Notes to Editors
- Chapman Freeborn is the largest air charter broker in the world with 36 offices in 20 countries
- In June 2007, we were voted"Air Cargo Charter Broker of The Year" at the ACW World Air Cargo Awards in Munich
- Chapman Freeborn was established in 1973
- Annual group turnover is over $450m
- The Chapman Freeborn group employs nearly 300 personnel
- We specialise in moving urgent cargo, heavy and outsize pieces, high value commodities, dangerous goods and AOG parts
- Many of the world’s major relief organisations, governments, NGOs and other aid providers use our expertise in transporting relief goods and organising personnel evacuations
- We provide ACMI, wet, damp and dry leasing solutions for many of the world’s largest airlines
- We also provide General Sales Agency (GSA), Station Management and Ground Handling Services
- Our operations division, Paragon Global Flight Support provides 24 hour outsourced flight support
- Chapman Freeborn is listed in the Sunday Times’ Top Track 250 of the biggest mid-market private companies in the UK
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Chapman Freeborn Moves Four Engine Alliance GP7200 Engines for Airbus
A380
20th October 2005
Chapman Freeborn Airchartering’s Detroit office was recently involved
in moving four massive GP7200 engines for the new Airbus A380 from Bradley/Windsor
Locks in the USA to Toulouse.
These
were the first Engine Alliance engines to be shipped for the A380 programme,
although Chapman Freeborn were commissioned almost a year ago to be the
approved charter provider to move the engines for EA / Pratt & Whitney.
The loading took two days alone with two loaded on the 26th September and
a further two loaded on the 27th. A large group of both Engine Alliance
and Pratt & Whitney employees attended to see these momentous first
shipments leave to go to Airbus onboard an Antonov 124 operated by Volga
Dnepr.
CF’s Chris Fisher comments: “The handlers in BDL did a great
job, as did the the programme engineers and the stand design team in the
run up to the move. The result was a flawless load.”
Each engine weighed a whopping 10,800kg and each stand was 5.6mx3.6mx3.8m. The freighter was very full indeed. This trip complimented an
earlier charter done by Gavin Deeks and Pierre Van der Stichele in Chapman
Freeborn’s London office from Stansted to Toulouse on a British Airways
747-400 freighter. The next move from Pratt & Whitney is expected
some time later this year.
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