> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.acmiworld.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Top Motorsport and Formula 1 Air Logistics and Charter Operators - URL: https://www.acmiworld.com/top-motorsport-and-formula-1-air-logistics-and-charter-operators/ - Published: 2026-11-09T19:19:26.000Z - Updated: 2026-11-09T19:19:26.000Z - Description: Eight motorsport air logistics and charter specialists verified from their own sites and official series sources, from F1 freighter programmes to team travel. - Author: ACMI World - Tags: Cargo Charter, Charter Brokers A modern Formula 1 season is a freighter programme with races attached. DHL says up to 1,200 tonnes of equipment moved per event in 2025, across 24 races on five continents, with cars, engines and broadcast kit flown between back-to-back weekends while slower sea freight carries garage structures and hospitality. MotoGP, the World Endurance Championship and national series run smaller versions of the same model. For freighter operators and ACMI providers, that calendar is predictable, time-critical demand. This list separates the official series logistics partners from the brokers, forwarders and travel firms that teams and promoters use around them. It is not a paid ranking. ## How we chose these companies Each company was checked this session on its own website or on an official series or partner source. We kept firms with a documented motorsport role, such as a series logistics contract, named championship work or a dedicated motorsport desk. Most of the freight moves on widebody freighters, so the economics in our guide to [widebody freighter economics](https://www.acmiworld.com/widebody-freighter-economics-for-intercontinental-cargo/) apply directly. Team personnel travel is covered in our note on [business jets for sports teams](https://www.acmiworld.com/business-jets-sports-team-executive-travel/). ## Top motorsport and Formula 1 air logistics and charter operators ### 1\. DHL Motorsport [DHL](https://www.dhl.com/global-en/delivered/global-trade/inside-f1-logistics.html?ref=acmiworld.com) is the Official Logistics Partner of Formula 1 and marked 20 years in that role in 2024, making it the sport's longest-standing global partner. It plans each season a year ahead, mixes sea, air and road freight, and has moved F1 charters from Boeing 747 to more fuel-efficient 777 freighters, with sustainable aviation fuel used on F1 charter flights. DHL has also been [MotoGP logistics partner since 2015](https://inmotion.dhl/en/motogp?ref=acmiworld.com), moving about 380 tonnes per round, and the [FIA WEC partner since 2012](https://www.fiawec.com/en/news/dhl/13609?ref=acmiworld.com), a deal extended in June 2026 to include the Asian Le Mans Series. ### 2\. Qatar Airways Cargo Qatar Airways Cargo is an example of the freighter operators that fly the series programmes. In March 2026 its Boeing 777Fs, including A7-BTB and A7-BFB, flew five cargo operations into Brasilia carrying MotoGP equipment for the Goiania round, [as reported by Aeroflap](https://www.aeroflap.com.br/en/Qatar-Cargo%27s-first-Boeing-777F-arrives-in-Brasilia-with-logistics-for-MotoGP./?ref=acmiworld.com). Fit: understanding the 777F capacity that sits behind a flyaway race. ### 3\. Gibson Freight [Gibson Freight](https://gibsonfreight.com.au/the-gibson-freight-group/?ref=acmiworld.com) is an Australian forwarder with bonded warehouses in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane. It has handled logistics for Formula One Management and the Australian Grand Prix Corporation since Formula 1 came to Australia in 1985, and for MotoGP in Australia since 1989\. It supplied Boeing 747 freighters and purpose-built aviation equipment for Supercars rounds in Shanghai, Bahrain, Abu Dhabi, Auckland and Austin, and handles 747 and 777 freighter charters at Avalon Airport, Victoria. ### 4\. Chapman Freeborn [Chapman Freeborn](https://chapmanfreeborn.aero/news-and-blog/press-release-chapman-freeborn-joins-blackbook-motorsport/?ref=acmiworld.com) is an international charter broker for passenger, private jet and cargo flights. In October 2026 it joined BlackBook Motorsport, a network of Formula 1, NASCAR and MotoGP stakeholders, and it says that in 2026 it arranged flights for Formula 1 teams, drivers and engineers between races and team headquarters. Its group also includes on-board courier units, which suits urgent parts that cannot wait for the next freighter. ### 5\. Air Charter Service [Air Charter Service](https://www.aircharterservice.com/about-us/working-for-us/who-we-are?ref=acmiworld.com) runs private, group and cargo charter desks from more than 40 offices. The company says its cargo division moves the cars and motorbikes of Formula 1 and MotoGP between race locations, and its group charter team flies sports teams. Fit: one broker for an ad hoc freighter, a team airliner and a private jet in the same week. ### 6\. ProAir [ProAir](https://www.proair.de/en/aircraft-charter/sports-clubs/?ref=acmiworld.com) is a German charter broker headquartered at Stuttgart Airport and operating since 1996\. It arranges team charter flights for clubs, sponsors and VIP guests across sports including motorsport, and runs separate cargo and logistics and aviation units. Fit: European teams and promoters that want a German-speaking broker close to the automotive industry. ### 7\. ATPI Motorsport [ATPI Motorsport](https://www.atpi.com/motorsport-travel/?ref=acmiworld.com) is the motorsport travel arm of the ATPI travel management group. It handles travel and logistics for teams, sponsors and organisers, provides trackside staff at circuits during race weekends, and supplies traveller tracking and mobile itineraries. Fit: personnel movement for large teams, where a charter is only one part of the travel plan. ### 8\. White Knight [White Knight](https://whiteknight.com.au/motorsport-division/?ref=acmiworld.com) is an Australian freight forwarder whose motorsport division has worked with manufacturers and events since 1993, including the World Rally Championship. Its services include air charter, air and sea freight, roll-on roll-off shipping, dangerous goods handling and customs brokerage, all relevant to race cars carrying fuel systems and batteries. ## How a flyaway race is split between air and sea DHL's own description of the F1 operation shows why air freight is only part of the story. Ocean freight carries the bulk of the material that is not critical to performance, such as garage structural kits, hospitality and fan zones. Teams send five or six identical sets of containers on long rotations, so a set shipped to one race reappears several races later. Cars, engines, race-critical technology and F1's broadcast equipment fly, because they are needed every weekend. The air leg is tight. DHL says that once the race ends, critical equipment is packed and loaded overnight so that most air freight has left for the next circuit by 10 a.m. on Monday. When calendar gaps are too short for trucks, as between Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, broadcast kit of about 65 tonnes is flown directly from the previous venue instead. That is the window freighter operators are bidding into: fixed dates, known tonnage and no tolerance for a late aircraft. ## How to use this list Teams in a championship with an official logistics partner normally move race-critical freight through that partner's programme. Brokers and forwarders matter for everything around it: test sessions, non-championship events, feeder series, urgent parts, sponsor activations and team travel. Ask each provider about dangerous goods acceptance for batteries and fuel, carnets for temporary import, ULD and pallet planning, and the backup plan if a freighter goes technical between two race weekends. Our guide to [ULD planning for freighter operations](https://www.acmiworld.com/uld-planning-for-freighter-operations/) covers the loading side. Freighter operators with spare capacity on race weekends, and promoters or forwarders looking for it, can list or request lift on the [ACMIWORLD marketplace](https://www.acmiworld.com/marketplace/) (Access, Listing and Request are paid subscriptions). Smaller championships face the same problem at a lower scale. Without a standing freighter rotation, promoters charter a single freighter for each flyaway round, as Gibson Freight did with 747s for Supercars, or buy part-charter space through a forwarder. The earlier the calendar is fixed, the better the price, because freighter operators can fit the flights around their scheduled network. ## FAQ ### Who moves Formula 1 freight between races? DHL, as F1's Official Logistics Partner, plans and runs the sea, air and road programme. Race-critical freight flies on chartered Boeing 777 freighters. ### How much freight does a Formula 1 race need? DHL cites up to 1,200 tonnes per event in 2025\. MotoGP is smaller, at about 380 tonnes per round according to DHL. ### Do teams charter their own aircraft? Freight usually travels on the series programme, but teams, drivers and sponsors often charter passenger aircraft and private jets through brokers such as Chapman Freeborn, Air Charter Service or ProAir. ### Why do brokers still matter if the series has a logistics partner? Because testing, feeder series, one-off events, urgent spares and personnel travel sit outside the main programme, and schedules change at short notice.