Air charter services

With our first-class Air Charter network, you receive more than just cargo space, but access to a virtual cargo airline that moves your high-value goods anywhere in the world. Our air charter service provides tailor-made solutions and guarantees global reach and vast capacity – 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

Plus, with our hub and spoke approach, your cargo is handled by our expert teams throughout its journey - ensuring the points between your time critical, oversized and high value shipments, and where they need to be, as seamless as possible.

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Full flexibility as standard

Full flexibility as standard. Our network is ideal for handling special cargo from pharmaceuticals and medical equipment, microchips, oversized oil and gas equipment, vehicles as well as high-value goods.

Why air charter?

Secure, reliable capacity: Countless air routes and schedules globally.

Complete control and transparency of entire journey: Especially useful for time critical, temperature controlled and high-value shipments.

Faster turnaround and reduced risk of delays: Our network uses gateways at less congested airports in terms of passenger flights and overall aircraft movements.

Manage time-critical shipments: Our expert on-board couriers (OBC) can accompany your cargo, receiving higher priority in carriage on board specific flights, and obtaining faster and more simplified customs clearance at destination.

Nowhere is too remote: Our close partnerships with reliable, smaller charter providers as well as selected, pre-approved carriers operating well-maintained aircraft, ensure smooth operations. Everywhere.

First class strategic experience: Experts dedicated to organizing ad-hoc air charter services and skilled in chartering all types of cargo aircraft can meet your requirements and manage all technical aspects of your charter flight.

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How our air charters work in APAC

The Air Charter Network uses leased and chartered aircraft to guarantee capacity. It is optimized for handling priority and express air charters, and special shipments.

DSV is positioning its charter network to support customers’ needs for space with 100% controlled capacity. There are eighteen regular air charter services to and from APAC: Hong Kong Star, Pudong Express, Zhengzhou Star, Ezhou Star, Dragon Wings, Homerun Wings, Shanghai Star, Taiwan Star and Rising Star.

Hong Kong Star offers services connecting Hong Kong and Europe via five different routes: 1) Hong Kong-East Midlands, 2) Hong Kong-Birmingham, 3) Hong Kong-Frankfurt, 4) Hong Kong-Charles de Gaulle and 5) Hong Kong-Athens. Via the first route, our chartered aircraft flies every Tuesday from Hong Kong to East Midlands, United Kingdom. Via the second route, our chartered aircraft flies from Hong Kong every Wednesday and Sunday for Birmingham, United Kingdom. The third route is a flight departs from Hong Kong every Friday for Frankfurt, Germany. The fourth route is departing from Hong Kong every Sunday for Charles de Gaulle, France. The fifth route is departing from Hong Kong every Tuesday and Saturday for Athens.

When cargo arrives in Hong Kong, distribution can be done by trucks to other locations in South China such as Shenzhen, Dongguan, Guangzhou and Zhongshan.

Pudong Express operates a round-trip service between Shanghai and Europe to deliver your goods directly. The route from Shanghai to Frankfurt, Germany, departs every Friday and the returning flight from Frankfurt to Shanghai will be every Thursday.

Zhengzhou Star offers a weekly direct departure from Zhengzhou to Frankfurt every Sunday.

Ezhou Star operates weekly services from Ezhou to Frankfurt every Tuesday, connecting China and Europe. With multiple origins, the timeliness and flexibility of cargo arriving in Europe will be enhanced.

Dragon Wings offers weekly services connecting Hong Kong, Asia Pacific and USA via two different routes: 1) Hong Kong-Huntsville-Miami and 2) Hanoi-Hong Kong-Miami. Via the first route, our chartered aircraft departs from Hong Kong to Huntsville and Miami every Friday while the second route connects Hanoi, Hong Kong, and Miami every Sunday.

Homerun Wings connects China and USA by offering two weekly services. A direct departure from Hong Kong to Los Angeles is departing every Saturday while there will be a departure from O'Hare International Airport, Chicago to Hong Kong every Friday.

Shanghai Star operates three weekly services between Shanghai and USA to deliver your goods directly. The departure time from Shanghai to O'Hare International Airport, Chicago is every Sunday and return from O'Hare back to Shanghai on every Monday and Wednesday. Door-to-door delivery to the final destination can be done via our trucking network. Cargo from origins in Central and North China can be picked up by trucks and delivered to our Shanghai gateway.

Another charter routing departs from Shanghai to Rockford International Airport, Chicago every Wednesday. DSV is able to bridge Asia to Latin America through the Shanghai Star charter with its weekly scheduled routes originating from PVG in Shanghai to RFD in Chicago. Upon arriving in RFD gateway, cargo is transferred to connecting flights bound for other countries in Latin America. This route provides access to key industrial and consumer markets in North, Central, and South America. The destinations from this network are Bogota, Buenos Aires, Guadalajara, Manaus, Mexico City, Santiago, and Sao Paulo with other destinations in Latin America by request.

Taiwan Star offers one direct departure per week from Taipei to Dallas every Monday. This unique service connects Taiwan with USA.

Rising Star is a service catering to the needs of air capacity from Malaysia to Phoenix, departing every Thursday. Due to its location, Malaysia is often bypassed by carriers who opt to fly to and from China and Hong Kong due to shorter distances into Europe and North America. Through this routing, we will be able to fill this gap in the market and offer a valuable and reliable solution for our customers.