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UK-based Air Charter Service said in late October that it had arranged several flights to Haiti, following Hurricane Matthew earlier this month. They were operated by aircraft including AN-12s and Boeing 767s, from Europe and the US, carrying material including medicine, mosquito nets tarpaulins, jerry cans and buckets.
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Investment firm Alcuin Capital Partners is to buy a minority stake in freight and passenger broker Air Charter Service. ACS chief executive Justin Bowman says the business has grown from small beginnings when it was set up by Chris Leach in the basement of his house to be the largest ...
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Air Charter Service has helped rehome two dolphins from Amsterdam to their new home in the Canary Islands. ‘Sting’ and ‘Makai’ travelled on an AN-74 aircraft with qualified vets in attendance from Maastricht Airport to Las Palmas Airport on 4 May where they were transported on to Palmitos Park, a ...
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Air Charter Service is celebrating 25 years since chairman Chris Leach and his wife Tina founded the company in the basement of their family home in south west London.
Chris Leach, who worked as a cargo aircraft loadmaster as well as for freight forwarder Savino Del Bene, started the business ...
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Air Charter Service is to invest heavily in its on board courier division, including now have invested in a dedicated operations office in Frankfurt. It has also hired industry specialists and has updated more than 35 visas for countries that it was not previously able to fly to at a ...
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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 ...
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Air Charter Service has appointed Richard Thompson as president of its North America operations. He will be responsible for the company’s operations in New York, California, Texas and Canada and steps into the position previously held by Andy Christie, who was promoted to Group Director of ACS’s Private Jet charter ...
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Charter broker Air Charter Service has now has a presence in Turkey. Based in Istanbul, the operation will be headed up by Caglar Ozturk, who has been working in the company’s Dubai office since 2011. For the moment the operation will only be offering cargo charters, though a passenger department ...
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Ruan Courtney has taken over as managing director of Air Charter Service. He replaces long-standing MD, Tony Bauckham, who will remain at ACS for one year to help Mr. Courtney’s transition. Bauckham has previously been MD of the cargo aircraft operator, Volga Dnepr UK and has also been an executive ...
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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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