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 eleven regular air charter services to and from APAC: Hong Kong Star, Pudong Express, African Star, Dragon Wings, Shanghai Star and Korean Star.

Hong Kong Star offers services connecting Hong Kong and Europe via two different routes: 1) Hong Kong-Birmingham, 2) Hong Kong-Charles de Gaulle. Via the first route, our chartered aircraft flies every Wednesday and Sunday from Hong Kong to Birmingham, United Kingdom. Via the second route, our chartered aircraft flies from Hong Kong every Sunday for Charles de Gaulle, France.

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.

African Star offers one direct departure per week from Hong Kong to Johannesburg, South Africa every Tuesday and Saturday. This unique service connects Hong Kong with South Africa.

Dragon Wings offers weekly services connecting Hong Kong, Asia Pacific and USA via three different routes: 1) Hong Kong-Huntsville; 2) Hong Kong-Huntsville-Miami and 3) Hanoi-Hong Kong-Miami. Via the first route, our chartered aircraft departs from Hong Kong to Huntsville every Monday. Via the second route, our chartered aircraft departs from Hong Kong to Huntsville and Miami every Friday while the thrid route connects Hanoi, Hong Kong, and Miami every Sunday.

Shanghai Star operates weekly round-trip services between Shanghai and USA to deliver your goods directly. The departure time from Shanghai to O'Hare International Airport, Chicago is every Wednesday and 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.

Korean Star is a service catering to the needs of air capacity from Korea to Chicago, departing every Saturday. Due to its location, Korea 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.