Machinery, spare parts and plant downtime
A halted plant is priced per hour. We match crate dimensions and floor loading to an available freighter, then coordinate the road legs at both ends so the machine reaches the hall, not just the airport.
Submit a requirement any time — no account needed · first response usually within 60 minutes · 24/7 for AOG and time-critical. Optional: business account for status tracking
In short
An industrial charter flies machinery, tooling or breakdown spares against plant downtime. The aircraft is selected from crate dimensions, floor loading and door envelope, and the crane and low-loader windows at both ends are scheduled with the flight.
Scope of service
Breakdown spares moved on the fastest compatible aircraft, day or night.
Why plants charter
Breakdown spares moved on the fastest compatible aircraft, day or night.
Crate envelope checked against door, floor and loader before commitment.
Tooling, jigs and technician equipment flown with the machine.
Direct to operator
In air cargo charter it is common for a requirement to travel through several intermediaries before it reaches the aircraft operator. Each layer adds its own commission to the same flight. We work directly with operators, so the quote you see carries one commercial layer.
Typical chain
With Cargo Charter Network
The requirement is not passed sideways to other brokers who each need to earn on the same lift.
We are remunerated by the operator. Our involvement does not add a separate fee to your charter price.
Payload, dimensions, ready date and airport constraints reach the operator unchanged, instead of being relayed through several desks.
Because we source across operators ourselves, you see the realistic market for that routing rather than whatever one intermediary could reach.
Availability, pricing and acceptance always remain with the operating carrier. Where a requirement can only be served through a partner, we say so before you decide.
How we work
Cargo Charter Network does not operate aircraft and employs no flight crew. Every flight is performed by a licensed operator we source, compare and coordinate.
Operators are checked for AOC validity, insurance, aircraft configuration and route authority for the specific mission before a price is put in front of you.
The same person handles sourcing, contract, permits, handling and flight watch, so there is no handover gap between quote and arrival.
We do not quote capacity that has not been checked with an operator, and we do not confirm acceptance of restricted commodities before the operator has accepted them in writing.
What we need to quote
Operational detail
A compact but heavy crate can exceed the running load of the cargo floor. Spreader boards or a different aircraft are decided from the footprint, not the total weight.
Parts leaving for repair and returning need the correct customs procedure from the start, otherwise duty is charged twice on the same asset.
The plan is measured against the restart hour at the plant. Every leg, including the crane window, is scheduled backwards from it.
Typical requirements
Anonymised examples of requirements evaluated by the desk. Not a record of completed flights.
Downtime enquiry
Dimensions and floor load decide the aircraft faster than any tonnage figure.
Machines, tooling and breakdown spares, with crane and low-loader planned in.
How to submit a requirement
You send the requirement straight to the desk — no account needed. We work it against operators immediately and come back with compared options.
Route, ready date, weight, dimensions, commodity and handling notes — no account, a few minutes.
Availability, payload and route permissions are checked directly with operators.
Compared operator options with payload, slots, handling and timeline — one accountable contact.
For status tracking and document exchange in the portal. Account verification is usually the same business day.
No supplier identities, margins or internal sourcing data are shared. Requirement data is treated confidentially.
Aircraft
Availability is subject to route, payload, permits and operator acceptance.
Capacity structures
The same requirement can be bought as a whole aircraft, as a share of one, as reserved space on a running rotation or as leased capacity with crew. The structure decides the price far more than the aircraft type does.
01
One shipment fills a deck, or timing and commodity rule out sharing
You control the schedule, the loading plan and the routing.
02
Volume fills part of a deck and the ready date tolerates consolidation
Cost is shared across shippers inside one build-up window.
03
Recurring volume on a lane that already has a rotation
A fixed allocation per flight, committed for a defined period.
04
Capacity is needed for weeks or months, not for one flight
Aircraft, crew, maintenance and insurance leased against guaranteed block hours.
Fuel, ATC, airport charges, handling and de-icing sit outside an ACMI rate. On charter they are inside the quoted price unless stated otherwise.
Around the flight
A charter is only as good as the ground scope attached to it. These items are quoted and coordinated as part of the mission, not left to the shipper.
Export and import entries, transit procedures, temporary export for repair, preferential origin papers and the broker interface at both ends.
Pallet and container build-up, load spreading, lashing plans and guidance where packaging would fail an operator acceptance check.
Pre-carriage, on-carriage, air-ride equipment where needed, low-loaders and permitted road routes for outsize crates.
Overflight, landing and cabotage permits, airport slots, night curfew handling and diplomatic clearances where they apply.
Cool storage, active or passive units, cool dollies, data loggers and shock or tilt indicators read at each handover.
Loading supervision, attendants for live cargo, security escorts and sealed handovers for high-value consignments.
Downtime lanes
Machinery enquiries are shaped by crate geometry and by how fast the receiving plant can take the unit off the truck.
Regions handled most often
Where the crate exceeds side-door limits, the shortlist moves to ramp or nose-loading aircraft, which also changes the airport options.
Machinery freight background
Industrial cargo rarely fails on weight. It fails on height, on crate footprint or on point loading against the cargo floor. Each crate is checked against the door envelope and the floor limits of the shortlisted types.
Where the crate exceeds side-door limits, nose-loading or ramp aircraft come into play, which changes both the airport shortlist and the price band.
Heavy machinery usually needs a low-loader, a crane window and a permitted road route. Those items are scheduled with the flight so the machine is not waiting on the apron for equipment.
For known plant networks we keep the airport, handling and trucking pattern on file so a repeat breakdown can be answered in one call.
Questions
Answers from daily desk work: payload, ready date, permits and cost drivers.
See all questionsWith an aircraft in position and clean customs, same-day departure is realistic on regional lanes. Long-haul depends on permits and crew duty.
The main-deck door envelope, the floor strength under the crate footprint and the loading equipment available at both stations.
Sometimes. If height or footprint exceeds the door, partial disassembly or a ramp-loading aircraft such as an IL-76 or An-124 is the alternative.
Yes, as part of the coordination scope, including permitted road routes and the receiving window at the plant.
Cargo liability follows the contract of carriage. Full-value cargo insurance is arranged separately and priced on declared value.
Talk to the desk
AOG and time-critical requirements can be raised by phone or email at any time — no account required.
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Send the requirement and the desk will come back with sourced options, or call now if it is time-critical.
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