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's support of Zambia wind pump projects - latest update
29th June 2009
Chapman Freeborn Airchartering is delighted to be able to share a brief update from the Zambian wind pump projects we are supporting as a company.
The Estelle Trust reports that a further five wind pumps that have been manufactured in the Songhor workshop are being installed now the rains have finished. Their target is to have 10 sites fully installed and operational by the end of August.
So far this year Chapman Freeborn and its clients have donated a total of five pumps - which are not only environmentally friendly, but have a dramatic impact in the communities in which they have been installed.
Picture: The Chapman Freeborn sponsored wind pump at Arulussa School / Village
The Estelle Trust:
The Estelle Trust is a UK registered charity promoting sustainable development projects in rural Zambia. Harnessing the power of the wind, clean water is pumped for irrigating subsistence farms and for the benefit of communal facilities such as schools, clinics and orphanages.
Less than 50% of the rural population of Zambia has access to clean, sustainable water supplies. The rectifying of this situation in many countries across the globe is one of the key Millennial Development Goals and the reason why the UN declared 2005-2015 to be the "Water for Life" Decade for Action.
Making donations:
Each individual wind pump project costs the Estelle Trust approximately $20,000 to manufacture and install. We encourage our charter clients to support this initiative by donating either a full wind pump or making a contribution towards the sum of a project.
- 100% of every donation goes to the costs of manufacturing and installing, there are no administration fees
- All contributors will receive a six-monthly update of the Estelle Trust's work in Zambia
- Groups/individuals donating a full installation will receive details of the community which they have endowed with a proper water supply and photos of the project implementation
For more information please visit: www.chapman-freeborn.com/environment/
Picture: Chapman Freeborn funds have been used to provide a wind pump and water storage
facilities for a school and village at Arulussa - the building and running of the school has been
funded by the Estelle Trust.
Picture: The Arulussa pump at dawn.
Picture: The New Jerusalem Kachele Village. This is another of the five Chapman Freeborn
sponsored installations at a National Agenda for Social Advancement (NASAD) re-settlement
community
for lepers and their families.
Picture: New sailheads being constructed in the
Songhor workshop. More Estelle Trust
projects are set to be rolled out this summer.
www.chapman-freeborn.com
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