Chapman Freeborn Airchartering, world's leading aircraft charter and aviation support company, has won the prestigious Air Cargo Charter Broker of the Year prize at the ACW World Air Cargo Awards for the fifth successive year. International freight forwarders and cargo airlines have once again voted the global aircraft charter specialist as their favourite provider. This year's success continues Chapman Freeborn's run of winning the accolade every year since it was established in 2007. Russi Batliwala, Chapman Freeborn's CEO, collected the award on behalf of the company's worldwide offices at a ceremony in Munich.He used the opportunity to thank his team and praise their efforts. In addition to the regular business of completing urgent and heavy lift cargo charter operations for freight forwarders and shippers, the company has been involved in responding to events around the world including crises in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Ivory Coast and Japan. The ACW accolade completes a successful awards season for Chapman Freeborn after it was also recently named Air Charter Provider of the Year in Africa at the Air Cargo Africa 2011 awards in Nairobi, Kenya. Chapman Freeborn has 32 offices in 22 countries and provided over 6,000 cargo and passenger aircraft charters last year, in addition to many ACMI, wet and dry aircraft lease arrangements. (mar)