.The generators, which weighed a total of 105 tonnes, are ...
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Air Partner in time-critical automotive flight
Air Partner recently carried out a time critical lift of 3,044kg of spare car parts to Stockholm via two separate German airports.The first request from the client was for the urgent transportation of 1,676kg of cargo to be transported from central Germany to Stockholm."The client chose the more cost-effective option, ...
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Air Partner sees profits rise as Qatar blockade creates opportunities
Aviation services company Air Partner expects to see first-half pre-tax profits increase to £4m from £3m during the same period last year.The company said that its broking division, comprising aircraft charter and remarketing, "performed well across all product lines" during the first half, while the consulting and training division is ...
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X2 Logistics Network members team up for AOG airfreight operation
Members of the X2 Logistics Network recently teamed up to urgently airfreight various aircraft parts from around the world to help get a stranded aircraft back in the air.The logistics network came together for the aircraft on the ground (AOG) operation when an Air Asia X aircraft became stuck in ...
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Houston, we have a solution. Piped spooling flown to US on B747-400F cargo charter
Chapman Freeborn Airchartering oversaw the time-critical delivery of 60 tons of pipe spooling from Sharjah to Houston for an equipment upgrade at a gas-to-liquids processing plant.The air cargo charter specialist’s Dubai office coordinated the movement, on behalf of a freight forwarder, with the assistance of Magma Aviation, which repositioned a ...
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Every picture... ACS in Picasso charter
Air Charter Service (ACS) has flown 11 paintings by Pablo Picasso from France to Morocco, for a special exhibition, and then back to France after the two month exhibition had ended.Francois-Xavier Camus, managing director of ACS’s French office, commented: “The pieces of art were insured for €150m, although they are ...
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Air Charter Service spreads its wings in Canada
Air Charter Service’s Canadian office has moved to larger premises in Toronto in anticipation of further expansion. Since opening in the city in 2010 the office has steadily grown in terms of staff, revenue and number of charters, it said.Managing director of ACS Canada, Gary Hopkins, explained: “After outstanding growth ...