In March 2020, a maritime engineering company asked Air Charter Service to help repatriate a group of Romanian marine engineers from the UK.
Repatriating Romanian marine engineers during the Covid-19 pandemic
In March 2020, a maritime engineering company asked Air Charter Service to help repatriate a group of Romanian marine engineers from the UK.
With scheduled services suspended during the Covid-19 pandemic, a private charter was the only way to get the workers home quickly. We got to work sourcing available aircraft and negotiating tight border restrictions so the flight could go ahead.
Our Solution
Routes: London > Bucharest
Aircraft: British Aerospace Avro RJ100
Our experienced team booked a 98-seat British Aerospace Avro RJ100, which had sufficient capacity for the 68 workers plus additional passengers if needed, and ensured the flight could go ahead despite ever-changing coronavirus travel restrictions. We made the charter as cost-effective as possible by departing from London Stansted, where the aircraft was based.
The Finer Details
Rapid Response: We worked tirelessly to confirm a solution within a couple of hours of receiving the initial request.