Emissions, SAF and honest reporting
Emissions and sustainability in air charter
Air charter is fuel-intensive and no report changes that. What can change is how much fuel a mission actually burns and how honestly the result is reported to you.
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
Charter emissions are estimated per rotation from aircraft type, sector distance and actual payload, with positioning legs shown separately. SAF is quoted only where the departure station can physically supply it, and the largest reductions come from fuller loads and shorter ferry legs.
- Calculation basis
- Type, distance, payload, ferry legs
- SAF
- Station-dependent, blended, at a premium
- Biggest lever
- Load factor and positioning
- Reporting
- Assumptions disclosed, not certified
Scope of service
Sustainability
CO2 per rotation calculated from aircraft type, sector distance and payload.
- CO2 estimate per rotation with the assumptions stated
- SAF availability check at the departure station
- Positioning and backhaul optimisation
- Payload and volume optimisation to avoid a second flight
- Aircraft generation comparison where alternatives exist
- Reporting data for your own scope 3 accounting
How reductions actually happen
Emission figures
CO2 per rotation calculated from aircraft type, sector distance and payload.
SAF where available
Sustainable aviation fuel offered where the station and operator can supply it.
Fewer empty legs
Positioning and backhaul planned to cut ferry flights out of the mission.
Direct to operator
One brokerage layer, not three.
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
- 01Shipper or forwarder issues the requirement
- 02Broker A takes the enquiry, adds margin
- 03Broker B or C is asked for capacity, adds margin
- 04Operator finally quotes the flight
With Cargo Charter Network
- 01You submit the requirement once
- 02We approach operators directly from our network
- 03You receive comparable options with one accountable contact
No stacked commissions
The requirement is not passed sideways to other brokers who each need to earn on the same lift.
No cost on top for you
We are remunerated by the operator. Our involvement does not add a separate fee to your charter price.
Faster and cleaner information
Payload, dimensions, ready date and airport constraints reach the operator unchanged, instead of being relayed through several desks.
Real comparison, not one option
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
Broker, not operator
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.
Operator selection
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.
One accountable contact
The same person handles sourcing, contract, permits, handling and flight watch, so there is no handover gap between quote and arrival.
What we will not do
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.
Requirement enquiry
Send the requirement to the desk
Route, ready date and payload are enough for us to start checking operators.
Requirement data stays confidential; supplier identities and margins are never shared.
How to submit a requirement
How a requirement is handled.
You send the requirement straight to the desk — no account needed. We work it against operators immediately and come back with compared options.
- 01
Send the requirement
Route, ready date, weight, dimensions, commodity and handling notes — no account, a few minutes.
- 02
We check
Availability, payload and route permissions are checked directly with operators.
- 03
Receive options
Compared operator options with payload, slots, handling and timeline — one accountable contact.
- 04
Account (optional)
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
- 01Newer freighter generations burn materially less per tonne-kilometre
- 02Ferry legs can exceed the revenue leg in emissions terms
- 03A fuller aircraft is always the better emission outcome per tonne
- 04Tech stops add fuel burn that belongs in the comparison
Availability is subject to route, payload, permits and operator acceptance.
Capacity structures
Four ways to buy the capacity
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.
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01
Full charter
One shipment fills a deck, or timing and commodity rule out sharing
You control the schedule, the loading plan and the routing.
02
Part charter
Volume fills part of a deck and the ready date tolerates consolidation
Cost is shared across shippers inside one build-up window.
03
Blocked space
Recurring volume on a lane that already has a rotation
A fixed allocation per flight, committed for a defined period.
04
ACMI / wet lease
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
What we coordinate besides the aircraft
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.
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Customs and documentation
Export and import entries, transit procedures, temporary export for repair, preferential origin papers and the broker interface at both ends.
ULD build-up and packing advice
Pallet and container build-up, load spreading, lashing plans and guidance where packaging would fail an operator acceptance check.
Trucking and last mile
Pre-carriage, on-carriage, air-ride equipment where needed, low-loaders and permitted road routes for outsize crates.
Permits and slots
Overflight, landing and cabotage permits, airport slots, night curfew handling and diplomatic clearances where they apply.
Temperature and monitoring
Cool storage, active or passive units, cool dollies, data loggers and shock or tilt indicators read at each handover.
Supervision and escorts
Loading supervision, attendants for live cargo, security escorts and sealed handovers for high-value consignments.
Emissions background
How the emission figure is built
We calculate from aircraft type, great-circle sector distance plus a routing allowance, and the actual payload carried. Positioning and ferry legs are shown separately, because they are frequently the largest single item and are usually left out of marketing figures.
The result is an estimate with visible assumptions, not a certified footprint. If you need audited data for reporting, the operator's fuel uplift figures are the source and we request them per flight.
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Where SAF is realistic and where it is not
Sustainable aviation fuel is available at a limited number of stations and at a significant premium, usually as a blend. Where it can be uplifted for your rotation we quote it as a separate line with the blend percentage and the resulting reduction.
Where it cannot be supplied at the departure airport, we say so instead of selling a book-and-claim arrangement as if the fuel had been burned on your flight.
The largest reduction is operational
Avoiding a second flight by loading the first one properly, cutting a ferry leg by choosing a differently positioned aircraft, and picking a newer freighter generation reduce emissions far more than any offset product.
Those decisions are made during sourcing, which is why they belong in the proposal rather than in a sustainability page.
Questions
Frequently asked questions
Answers from daily desk work: payload, ready date, permits and cost drivers.
See all questionsYes, per rotation, with aircraft type, distance, payload and positioning legs stated separately so the number can be checked and reused in your reporting.
At selected stations and as a blend, at a premium. Availability is confirmed per departure airport and operator before it is quoted.
We can arrange offsetting on request, but we present it as compensation after the fact, not as a reduction of the emissions your flight produced.
Normally the newest generation that fits the payload and the airports involved, flown as full as possible and with the shortest positioning legs.
They are counted. A ferry leg burns fuel whether or not it carries revenue cargo, so it appears in the estimate.
Talk to the desk
Urgent? Call the desk directly.
AOG and time-critical requirements can be raised by phone or email at any time — no account required.
- Phone
- +49 172 6111193
- Availability
- 24/7 for AOG and time-critical
- First response
- Usually within 60 minutes
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