Notes to Editors
- Chapman Freeborn is the largest air charter broker in the world with 32 offices in 22 countries
- Chapman Freeborn was established in 1973
- Annual group turnover is over $450m
- The Chapman Freeborn group now employs over 250 personnel
- The passenger department provide air charters to a client base which includes travel agents, tour operators, MICE travel organisers and governments
- The cargo department specialise in moving urgent air cargo, heavy and outsize pieces, high value commodities, dangerous goods and AOG parts
- The company was voted Air Cargo Charter Broker of the Year at the ACW World Air Cargo Awards in 2007 and 2008
- Many of the world’s major relief organisations, governments, NGOs and other aid providers use the company’s expertise in transporting relief goods and organising personnel evacuations
- Chapman Freeborn also provide ACMI, wet, damp and dry leasing solutions for many of the world’s largest airlines
- The Chapman Freeborn group also provide General Sales Agency (GSA), Station Management and Ground Handling Services
- The 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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South Atlantic Airbridge Contract Awarded to Chapman Freeborn and flyglobespan
24th October 2008
The Ministry of Defence’s South Atlantic airbridge contract has been awarded to Gatwick-based Chapman Freeborn Airchartering and Edinburgh-based flyglobespan. The twice-weekly flights to Ascension Island and the Falklands will be operated on the Scottish airline’s Boeing 767-300ER aircraft, commencing this month.
The airbridge from RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire is run under a two-year contract with two one-year options.
The B767-300 aircraft is to carry up to 184 civilian and government passengers on each flight, with the remaining payload taken with freight.
The contract was formally announced in August, with the successful proposal offering the most economical advantageous solution to the MoD’s passenger, aero-medical and freight requirements.
Darren Banham, director of commercial passenger charters at Chapman Freeborn, said:
“We are delighted to have been awarded this contract, and consider it an honour to be working for the British Government.
“As the only passenger service operating to these remote islands, the airbridge also serves as an important lifeline to the residents.”
Tom Dalrymple, Chairman for flyglobespan said:
“We are of course very pleased to have won this prestigious contract which is testament to our expertise in this product field. Charter flights such as these are an important part of the flyglobespan business model and winning this Ministry of Defence contract is further indication of how successfully we are doing this.
“We pride ourselves on the service we offer to both charter clients and general passengers and are delighted that The Ministry of Defence has recognised this and put their trust in flyglobespan to operate a superior and cost effective service.”
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