Air Charter Service makes sure football fans don't miss semi final

July 14, 2010 - PRLog -- Last week Air Charter Service made sure that four of its VIP Chinese football fans didn’t miss the crunch World Cup semi final between Spain and Germany. ACS staff made good use of their local knowledge to avoid any delays.

Well publicised delays at Durban International Airport meant that hundreds of fans missed some, if not all, of the important match. The airport had underestimated quite how many supporters would be flying in for the game, and this caused a huge backlog of flights at the airport.

ACS’s Hong Kong and Johannesburg offices combined to advise their clients the best course of action. The avid football supporters requested a jet to take them to Durban International Airport from Cape Town on the afternoon of the match. Air Charter Service, mindful of the potentially overrun airport, recommended a KingAir aircraft instead, and for them to fly into the much smaller Virginia Airport which, with a runway of only a little over 900 metres, only accepts turboprops. Not only did this mean that there would be no airport hold-ups, but they landed only 6 miles from the stadium – Durban’s main airport is 13 miles away.

The VIPs got to the match in plenty of time to see Spain ease past Germany 1-0 to reach the final, whilst some less fortunate fans were held up by the airport delays missing most of the action.

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About ACS:
Air Charter Service is now recognised as one of the leading names in aircraft chartering, offering not only private jet charters, but also commercial airliners and cargo charters. Continued year on year growth has resulted in a turnover now exceeding $250 million, with more than 4,000 charters operated annually. With offices in Toronto, New York, London, Paris, Bilbao, Johannesburg, St Petersburg, Moscow, Dubai, Hong Kong and Tokyo they are able to provide their clients with cargo and passenger charters worldwide.