Air Charter of Police Force Out of Afghanistan

DUBAI, UAE, July 20, 2011 -

As politically unstable Afghanistan begins to pick itself up
from the devastation of the ongoing conflict; the government and
ruling body have devised ways to ensure that the country maintains
some semblance of order.

As a recent article in The Washington Post claims, US and
Afghani authorities are planning a major overhaul of the nation’s
Police Force.

Air Charter International had the opportunity to be part of this
endeavour when they were approached by a reputable travel agency to
transport police officers overseas for training.

“We received the inquiry on the 11^th of July, just
three days before the first flight was supposed to take place,”
said Claire Brugirard, Manager of the Charter Sales department at
Air Charter International.

There were 560 passengers that were traveling from Kabul in
Afghanistan to Sivas in Turkey, who were split up into four
different charter flights.

“Because of the number of passengers we started with 2 flights
on the 14^th July, 1 flight on 15^th July and 1
on 16^th July.” The 560 law enforcement personnel
selected for this training were transported to their destination on
a Boeing 737-300.

Ms. Brugirard mentioned that organising the number of passengers
into their respective chartered flights was not the only challenge
of this particular passenger charter.

“Many other aviation companies had bid on this requirement and
as a result there was a lot of competition involved,” said Ms.
Brugirard.

She also stated that since there was a limited time frame and
parties such as the Ministry of Interior Affairs of Afghanistan and
the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), they had to
obtain clearances via diplomatic channels which they managed to do
successfully.

Ms. Brugirard further stated that they also had to deal with
extremely tight operating hours at Sivas Airport.  ”On
Thursday this airport closed as 1800 UTC and on Friday the airport
closed at 1400 UTC, so realistically it was almost impossible to
fit a schedule into such operating hours.”

In light of these restrictions, the Charter Sales team at Air
Charter International worked tirelessly to ensure that these
flights were successfully deployed. “To combat these difficult
timings we worked at and were granted special permission by Turkish
authorities to land at a later time in Sivas, Turkey.”

The mission was conducted successfully and authorities in
Afghanistan were pleased to have their personnel on site in Sivas
to begin their training.

“This was a challenging yet rewarding passenger charter,” said
Ms. Brugirard. “We are grateful for the opportunity to promote our
extensive aviation knowledge and services and look forward to
working with these various governing bodies again.”

Notes to Editor:

Air Charter International (ACI), a leading aircraft charter and
leasing company based in Dubai, UAE, has been in operation since
1994 and covers 4-A region, namely: Arabia, Africa, Asia and Asia
Pacific and services long and short term aircraft requirements. ACI
has also made a strategic move into Aircraft Management
through its 100% owned subsidiary: Jet Ops which operates
and manages three Cessna 208A Amphibian seaplanes for a
commercial tourism operation named Seawings. Seawings
provides seaplane operations within the United Arab Emirates and is
the only seaplane sightseeing service in the region, considered a
must-do for visitors to Dubai. The resource pool of ACI
includes professionals from a wide variety of backgrounds &
nationalities with a strong focus on aviation related industry
and experience.

Contact:
Dilukshi Thomas
Marketing and Communications Assistant
Company: Air Charter International (Arabia) Ltd
Phone: +97148070808
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Website: href="www.aircharter-international.com">www.aircharter-international.com

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