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Single brand for Air Charter Service urgent options

Air Charter Service has consolidated its urgent cargo products under a new sub-brand – ACS Time Critical. Its 24-hour team can deliver a range of specialised services, alongside ‘go-now’ cargo aircraft charters, including onboard courier and ‘next flight out’, as well as integrated trucking solutions, for a premium door-to-door service for their clients’ urgent shipments. Group Cargo Director Dan Morgan-Evans, said: “We continued to expand and improve upon our services before ... [+]

Air Charter Service opens Gatwick office

Air Charter Service has opened a new office in Gatwick. It will be headed by Alex Sadler who has been with ACS for nearly a decade.  The broker will retain its head off in Kingston, southwest London. [+]

Broker recruits for Midwest growth

Broker Air Charter Service is planning a recruitment drive later this year as part of its expansion plans for the US Midwest. It moved into a new office in Chicago on March 25 with six times the space. Chief executive of the office, Caitlin Uhlmann, said: “O’Hare Airport is currently hugely expanding ... [+]

Charter broker comes to refugees’ aid – in the air and on the ground

Air Charter Service has now arranged more than 20 relief flights to Poland and several more to Moldova carrying cargo such as tents and medical supplies, to aid Ukrainian refugees. Its team has not only been facilitating flight operations, but has also been purchasing and delivering supplies to various border ... [+]

Broker turns Santa to get gifts to Queensland

Air Charter Service helped to buy, wrap and deliver more than 300 Christmas presents for children in the remote region of Kowanyama Aboriginal Shire, in Queensland’s far north. Chief executive of the broker’s Sydney office, Paul Crook, said the operation was planned for almost four months, with some of the team ... [+]

All hands on deck to keep Covid kits moving

ACS volunteers helped keep Covid test kit supplies flowing earlier this month. Two flights arriving at Birmingham Airport with more than two million kits on board were unable to be offloaded by the local handling agent alone so the charter broker sent a team of ten people from its Surbiton ... [+]

A charter every hour and a half for busy cargo broker 

UK-based international broker Air Charter Service has recorded its busiest ever quarter for its cargo division, with 1,445 charters between August and October. This, combined with its other divisions, resulted in the highest ever revenue for the company in one quarter – a total of £321.1 million (US$430 million).  Group cargo director Dan Morgan-Evans said it was equivalent to ... [+]

Three decades of helping the world

Three decades of bringing help to the world Air Charter Service and Volga-Dnepr Group have celebrated 30 years of on humanitarian missions. At the end of 1989 Alexey Isaikin  was working on the aviation plant in Ulyanovsk overseeing manufacturing of Antonov 124s and Chris Leach was unemployed but with a wealth of aircraft ... [+]

ACS flies aid to Haiti

Air Charter Service chartered a Boeing B787-9 on 24 August to transport 20 tonnes of British government aid from London Heathrow to Haiti following the devastating earthquake there.   ACS London cargo director James Cristofoli, said the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office cargo included shelter kits and solar powered lanterns for ... [+]

Charter firm soars to record profits

Cargo was the main driver of record financial results for Air Charter Service (ACS), said the UK-based international broker. The company achieved sales of over $1.2 billion in the financial year ending January 2021, thanks largely to the effect of the Covid pandemic. With up to 80% of air freight usually travelling ... [+]

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