Air Charter Service Inc.

Air Charter Service Inc., a foreign-owned for-profit air charter provider headquartered in Uniondale, New York, operates through its ACS Passenger Division to deliver emergency aeromedical evacuation, inmate and detainee medical transfers, wildland firefighter transport, and humanitarian logistics services to federal agencies as a prime contractor (99% of recent awards). The vendor competes predominantly under Total Small Business set-asides on delivery orders and purchases placed against GSA Multiple Award Schedule and agency-specific indefinite delivery vehicles, though it also pursues full-and-open federal contracts with USAID and other civilian agencies.

Air Charter Service's customer concentration is anchored by two emergency-response agencies and international development operations. The Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response leads by potential value (12 awards, $64.4 million), followed by the US Agency for International Development (17 awards, $33.1 million), the Department of Homeland Security Customs and Border Protection (12 awards, $3.4 million), and the USAID Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance (10 awards, $1.7 million). These five customer categories comprise 80% of combined potential value. The top customer rankings diverge slightly: USAID leads by award count (17 awards) but ranks second by dollars, while HHS ASPR anchors the dollar side with fewer but much larger delivery orders under its primary indefinite delivery contract.

Two IDVs dominate Air Charter's vehicle position. A $61.3 million single-award indefinite delivery contract from HHS ASPR (awarded April 15, 2025, running through April 14, 2027) authorizes emergency air and ground transportation, including aeromedical evacuation, movement of medical workers and evacuees, and transportation of isolation units for infectious patients within CONUS, OCONUS, U.S. Territories, and Freely Associated States in support of the National Disaster Medical System. The contract carries a Total Small Business set-aside designation. A second vehicle, a $30 million single-award Blanket Purchase Agreement from USAID (awarded July 18, 2024, running through June 30, 2029), authorizes air charter services for humanitarian assistance efforts. Air Charter also places 43 task orders through the GSA Multiple Award Schedule ($15.4 million combined potential value), primarily supporting Bureau of Prisons medical transfers and inmate transportation. Recent representative work includes a $139,381.73 delivery order from HHS ASPR on May 29, 2026, for aeromedical evacuation of one hantavirus-exposed patient from Omaha, Nebraska to Redmond, Oregon; a $1,007,536 delivery order from DHS Customs and Border Protection (May 17, 2022) for air charter transport services under the GSA MAS; and a $182,424.10 delivery order from the Department of Agriculture Forest Service Fire and Aviation Management (June 10, 2022) for large-jet transport of firefighting crews to Alaska.

Activity has grown unevenly from seven awards in 2022 to eighteen in 2024, then declined to ten in 2025 and nine in the first half of 2026. Only three awards (combined potential value $132 thousand) face recompete within the next twenty-four months, indicating minimal near-term recompete exposure. The vendor holds a named subsidiary, ACS NY Cargo Inc., which supports the broader cargo and ground-transportation capability set. Award dollars obligated across the portfolio reach $19.5 million against a combined potential value of $137.1 million, reflecting the firm-fixed-price structure of most delivery orders and the early execution phase of the larger HHS ASPR IDIQ. The vendor subcontracts minimally — one sub-award on record, a June 2026 engagement with Battelle Memorial Institute for Arctic Research Support and Logistics Services, suggests occasional teaming on specialized logistics work. Across all prime work, the capability portfolio centers on passenger and cargo air charter services for emergency response, correctional system operations, and humanitarian logistics, with secondary capacity in ground transportation and medical care during transit.

Air Charter Service Inc specializes in cargo, commercial and private jet charters. We have global coverage through our local offices around the world. We have experience in government projects, disaster relief and operating in remote locations.