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The dearth of air freight capacity has led to an increasing number of offers for freighters that either do not exist, or are parked in the desert not ready to fly.

Charter brokers claim scams became prevalent during the PPE rush, as governments and inexperienced bookers urgently sought capacity.

“Regretfully, it’s becoming more common,” explained charter veteran Steve Manser.

“Customers are shopping around as current charter rates are so high. They then get offered a ’bargain’, accept the offer, and in some cases ...

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  • Rayhan ahmed

    October 27, 2020 at 1:13 am

    To charter a cargo aircraft the First thing
    People need to research … Into the
    Said charter company by checking
    There background through the
    Air charter association . Research is a first
    Options before somebody runs of with you
    Deposit and there is no aircraft .
    There many con artists in many forms and you
    You need stay well clear of them .

    • Andreas Schuck

      December 21, 2021 at 4:53 pm

      Who could help me to investigate a fake airplane broker?
      He tried to sell me a 172RG for $40K, that was sold already for $54K at Wisconsin Aviation.
      He also tried to sell me a 172M he didn’t have access to.
      He uses a pre-paid phone number for contact so it is not traceable. I would like that this guy is no longer able to scam others

      • Alex Lennane

        December 21, 2021 at 5:45 pm

        Unfortunately, there are many of them about, especially on LinkedIn – and in the current market. We have got in touch with some but they don’t like talking to journalists much 😉