Air Charter Service’s IATA-accredited Next Flight Out (NFO) offering increased shipments by 175% in 2025 compared with 2024. 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 and with recent supply chain disruptions is used by a wide array of industries. However, its OBC, or hand-carry, team also increased jobs by 85% last year, the most the division has dealt with in a year since it was launched ten years ago. ACS has a ground transportation department in the US, which has also grown, with 53% more bookings last year.
ACS Time Critical chief executive Robert Alleman, added: “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.”
