As Kylie Minogue prepares to host this week’s BRIT Awards (Feb 18), Air Partner Freight can reveal that it moved vital stage and lighting equipment for her recent sellout KylieX world tour.
Working in conjunction with specialist international freight forwarder Rock-it Cargo, equipment weighing 22,500kgs (22.5tonnes) was delivered from London to Bogota on a DC8 freighter and then flown between shows in Caracas, Lima, Sao Paulo, Santiago de Chile and Buenos Aires.
When the tour moved from South America to Asia and Australasia, Air Partner booked another DC8 and made all the necessary flight arrangements for three weeks of flying between Bangkok, Singapore, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Beijing, Taipei, Auckland and Sydney.
Jamie Peters, Air Partner Freight team leader, said: “We are establishing a firm reputation within the live entertainment industry for successfully moving time-sensitive show freight around the world for concerts of every size. We worked hard to secure both of these high profile contracts and look forward to establishing an even stronger partnership with Rock-it in the future.”
Matthew Wright, from Rock-it Cargo, added: “Going through many versions of the itinerary was a long process before the final one was settled upon. Air Partner was professional to work with throughout and the operators selected were great when I was out on the road with them. The operation was faultless from Air Partner and Rock-it’s point of view. The Kylie production crew was very satisfied and extremely happy.”
