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  • 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 assists with Russian probe launch

20th November 2009

Chapman Freeborn has provided a series of charters to Northern Russia to support the launch of two satellites from Plesetsk Cosmodrome.

The aircraft charter specialist assisted with the preparations to launch to the widely-anticipated SMOS/Proba-2 on November 2nd by providing seven flights for engineers and European Space Agency (ESA) representatives over a two-month period.

Flight operations commenced on August 31st, with an initial TU 134A charter to fly 21 specialists from Moscow about 1,000 kilometres north to Arkhangelsk to oversee the arrival of satellite equipment into Russia from France.

Following customs clearance and loading of the satellite for onward transportation by train, the group flew ahead to meet the cargo at Plesetsk Cosmodrome, a Russian spaceport situated in the Arkhangelsk region.

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In the following weeks six further Tupolev charters were provided by Chapman Freeborn, culminating in a final flight on the day of the launch for a VIP delegation including the head of the ESA and other senior figures from the organisation, as well as directors from Eurockot Launch Services and Thales Alenia Space.

The private air charters from Moscow's Sheremetyevo (SVO1) and Vnukovo (VKO) airports were closely managed by Chapman Freeborn's Bart Lorijnen and Anton Frolov, with operations to Plesetsk requiring special clearances from both the Russian military and Federal Security Service (FSB).

Chapman Freeborn has 32 offices in 22 countries across five continents. The company coordinated more than 5,000 cargo and passenger charters last year.

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About Eurockot and SMOS/Proba-2:

Eurockot Launch Services is the joint venture operated by Europe’s leading satellite and launch vehicle manufacturer, EADS Astrium. Astrium's partner in the joint venture is Russia's largest space company, Khrunchev Space Center. Eurockot provides launch services for earth observation, science and communication satellites into Low Earth Orbits and operates Europes only small launch vehicle, the Rockot launcher from Plesetsk Cosmodrome.

SMOS (Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity) was designed to produce global maps of high resolution of the Earth's soil moisture and ocean salinity based on the continuous exchange of water between oceans, atmosphere and land. The data will, amongst others, allow an improved forecasting of weather extremes.

Proba-2 (Project for On-Board Autonomy) will evaluate new hard- and software technologies and on-board autonomy for future space missions and will demonstrate new sun observation instruments.

This launch was Eurockot's second successful mission for the European Space Agency.

Plesetsk Cosmodrome

Plesetsk is the most frequently used spaceport in the world. It is situated about 800 km northeast of Moscow and 200 km south of the city of Archangel. Plesetsk is Europe's only continental launch site and ideally suited to high inclination and sun-synchronous launches into low earth orbits.

 

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