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Aid agencies are facing a logistical nightmare in trying to help victims of the Nepalese earthquake, says Air Charter Service – but local red tape is making the situation even worse. Group commercial director Justin Lancaster, said they had grave concerns about the amount of relief goods they will be able to get in. He explained: “One of the biggest problems is that the only international airport in Nepal is ...
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Air Partner helped to prevent a total power blackout in the Madagascan town of Toamasina by delivering a complete Cummings standby power system. The system was modified in Dubai to withstand the high humidity of Madagascar’s east coast, and then flown by chartered plane to Madagascar’s capital, Antananarivo, where it ...
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Deutsche Post DHL has deployed its first Disaster Response Team (DRT) to support relief efforts in Vanuatu, devastate by Cyclone Pam on 14 March. The team is currently based at Bauerfield International Airport in Port Vila, Vanuatu’s capital, to provide airport logistics support to manage incoming international aid and expedite ...
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Charter firm Air Partner and cold chain specialist Envirotainer have worked together to organise charter aircraft shipments to help with the Ebola crisis in West AfricaThe first shipment with Envirotainer’s RAP e2 container transported temperature sensitive medical supplies to Freetown, Sierra Leone.
Air Partner's director for freight, Richard Smith, said: ...
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Charter broker Air Partner and Ruslan International have flown a gigantic mechanical Horse Dragon to Beijing. Long Ma Jing Shen or ‘The Spirit of the Horse Dragon’ will participate in a Chinese parade to mark the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations between France and China on 17-19 October.
The 12 metre ...
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Volga-Dnepr has moved a 15-metre, 24-ton ‘Cigarette Marauder’ power boat from Doha to Nice on board one of its IL-76 freighter flights. The boat (the name is presumably a reference to its shape and not a suggestion that it will be used for trans-med smuggling operations) needed a special loading ...
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Air Partner says it has delivered 400 tonnes of aid to Iraq and the figure is expected to increase. Over the past two weeks, Air Partner has chartered nine flights - six from the UAE, one from Cyprus and two from East Midlands to Iraq using Airbus A300 and A310 ...
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Charter broker, Air Partner, has recruited Mark Middleton aas director of business development for freight - Asia Pacific and Stuart Smith as business development manager for freight – MENA and CIS.
Mark Middleton has over 31 years’ experience in the aviation industry, in the UK and Singapore, working mainly in freight ...
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Air Charter Service Late now has an An12 operating from Cebu and Davao into Tacloban and Guiuan, easing the backlog of the aid brought in by the larger freighters to these hubs where the warehouses are full. Justin Lancaster, group cargo director at ACS, commented: “We decided to position the ...
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The air charter industry swung into action quickly to help victims of the Philippines typhoon.
On 13 November, Air Partner said it had organised four Boeing 777 and two 747 flights to the Philippines, carrying 600 tonnes of vehicles, tents, shelter kits and tarpaulins from East Midlands Airport and the UAE ...
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