Record quarter for ACS

Record quarter for ACS

Air Charter Service has recorded its busiest ever quarter for its cargo division, with 1,445 cargo charters in the period August to 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). Dan Morgan-Evans, Group cargo director at ACS, commented: “Over the past three months we […]

Air Charter Service brings in new management team in France to deliver growth

As part of its commitment to grow its business in France, leading aircraft charter specialist, Air Charter Service (ACS), has appointed a new management team in an effort to deliver its long-term strategy for growth. Former director of ACS’s office in Switzerland, Alexandre Busila, has been appointed as CEO of ACS France, whilst Loubna Tagmi […]

Ben Dinsdale named as ACS director for humanitarian and government services

Air Charter Service has appointed the experienced Ben Dinsdale as the company’s Global Director for Humanitarian and Government Services, a new role designed to develop further ACS’s already proud history in the field. Air Charter Service has played a part in almost every humanitarian aid effort requiring airlift since the company’s inception in 1990, from […]

ACS expand in Switzerland

Air Charter Service has announced it has made further investment in growing its Swiss operations and has more than tripled its office space. It has come a long way since year one, when the office booked 27 flights, generating a turnover of £450,000. Despite the pandemic in 2020, ACS Geneva had its record year, booking […]

Air Charter Service lands in the Windy City

Aircraft charter specialist, Air Charter Service, has invested further in its US operations, by opening a new office in Chicago, its tenth in the Americas. The office will be headed by Caitlin Uhlmann, who has worked for ACS for nine years, and opens 1 March. “Chicago has been on our radar as a natural location […]

Charter industry responds to coronavirus outbreak

Leading aircraft charter company, Air Charter Service, has said that it has been inundated with requests for charters relating to the travel disruption caused by the outbreak of the novel coronavirus throughout China and Asia. Justin Lancaster, ACS’s Commercial Director, commented: “Since the outbreak our offices around the world have been arranging flights on local […]

Air Charter Service raises more than £30,000 for local charity

Air Charter Service has raised £30,953 for Momentum Children’s Charity, an organisation that cares for families with children who have cancer or life-challenging conditions in Surrey (where the company’s headquarters is based) and the surrounding areas. Its latest project has been funding an isolation room at nearby Kingston hospital’s paediatric ward. Along with ACS’s general […]

Air Charter Service expands US headquarters

Air Charter Service (ACS) has expanded its US headquarters in New York to manage future growth of the nine offices across the region. The project of moving ACS’s second largest office is off the back of its most successful year in 2018. Richard Thompson, president of ACS Americas says: “Last year ACS Americas arranged just […]

ACS onboard couriers have the drive to deliver

When a customer needed to move five tonnes of automotive parts, a team of Air Charter Service’s onboard couriers were on hand to ship the cargo. The Geneva office got a call to move the parts from Zhongshan, China but regular airfreight services were not an option due to the holiday weekend, and charters were […]

ACS donates own aid to Hurricane Dorian relief effort

Air Charter Service’s Miami office has assisted with the Hurricane Dorian relief effort by filling up an empty passenger aircraft with supplies. The aircraft was on its way to perform an evacuation flight, with hundreds of kilos of supplies flying on an empty leg. Along with several evacuation flights on both private jets and larger […]

Larger office for Air Charter Service in Madrid

Air Charter Service is doubling its presence in Madrid with a larger office in the Spanish capital city. The new office is in the same building but a few floors below, and managing director of the office, James Fitzgerald says business in Spain has grown every year since it opened in 2008. He says: “This […]

Air Charter Service flies flight simulator

Air Charter Service’s Florida office chartered a Boeing 747 to fly a 35-tonne flight simulator from Texas to Japan. The charter was for a large defence contractor who will be using the flight simulator to train military personnel to fly a recently delivered aircraft. Richard Thompson, president of ACS Americas says it was a tricky […]

ACS staff skydive and raise £9,000 for charity

Eleven Air Charter Service employees raised almost £9,000 by skydiving for children’s charity Momentum. The charity supports families with children facing cancer or other life-challenging conditions across South West London, Surrey and West Sussex. Glenn Phillips, PR and advertising manager at ACS, who was one of the brave 11 employees says that while they were […]

Carnival time as ACS doubles Sao Paulo presence

Air Charter Service has expanded operations in Brazil by moving to a new office in Sao Paulo. The new office is almost twice the size of the old one, and will give the company plenty of space for the next stage of its expansion plan. The team has almost doubled in size over the past […]

ACS powers African Union summit in Niamey

Air Charter Service has moved almost 400 tonnes of components to finish a power plant in Niger in time for the African Union summit in Niamey. Four Antonov AN-124s were used for the job, which required moving 10 40-foot containers, each weighing 35 tonnes and an extra 40 tonnes of cargo from France. Alex Busila, […]

Bigger Sydney office for Air Charter Service

Air Charter Service (ACS) has moved to a larger office in Sydney, three years after launching operations in Australia. Since opening up in 2016, ACS Australia has tripled in size, and the charter company says the move is necessary to facilitate the planned future growth. Paul Crook, CEO of ACS Australia says it was clear […]

When air cargo success took to the stage

In a major break from tradition, last week’s ACW World Air Cargo Award’s gala night of the airfreight stars saw the announcement of the winners of the ECS Group’s ground-breaking #NexGen Leaders industry initiative. In a second change to the proceedings, more than 10,000 voters worldwide had cast their votes in a new format where […]

New office, new opportunities for Air Charter Service

Having opened a second office in Shanghai, Air Charter Service (ACS) is confident that business will continue to grow. With the opening of the Shanghai office on 1 March, regional director APAC Stephen Fernandez is very happy with its performance. He tells Air Cargo Week: “It is in line with budget and already profitable.  It’s […]

Air Charter Service moves offices in Moscow

Air Charter Service (ACS) has moved its Moscow, Russia operations to a new office that is almost twice the size of the previous premises. The new office opened its doors on 8 April, with Azat Mulgimov, regional director of ACS Russia and CIS saying that Moscow operations are continuing to grow in its 25th year […]

ACS flies 500 tonnes of Cyclone Idai aid

Air Charter Service has chartered aircraft to transport 500 tonnes of humanitarian aid, as well as doctors to Mozambique following Cyclone Idai. The cyclone swept through Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe in March, leaving at least 700 people dead and three million people in need of humanitarian assistance. Since then, Air Charter Service has worked tirelessly […]

National Airlines flies Cyclone Idai aid to Mozambique

National Airlines has flown a Boeing 747-400 Freighter to Cyclone Idai-affected Mozambique with 70 tonnes of relief materials from the Canadian Red Cross Society. Cyclone Idai struck Mozambique on 14 March, killing and displacing thousands of people and causing widespread damage. The 747-400 flew from Toronto, Canada and Amsterdam, the Netherlands following a request from […]

Nihao Shanghai, ACS opens second Chinese office

Air Charter Service has invested in Asian operations with the opening of an office in Shanghai, China on 1 March. Amos Chan, a graduate in aviation and aeronautics from RMIT University in Australia will head up Shanghai operations. Speaking at the opening of the office, APAC regional director Stephen Fernandez said that Shanghai was a […]

Tony Bauckham returns to ACS as Brexit consultant

Former Air Charter Service CEO and industry veteran, Tony Bauckham has returned to the charter company as a Brexit consultant. Bauckham, who has been managing director of Volga-Dnepr UK and CEO of Evergreen Airlines as well as CEO of Air Charter Service between 2007 and 2013, started his role last month. He will report directly […]

Katie Ivie joins Air Charter Service board of directors

Air Charter Service’s HR director, Katie Ivie has joined the charter broker’s board of directors. Ivie has held a number of human resources management roles over the past 20 years including seven years as HR director at Kelly Services. Prior to this, Ivie spent four and a half years as head of HR at Adecco, […]

Saudia Cargo signs deal with Air Charter Service

Saudia Cargo signed a new business deal with Air Charter Service on the sidelines of the Air Cargo Africa conference in Johannesburg, South Africa. The contract signing took place at the flower themed Saudia Cargo booth in the presence of CEO Omar Hariri, executive director commercial Amer Abu Obaid and director of charters Semih Kutlug. […]

Air Charter Service opens office in Atlanta

Air Charter Service has opened its sixth office in the US, in Atlanta, the company’s 24th worldwide office with more to open this year. Joseph Chiantia will be in charge at the Atlanta office, having previously worked at the New York office. Prior to joining the company, Chiantia worked for the US Coast Guard, including […]

13,470 reasons to be grateful to ACS

Generous staff at UK-based Air Charter Services (ACS) raised a record £6,785 in charity donations just before Christmas. Raffle prizes included a hamper donated by the directors of Air Cargo Week. ACS management doubled the money raised to £13,470. This total was split between three national UK charities – Save the Children, Macmillian Cancer Trust […]

Air Charter Service celebrates 10 years in Hong Kong

Air Charter Service’s Hong Kong offices has celebrated its 10th birthday, with a lavish party being held to recognise a successful decade. Group CEO Justin Bowman and group commercial director, Justin Lancaster flew out to Asia to get celebrations under way, with Asian Business Aviation Association (AsBAA) board members also being invited. The party was […]

Working as a team means a more effective response

When dealing with the aftermath of a natural disaster, good communication between different departments helps make delivering aid much easier. This year, Air Charter Service (ACS) has been busy helping out around the world, having arranged charters in Indonesia following the earthquake and tsunami, a lot of work in Guam following typhoons as well as […]

ACS keeps planes flying in Spain

Air Charter Service’s Spanish office has celebrated its 10th anniversary with record half year results, with all divisions putting in strong performances. Revenue was up 37 per cent and charter numbers by 49 per cent, with managing director James Fitzgerald describing 2018 as an “incredibly busy year” so far. He says: “It has been especially […]