Notes to Editors
- Chapman Freeborn provided over 5,000 charters in 2008,
in addition to many ACMI, wet and dry aircraft lease
arrangements ranging from Boeing 747, Airbus A300 and
IL-76 freighters to Fokker 100s and Boeing 767 passenger
airliners.
- The Group turnover for 2008 was just under EUR 400,000,000
* and 2008 proved the most successful year yet in the
Group's history.
*unaudited
- Chapman Freeborn is the largest air charter broker
in the world, with 32 offices in 22 countries, most recently
opening offices in Brazil and Uganda and employing over
250 personnel.
- Chapman Freeborn was established in 1973.
- The cargo charter department specialises in moving
urgent cargo, peacekeeping equipment and humanitarian
supplies, heavy and outsize pieces, high value commodities,
dangerous goods and AOG parts.
- Chapman Freeborn was voted Air Cargo Charter Broker
of the Year at the ACW World Air Cargo Awards in 2007, 2008 and 2009.
- The passenger department provides charters to a client base which includes VIPs, travel agents, tour operators, incentive travel organisers and governments.
- 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 provides ACMI, wet, damp and dry leasing
solutions for many of the world's airlines.
- Chapman Freeborn subsidiary Air Dispatch has offices
at many of Europe's major airports - offering outsourced
Airline Representation and Station Management services.
www.air-dispatch.com
- UK-based subsidiary Paragon Global Flight Support provides
outsourced flight operations including trip planning,
diplomatic clearances, handling and slot request, fuel
purchase, catering and hotac. www.paragon-global.com
For further information on this story, or about the Chapman Freeborn Group, please contact Julie Black or Andy James on +44 (0)1293 572832
Chapman Freeborn France provides aircraft charters for high-profile evacuations
29th June 2009
Chapman Freeborn has provided an aircraft charter for two Canadian diplomats after they were released by al-Qaeda militants who had held them captive for over four months in Niger.
The hostages, a United Nations special envoy and his assistant, were released in northern Mali recently following lengthy efforts to secure their freedom. The two men were kidnapped in neighbouring Niger back in December 2008 while undertaking their official duties.
On behalf of a major French insurance company, Chapman Freeborn's Paris office was tasked with providing an aircraft charter for their safe return to Europe.
The Chapman Freeborn France team kept a VIP configured MD83 aircraft on standby for a week until confirmation finally came through that the hostages had been freed.
Following an appearance in front of the media alongside Malian President Amadou Toumani Toure, the two men and an additional 12 passengers departed on the chartered aircraft from Bamako (BKO) to a military base in Germany.
Successfully reunited with their families in Germany, the diplomats then returned to Canada on a government aircraft.
Elsewhere, Chapman Freeborn France also arranged an urgent evacuation charter for 40 French laboratory workers and their families from Mexico as the H1N1 outbreak reached its peak.
A 167-seat MD83 aircraft was rapidly positioned to Mexico for the flight back to France, with fears that the flu crisis could have reached Level 6 - barring all entry and exit from the country.
Chapman Freeborn has 32 offices in 22 countries across five continents and coordinated more than 5,000 aircraft charters last year.
Picture: An MD83 charter was provided to fly the freed hostages to Germany
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