Air One Aviation has generated over 145 million kilos of cargo for over 1,300 Boeing 747 freighter flights in its first 12 months as the global general sales agency partner of Aerotranscargo (ATC).

Prior to appointing UK-headquartered Air One Aviation on August last year, Aerotranscargo was operating solely as an ACMI carrier with four 747-400 freighters. A year later, its fleet reached six 747-400Fs.

It noted that with its partnership, Air One Aviation already has another 1,000 full flights booked between August and the end of 2021 to transport a further 115 million kilos of cargo.

"The first 12 months of the GSA agreement has seen Aerotranscargo’s 747-400Fs operate flights connecting 50 of the world’s main air cargo gateways, including 244 services in Hong Kong, 88 from Liege and 83 from Zhengzhou in China’s Henan province," it said in a statement, adding that it also operated from other key Chinese airports including Guangzhou, Hangzhou, Macau, Nanchang, Shanghai, Shenzhen and Zhengzhou.

In Europe, in the past year, Air One Aviation has also generated full load bookings for Aerotranscargo services to Amsterdam, Brussels, Budapest, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Leipzig, Liege, Luxembourg, Maastricht, Madrid, Ostend, Paris, Prague, Vatry, Vienna, Zaragoza and Zurich.

It said outside of Europe and Asia, demand has also been met from major freight forwarders, logistics providers and brokers in Costa Rica, Delhi, Dhaka, Lagos, Lusaka and Rio de Janeiro.

“Our first year as a charter airline has exceeded all our expectations,” said Jai Singh, CEO and managing director of ATC, adding that its partnership with Air One Aviation has given it a platform for the next stage of our growgh.

Paul Bennett, CEO of Air One Aviation, said: “We have been able to meet the high demand for freighter capacity over the past year because of the reliability of AEROTRANSCARGO’s flight operations, and the airline’s continued fleet investment.” 

“In this time, it has expanded its 747-400F fleet from four to six aircraft, which has enabled us to confidently market capacity to charter brokers, freight forwarders and consolidators looking for short and long-term charter solutions,” he added, noting that the firm already have strong forward bookings well into 2022.

The airline is also expected to continue investing and growing in line with opportunities world wide.