Antarctic territory

When operating into remote areas of the world, getting a technichal problem on your aircraft can be diffucult. On Monday morning, January 15th 2007, our client for this charter operation called us, explaining they had an AOG in the Antarctic Territory. They needed freight of spareparts to this remote area, fast. The cargo was already on its way to Cape Town, South Africa, the closest mainland to the aircraft, but still 6 long flying hours away from the grounded aircraft.

Due to the sensitivity of this operation, we decided to send our own flight manager to Cape Town, and 48 hours after client contacted us we landed on the 3000 meters long ice runway with all cargo safe onboard. The 6 hour long journey from Cape Town was executed as planned and the crew on the AOG aircraft could start its repairs. This shows how fast we can react and execute when time is of essence. With an aircraft on ground, the airline is not only losing revenue, but standing in this extreme cold conditions, they faced also further damage to the aircraft. 3 hours after Aircontact arrived with all spare parts, the repared aircraft was airborne again, heading for the warm South Africa. Our Gulfstream III followed some hours later, after a well deserved crew rest in the Antarctic Territory