Financial security secures long-term automotive aircraft charter contracts
World-leading aircraft charter provider, Air Charter Service, has reported a 22% year-on-year rise in the number of charter contracts its North American offices completed and has partly attributed this to an increase in bookings from automotive clients.
“As the auto industry as a whole has begun to pick up, we have been busy arranging aircraft to transport production line parts and equipment across North America and indeed, worldwide”, commented Richard Thompson, ACS’s Vice President North America.
With many high-profile charter airlines experiencing financial difficulty, Thompson believes ACS are benefiting from being financially stable: “We’ve seen several cases in the last year of companies turning to us after the airlines they dealt with directly went out of business, often taking their clients’ money with them. Before these experiences, many had not considered us as an option, but as a global, non-asset-based company we provide them financial security few else can.”
The company further reports that inter-continental automotive cargo shipments have increased: “We are arranging more and more contracts, flying to the US from South America, Europe and Asia. The majority of our automotive business is still for domestic movements, but as the industry recovers customers are turning to charters more frequently to support the rise in production.”
Speaking of ACS’s growing involvement in the automotive trade, Thompson concluded: “We offer experience and security that is conducive to forming successful, long-term relationships. We’ve been around for 25 years and customers are recognizing the importance of this fact.”
For more information please do not hesitate to contact Ben Deacon
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Web www.aircharterservice.com │ Email ben.deacon@aircharterservice.com
About Air Charter Service
• Our name is Air Charter Service: no ‘s’ on the end
• Revenue in excess of US$ 400 million and arranging almost 7,500 charters annually
• Formed in 1990 by Chairman Chris Leach in his basement, now employing nearly 300 staff worldwide
• A global company with 16 worldwide offices
• Offices spanning five continents offering private jet, commercial airliner and cargo aircraft charters
• Voted Cargo Charter Broker of the Year at the ACW World Cargo Awards 2013
• Voted Charter Broker of the Year at the Payload Asia Awards 2013
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