Music in the skies
After handling the Iron Maiden world tour in 2016, Air Charter Service (ACS) recently arranged a branded Airbus to transport the legendary rock bands, Def Leppard and Mötley Crüe, along with other VIPs and 23 t of the bands’ instruments and staging on their joint world tour, whose US leg is ending today in El Paso, TX.
Tom Howe, CEO of ACS’s Los Angeles office: "This request required involvement from both our cargo division and our group charter team in order to find an aircraft with at least 80 business class seats and nine lower deck pallet positions for the stage equipment, lighting, wardrobe and instruments. The team found an A340 VIP, which was not only ideal for the aforementioned requirements, but also had the nine-hour range needed to fly direct from Buenos Aires to Miami on the final leg." (ah)