MAJOR aircraft charter specialist, Air Charter Service, opened an office in Hong Kong in 2008 - being its first presence in the Asia Pacific region, and in the past ten years the company has not only memorable aviation incidents but has taking part in each of them.
ACS regional director of Asia Pacific, Stephen Fernandez, said: 'ACS Hong Kong moved into its first office which originally consisted of a cargo charter division and a private charter division. Our office has undergone impressive growth together with the robust economic climate in the region. Now we are a strong team with an additional group charter division, an onboard courier division and with IT, marketing, office admin and accounting departments.
'We have arranged more than 3,000 charters over the past ten years. Every charter comes with a story. All linked with events happening in the region. We feel honoured to partake in each of them and proud to provide the charter solutions to those in need.'
'Recalling the memorable flights that we have handled, top of the list are the relief charters,' said Joseph Tam, cargo director - APAC region. 'We helped to arrange seven Ilyushin 76s with emergency aid to Padang following the earthquake in Indonesia in 2009. We were also entrusted to deliver the humanitarian aid with an Antonov 12 to those who suffered from Typhoon Yolanda in the Philippines in 2013.'
James Royds-Jones, executive jet director - APAC region, commented: 'We were also assigned to evacuate almost 1,000 executives and their family members of a telecommunications company in 2011 after the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami. We were also asked for charter solutions during the European ash clouds in 2010 and 2014, as well as the recent Mount Agung volcano eruption in Bali.'
Other interesting flights are those related to animal transportation. 'We delivered sharks and fishes from Sanya to Sochi and carried pigs from Singapore to Malaysia - which is rather rare and unusual for a Muslim country,' Mr Tam said. 'We have brought the first Ilyushin 96 to Australia in 2010 and we flew an Antonov 124 from Tianjin to Burkina Faso (a landlocked country in West Africa) in 2014.'
ACS regional director of Asia Pacific, Stephen Fernandez, said: 'ACS Hong Kong moved into its first office which originally consisted of a cargo charter division and a private charter division. Our office has undergone impressive growth together with the robust economic climate in the region. Now we are a strong team with an additional group charter division, an onboard courier division and with IT, marketing, office admin and accounting departments.
'We have arranged more than 3,000 charters over the past ten years. Every charter comes with a story. All linked with events happening in the region. We feel honoured to partake in each of them and proud to provide the charter solutions to those in need.'
'Recalling the memorable flights that we have handled, top of the list are the relief charters,' said Joseph Tam, cargo director - APAC region. 'We helped to arrange seven Ilyushin 76s with emergency aid to Padang following the earthquake in Indonesia in 2009. We were also entrusted to deliver the humanitarian aid with an Antonov 12 to those who suffered from Typhoon Yolanda in the Philippines in 2013.'
James Royds-Jones, executive jet director - APAC region, commented: 'We were also assigned to evacuate almost 1,000 executives and their family members of a telecommunications company in 2011 after the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami. We were also asked for charter solutions during the European ash clouds in 2010 and 2014, as well as the recent Mount Agung volcano eruption in Bali.'
Other interesting flights are those related to animal transportation. 'We delivered sharks and fishes from Sanya to Sochi and carried pigs from Singapore to Malaysia - which is rather rare and unusual for a Muslim country,' Mr Tam said. 'We have brought the first Ilyushin 96 to Australia in 2010 and we flew an Antonov 124 from Tianjin to Burkina Faso (a landlocked country in West Africa) in 2014.'