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"Sometimes, getting equipment and supplies to needful hands just can’t wait. When this is the case, XGL is there. Evolving from a small, single product ad-hoc air charter company, our On Demand, Air Bridge and ALERT products are geared to handle virtually any job, anywhere, to any location. We specialize in air charters, expeditionary air freight across the globe and business continuity operations within the continental United States."
 

  • Professionals with decades of experience in all aspects of domestic and international aircraft charter management, cargo and passenger transport and supply-chain logistics.
  • Strategic alliances with aircraft owners and operators worldwide whose assets are dedicated on a priority basis to XGL and its clients.
  • A strategically located 24/7 operations center with state-of-the-art flight-tracking, weather-tracking, and related communications systems to support our quick response, mobilization and follow-through based on your requests.
  • The capabilities to manage your project from start to finish with the most cost-effective solutions.

Completed Projects
XGL is experienced in performing a great variety of projects, on-demand and scheduled, for a great variety of clients. From automobile, aerospace and other categories of manufacturers to power plants, the oil and gas industry, construction, NASA crew shuttle flights, and from livestock shippers to AOG and other emergencies, including disaster relief missions – XGL has been there:

  • Auto Manufacturers
    With its short product life cycles and new model introductions, no industry depends more on efficient, cost-effective, smoothly functioning supply chains. And with XGL's 'round-the-clock, global, end-to-end aircraft charter management capabilities, we're an excellent fit for the unique transportation needs of this industry.

    Case history: A Japanese auto manufacturer with two plants in Kentucky contracted with XGL to ship parts and assemblies JIT to and from Japan and the U.S. to meet critical production schedules at both ends. This project involved chartering four different long-range freighter aircraft, operated by four different carriers out of four different airports in the U.S. and Japan. XGL planned, coordinated and managed 37 intercontinental flights over a three-week period with our management teams working 'round the clock at both ends – coordinating flights, building cargo up on pallets and loading on aircraft. The airport at the U.S. end didn't have adequate grounding handling capabilities to support a project of this magnitude; therefore we organized an entire cargo-handling operation, which included surface transport to the manufacturing plants, in a matter of days.

  • AOG
    An aircraft grounded by damage, mechanical problems or other factors represents time and money going to waste. And there are even more critical AOG situations, such as aircraft forced to land or refused takeoff permission.

    Case history: The most famous, or infamous, recent AOG incident was the forced landing of an $80 million USAF EP-3E Orion spy plane on China's Hainan Island on April 1, 2001. Because China would not allow the plane to be flown out, it had to be dismantled and air-freighted back to the U.S. Working with three governments, the managing director of XGL planned, coordinated and supervised the dismantling of the Orion, the charter of an Antonov 124, world's largest cargo plane, from a Russian air cargo carrier, the airlift back to Georgia and subsequent flights through Japan.

  • Relief Flights
    Natural disasters such as hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes and floods, man-made crises, emergencies and accidents – happen anywhere on the globe and require urgent relief, whether evacuations, medical aid, food supplies, emergency power sources. XGL experience in planning and managing both cargo and passenger flights, allocating the right aircraft for the mission puts us on first-call status for relief operations of all sorts.

    Case history: On July 7, 2002, the American island of Guam was swept over by Typhoon Chata'an, killing 37 and injuring more than 100. The island was immediately declared a disaster area and relief efforts begun. XGL dispatched a Boeing 747/200 on Sunday, July X from San Francisco to deliver emergency response equipment and supplies to the stricken area and to support a FEMA Command Center.

  • Part Charters
    If aircraft availability, schedules and cargo requirements allow, XGL can provide the identical service (and delivery time) of a "pure" end-to-end aircraft charter for a fraction of the cost through "part charters." Part charters combine regularly scheduled commercial air cargo flights with charters on one or more legs of a flight, thus reducing expenses dramatically while providing the same high level of performance and support.

    Case history: A shipment of equipment for a manufacturer of farming vehicles and implements from Houston to India would have been prohibitively costly as a pure charter. As an alternative solution, XGL flew the cargo from Houston to JFK in New York, transferred the cargo to a commercial cargo flight in a Boeing 747and accomplished the mission in the same amount of time for substantially less cost.