Charter brokers


Charter companies work night and day to make the deals


Cargo charter brokers offer a vital service within the air freight supply chain, catering to the demand for movements that cannot quickly and easily be met. However, they must be ready at a moment’s notice to satisfy a client’s needs


handle outsize cargo that could not otherwise be moved by regular air cargo services. While times are hard for everyone in


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the air freight community right now, the brokers can sometimes actually benefit from a difficult and uncertain market. Certainly,Oslo-based broker Aircontact has seen good revenue this year, although much of the progress has come on the passenger side of the business. According to managing director Ulf Gregersen, even though 2010 was the second-best year in the company’s nearly 50-year history, so far in 2011 results have been better than in the same period of last year. Afghanistan has been one source of


harter brokers offer a rapid-reaction service that can prove very valuable to shippers when time is critical. They can also offer connections to destinations not otherwise regularly served by scheduled flights and


business for Aircontact, which is organising all types of charters, involving aircraft from AN-12 size right up to B747 and AN-124 freighters. Exploiting other opportunities, Aircontact has just


opened a branch office in Stavanger to focus mainly on commercial cargo charters for western Norway,


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