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Temperature controlled shipments for Ebola crisis

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: “The humanitarian response is facing a massive task trying to tackle Ebola in West Africa. Air Partner has been working ... [+]

Flying dragon

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 ... [+]

Flying boat

  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 ... [+]

Air Partner aids Iraq

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 ... [+]

New recruits for Air Partner

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 ... [+]

More aid to the Philippines

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 ... [+]

Freight industry comes to aid of typhoon victims – updated

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 ... [+]

Games direct

Air Partner is offering a weekly cargo service from Frankfurt to Sochi on the Russian Black Sea coast for the 2014 winter Olympics. Leading up to the games, Air Partner will operate a cargo service using a 747-400F every Monday morning between 18 November 2013 and 7 February 2014. Sochi ... [+]

New recruit for Air Partner

Air charter broker Air Partner, has appointed Saeed Ghodrat to its freight team as an account manager. He has four years of experience in freight forwarding, most recently at SDV Aerospace. [+]

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