Global aircharter specialist opens Jo’burg office

Global aircharter specialist Chapman Freeborn Airchartering has extended its African footprint with the opening of a Johannesburg office. Lizane Albers-Mostert has been appointed business development manager for South Africa, based primarily in Johannesburg with responsibility for the strategic development of the company’s activity in the country and the surrounding region. Her appointment follows the launch in January this year of an office in Entebbe, Uganda. Albers-Mostert brings several years of experience in the South African charter aviation industry. The expansion into South Africa underlines Chapman Freeborn’s commitment to Africa’s cargo charter market, where its client roster already includes major freight forwarders and international aid agencies, as well as other sectors including mining, energy, telecommunications and manufacturing industries, regional manager for Chapman Freeborn in Africa, Iain Clark, told FTW. “Working in tandem with the strategically located Entebbe operation, the company can use appropriate cargo aircraft to connect to smaller and remote airstrips across Southern, Central and Eastern Africa,” he said. In addition to the cargo operations, Albers-Mostert will also focus on growing the company’s passenger business in Africa, including executive and larger commercial aircraft charters. Chapman Freeborn has 32 offices in 22 countries across five continents. The company coordinated more than 5 000 aircraft charters last year.