Air Partner helps Libya rebuild airport infrastructure
Air Partner has transported equipment to help update Libya’s airport infrastructure, operating a flight from the Czech Republic to Libya. The flight was on behalf of a Libyan logistics company to transport 1.1 tonnes of cargo from Brno-Turany Airport to Al Abraq International Airport in eastern Libya using an Antonov AN-26 on 22 September. The […]
Air Partner helps clear up after Super Typhoon Mangkhut
Air Partner is helping clear up the mess caused by Super Typhoon Mangkhut with the delivery of supplies to Guam, on behalf of Radiant Global Logistics. The typhoon went through Southeast Asia and Hong Kong with winds of 157mph, and as extreme weather conditions continue, both Radiant and Air Partner remain on high alert to […]
Jack Burt to lead Air Partner’s US cargo division
Air Partner has picked Jack Burt to lead its US Cargo division, using his 11 years of experience in the role vice president of US Cargo. In the role, Burt will be responsible for implementing Air Partner’s air cargo strategy throughout North and South America, as well as the overall establishment of the US cargo […]
Air Partner flies the lion king to freedom
Air Partner has successfully relocated its own lion king, flying him to his new kingdom in South Africa on behalf of the Born Free Foundation. The lion cub, King, was discovered in a Paris apartment in October last year, where he had been kept illegally as an exotic pet and neglected by his owner. Since […]
Strong freight performance for Air Partner
Air Partner’s statutory profits before tax increased by 20.4 per cent for the year ending 31 January 2018, with the freight division performing well. Statutory profits before tax were up from £4 million to £4.8 million while the freight sector had a record year with gross profits up 202.4 per cent and client numbers at […]
Air Partner picks Vasset as freight charter sales manager for France
Air Partner has picked Romain Vasset as freight charter sales manager for France, support freight account manager Thierry Zemouli from the Cologne office. Before joining Air Partner, he gained experience within the aviation and charter industry at PRO SKY as a project manager and at Evolution Jet International as an account manager, with other roles […]
US and Freight division expected to boost profits at Air Partner
Air Partner is expecting to see strong growth in underlying pre-tax profit helped by strong results in the US and in the Freight division. Underlying pre-tax profit for the financial year ending 31 January 2018 is expected to not be less than £6.4 million, compared to £5.1 million reported in the same period last year, […]
Strong growth to continue following busy year for Air Partner
The end of 2017 proved extremely busy for Air Partner, and director of freight Mike Hill is expecting a strong start to 2018. He says the strong growth in the second half of the year came from geopolitical situations and extreme weather creating high demand for cargo charters from all Freight division offices. This followed […]
Air Partner appoints Robert Jubb as freight trading manager
Air Partner has appointed Robert Jubb (pictured below) as freight trading manager and he will be based at the charter firm’s UK headquarters at Gatwick. Jubb has over 13 years of experience in the charter brokerage, airline and time-critical logistics industries. He was previously commercial director at AirX Charter and also spent eight years at […]
Air Partner carries out charters following Hurricanes Irma and Maria
Air Partner has carried out a number of urgent freight charters across the Caribbean to support the relief efforts in the wake of Hurricanes Irma and Maria. The Freight team was called upon to ensure that essential cargo such as generators, four wheel drive vehicles, bottled water and humanitarian aid reached those affected in the […]
Freight profit surge in 1H17 for Air Partner
Charter broker Air Partner says its underlying freight profit for the first six months of the year to 31 July was up 88.6 per cent to £0.6 million ($800,000). Overall gross profit for the first half of the year was up 12.2 per cent to £18.1 million from £16.1 million last year led by a […]
Air Partner celebrates 20 successful years in Germany
Air Partner is celebrating its 20th anniversary in Germany and has moved into a bigger office in Cologne, director of freight Mike Hill (pictured) tells Air Cargo Week. The Freight division started operations in 2007 and Hill says business has continued to grow year-on-year with sustained growth in the first half, and though the freight […]
‘Disappointing’ freight results at Air Partner as oil and gas slows
Air Partner says it freight division’s results were ‘disappointing’ with a downturn in the oil and gas industry, though profits for the whole company were up to £3.2 million ($4.1 million). The division’s underlying operating profits were £0.2 million for the year ending 31 January 2017, compared to £0.8 million the previous year, which had […]
Air Partner delivers 40 tonnes of aid to Haiti following Hurricane Matthew
Air Partner has delivered 40 tonnes of aid to Haiti on behalf of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) following Hurricane Matthew. The charter broker arranged for a Boeing 767 Freighter to fly directly from Panama where IFRC’s Americas Regional Logistics Warehouse is based, to Port-au-Prince’s Toussaint L’Ouverture International Airport. […]
Katsouris to rev up Air Partner’s automotive sector
Air Partner has appointed Alexander Katsouris as business development manager in its freight division. Katsouris will be based at Air Partner’s UK headquarters at London’s Gatwick Airport and he will report directly to director of freight, Mike Hill. He has worked in Mexico for the past seven years for Europartners where he worked his way […]
Air Cargo Week World Air Cargo Awards announced in Shanghai
Ecstatic winners raising their trophies aloft brought the glittering Air Cargo Week World Air Cargo Awards to a successful end last night, which celebrated excellence in the airfreight industry. The luxurious Kerry Hotel’s Shanghai Ballroom was the venue, seeing nine rounds of a crescendo of cheering and applause for the prestigious accolades up for grabs. […]
Air Partner launches Rio Express for Olympic Games
Air Partner has launched its ‘Rio Express’ freight service to operate weekly flights from Frankfurt to Rio de Janeiro before and after the Rio Olympics Games. The Rio Express will use a Boeing MD-11 Freighter for flights from Frankfurt Airport to Rio de Janeiro – Galeão International Airport on Sundays starting 10 July and ending […]
Air Partner appoints Mike Hill as director of freight
Air Partner has appointed Mike Hill as director of freight, with responsibility for freight across the entire Group. Hill has been with the Group since 2007, when he joined to set up Air Partner’s freight office in Germany from scratch. In 2014 he was promoted from a business development position to Regional Freight Director – Europe. Hill will […]
Air Partner freight profits double in 2015
Air Partner has seen freight profits double to £0.8 million ($1.1 million) in 2015 while the company’s profits were down to £2.3 million due to acquisitions during the year. The freight division performed well due to continued work with governmental aid agencies assisting with geopolitical crises and strong growth in Germany and the US. Air […]
Treasures mission for Air Partner
Air Partner has helped to deliver a precious cargo of 445 treasured Romanian artefacts to China for the ‘Treasures of Romania’ exhibition at the National Museum of China in Beijing. The air charter firm says it was working on behalf of TNT Romania for the National Museum of Romanian History (MNIR). The shipment was flown […]
Air Partner signs agreement with Air Cargo Integrators
Air Partner’s Freight division has signed a memorandum of understanding with Air Cargo Integrators (ACI) of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to develop their freight charter and global air freight products. Under the terms of the deal, Air Partner Freight has appointed ACI as its official freight sales and marketing representative in the vital Middle […]
Air Partner winds down Ebola relief work
Air Partner is winding down its Ebola relief work in Sierra Leone as the West African nation is declared free of the disease. Between 26 October 2014 and 11 November this year, Air Partner had operated 128 flights from the UK to Sierra Leone’s capital, Freetown, for governments, non-governmental organisations and aid agencies. Air Partner […]
Air Partner delivers United Nations aid to Central African Republic
Air Partner has transported 90 tonnes of aid from Belgium to the Central African Republic to support the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA). Air Partner chartered a Boeing 747 Freighter from Liege Airport to fly the supplies to M’Poko International Airport in Bangui, the capital of the Central […]
Air Partner makes half year profit of £1.4 million
Air Partner has seen its first half profit rise to £1.4 million ($2.1 million) from just under £1.4 million in the same period of last year. The freight division reported an operating profit of £0.4 million compared to breaking even in the same period of last year. Air Partner says the freight business saw strong […]
