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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 approximately USD $475,000,000 and proved the most successful year yet in the Group's history.
  • 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 completes 100th Haiti aid flight

8th February 2010

Chapman Freeborn Airchartering has completed its 100th aid flight to help the people affected by the devastating earthquake in Haiti.

The global aircraft charter specialist has delivered relief cargo from the USA, Europe, the Middle East and Asia on behalf of international aid agencies.

In the aftermath of the 7.0 magnitude earthquake aid has been flown into airports including Port au Prince (PAP), Haiti and Santo Domingo (SDQ), Dominican Republic on chartered aircraft including L-100 Hercules, AN-12, IL-76, DC-8, MD11, B777 and B747 freighters.

Operations on the ground in Port au Prince and Santo Domingo have been overseen by Chapman Freeborn logistics experts, who were immediately deployed in the wake of the disaster.

Chapman Freeborn’s passenger charter expertise was also utilised by American and European search and rescue organisations, with charters to Port au Prince and other regional airports on B737 and B767 aircraft.

Support in the form of securing flight permits and fuel provisions has been arranged for Chapman Freeborn charters and additional airline clients by 24-hour operations subsidiary Paragon Global Flight Support.

The United Nations described the Haiti disaster as "one of the worst humanitarian crises in decades".

The quake claimed up to 200,000 lives, and hundreds of thousands more Haitians have been displaced from their homes in Port-au-Prince, Leogane and Jacmel.

The main focus of the aid effort is now to provide urgent shelter, basic sanitation and large-scale vaccination programmes for the temporary camps.


Air Charter Haiti
Above: Aid agency vehicles are unloaded from an B777F aircraft in Santo Domingo (SDQ).

Haiti aid flights
Above: A B767-300 is loaded in Paris (CDG). The aircraft was chartered by Chapman Freeborn's
Paris office for French and German search and rescue teams.

Haiti aid cargo
Above: An IL-76 aircraft is loaded with water purification equipment destined for Haiti. The
charter was coordinated by Chapman Freeborn Spain.

Aid flights Haiti 2010
Above: A consignment of aid is prepared for loading at East Midlands Airport (EMA) in the UK.
A DC8 aircraft was chartered by Chapman Freeborn's UK office on behalf of Oxfam.

Cargo charter
Above: A DC4 aircraft is loaded with aid cargo at Opa-Locka Airport (OPF). The charter was
managed by Chapman Freeborn's USA team.

Haiti airlift
Above: Chapman Freeborn's Belgium office has overseen Haiti aid flights out of Ostend (OST)
on DC-8, MD11 and IL-76 aircraft (pictured).

Haiti aircraft charter
Above: Aid agency vehicles are loaded on an IL-76 in Berlin (SXF). Chapman Freeborn's Berlin
office coordinated the charter on behalf of the Red Cross.

Haiti charters
Above: Aid deliveries at Port au Prince. Chapman Freeborn's UAE office delivered 70 tons of
aid from the UAE on a B747-200 aircraft. The cargo was accompanied by Rajesh Patel, Flight
Operations Manager at the Sharjah office.

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

www.chapman-freeborn.com

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