NEWS & BLOG

Charter flight bookings for Euro 2020 kick off following draw at the weekend

5 December 2019 by Glenn Phillips

Leading aircraft charter company, Air Charter Service, has seen a huge surge in demand for charter flights to next year’s Euro championships since the draw for the tournament was made on Saturday.

ACS experiences huge uptake in its Capped Rate Jet Card account

26 November 2019 by Glenn Phillips

Since launching the product last year, Air Charter Service has seen significant uptake in its innovative Empyrean Capped Rate Jet Card account, the first of its kind, with the total value of sales already accounting for 40% of all its jet card programmes.

The biggest airport in the world has opened

15 November 2019 by Claire Ellis

As the world’s fastest-growing aviation sector, China has launched Beijing Daxing International Airport in September 2019. The US$12 billion Beijing Daxing International Airport will overtake Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta to become the biggest airport in the world. Eventually, it will serve over 100 million passengers a year as part of China’s aviation expansion plan.

ACS heads to IATA Slots Down Under following busy summer of leasing

11 November 2019 by Glenn Phillips

Air Charter Service is heading to Brisbane this week after experiencing its busiest ever summer for ACMI deals and leases this year. The winter season is now shaping up in a similar way, with the wet leasing of a brand new Airbus A330-900NEO the most notable coup.

Air Charter Service expands its US Headquarters

7 November 2019 by Glenn Phillips

Air Charter Service’s US headquarters expanded last month in order to facilitate future growth of the company’s nine offices across the region. The long-running project of moving ACS’s second largest office is off the back of its most successful year in 2018.

Air Charter Service raises £30,000 for Macmillan

25 October 2019 by Glenn Phillips

The staff at Air Charter Service’s office in London have raised £28,892 for the leading charity, Macmillan Cancer Support.

The best UK music festivals by private jet charter

16 October 2019 by Claire Ellis

The 2019 summer music festival season might be over, but that doesn’t mean you can’t start making festival plans for the best UK music festivals that will be taking place during the rest of the year and in 2020. In fact, some of the summer festivals that took a break last year will be back next year, along with some spring festivals that will get you warmed up for the 2020 summer season.

ACS mobilises 25 couriers for five tonne OBC shipment

15 October 2019 by Glenn Phillips

Late last month Air Charter Service completed its largest single onboard courier job to date, transporting a shipment of just over five tonnes from Hong Kong to Portugal.

Worth the weight

9 October 2019 by Claire Ellis

In one of the biggest-ever OBC operations, we coordinated 25 couriers to deliver five tonnes of metal automotive parts from Hong Kong to Portugal.

Aircraft that save lives

7 October 2019 by Claire Ellis

ACS has a proud history of providing humanitarian aid in situations where conflict, crises or natural disasters threaten human lives. From Haiti to Yemen, and Zimbabwe to the Philippines, ACS aircraft have provided emergency assistance where and when it was needed most.

Overcoming a logistical mine-field

3 October 2019 by Claire Ellis

ACS were asked to urgently transport 1.7 tonnes of cargo to a client in Papua New Guinea to get a mine back up and running after an emergency shutdown.

A Mexican hacienda hideaway

2 October 2019 by Jessica Barrie

Tucked away in Mexico’s picturesque highlands, Hacienda de San Antonio is a luxurious home from home, with just 25 exclusive suites. Unwind in the library, enjoy a spa treatment or two, then take afternoon tea in the Yellow Room, or get out and about, hot air ballooning, quad biking and more.