Air Charter Service (ACS) said its Time Critical division saw increased growth last year, particularly in its IATA-accredited Next Flight Out (NFO) offering – with 175% more shipments than in the previous 12 months.

Robert Alleman, CEO of ACS Time Critical, said the company had a "very successful" 12 months last year – with all three of our services seeing large increases.

"The biggest of those came in our NFO division with almost three times the amount of work compared to 2024," Alleman said.

"We brought in the experienced Ash McCook a little under 18 months ago, who has a background in urgent logistics, which started in the armed forces more than 15 years ago – his focus on the NFO offering and team has really paid dividends."

The CEO of ACS Time Critical said NFO provides a more versatile and cost-effective solution than  Onboard Courier (OBC) as it allows for larger shipments that are unaccompanied by a passenger.

"With recent geopolitical situations, tariffs, supply chain disruptions and rapid market changes, NFO has become an invaluable resource for a wide array of industries," Alleman said.

"Having the IATA Cargo Accreditation affords us direct access to securing cargo capacity on virtually any airline, significantly increasing the speed at which we can book NFOs – increasing our efficiency, benefitting not only our team, but also our customers."

He went on to note that ACS' OBC, or hand-carry, team increased their jobs by 85% last year, making it the most that they have dealt with in a year since the launch of the division 10 years ago.

"We have a ground transportation department in the US, who often help to arrange trucking for our customer's cargo and, with the increased workload, there’s has also grown, with 53% more bookings last year," he said.

Dan Morgan-Evans, ACS's Group Cargo Director said ACS's recent leadership changes have already begun to deliver results.

"We restructured our TCS leadership team last year, with Robert [Alleman] as the new head, and Andreas Spies promoted to COO, and it has really paid off. The future for ACS Time Critical is bright, following the huge strides the they made last year and the team expansion we are currently undergoing," he said.