ABOUT US
A committed team of princes and princesses in jeans
What does that mean? Quite simply: we are a group of down-to-earth, hands-on logistics experts who will always go that extra mile to provide you with service of the highest quality. Our more than 1000 employees all over the world put people first in everything Challenge Group does, building and expanding business relationships on trust and shared values. We listen, innovate, plan, and fulfil our customer promises every time. Our motto is Challenge Accepted, and our goal is Challenge Completed.
Think Challenge, think Challenge Group!
Yossi SHOUKROUN
CEO of CHALLENGE GROUP
« Our goal at Challenge Group is to be your first choice wherever you are in the world and whatever logistical or aviation challenge you might have. We actively focus on building tomorrow’s end-to-end air cargo logistics, regularly challenging ourselves internally, too. Innovative, integrated, international and, above all, individualized solutions. Those are our Challenge Group promises to you. »
Think Challenge, think Challenge Group!
« Our goal at Challenge Group is to be your first choice wherever you are in the world and whatever logistical or aviation challenge you might have. We actively focus on building tomorrow’s end-to-end air cargo logistics, regularly challenging ourselves internally, too. Innovative, integrated, international and, above all, individualized solutions. Those are our Challenge Group promises to you. »
Yossi SHOUKROUN – CEO of CHALLENGE GROUP
HIGHLIGHTS
UNIQUE IN ATTITUDE, INNOVATION, AND SERVICE OFFER
Challenge Accepted! Challenge Group does what it takes and more, to offer its customers fast, complete, and professional solutions.
From Freight to Finish
Unique and autonomous in its set-up of eight specialised subsidiaries, Challenge Group has established itself as a leading provider of tailored, end-to-end air cargo and aviation solutions.
Freight Fusion
There is no limit to the combination of services that Challenge Group can offer; from pure air lift or maintenance, all the way through to an integrated mix of ground-air-truck solutions. Air cargo solutions made to measure.
Phenomenal Freight
The bigger, the better Challenge Group is for your business. 65 % of shipments Challenge Group handles, fall outside of the norm, and require individual, industry-specific solutions. Non-standard is our routine.
OUR HISTORY
WE HAVE GROWN WITH EVERY CHALLENGE TO BECOME THE GROUP WE ARE TODAY
Every success starts from a seed: We set out as a cargo airline tasked with exporting agricultural products out of Israel. In the interests of reliably delivering consistently high-quality services to our customers, we successively mastered all other areas of aviation and logistics and developed into today’s unique Challenge Group.
1976
. CAL Founded In Tel Aviv
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1997
. LACHS Established
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1999
. Own fleet of two B747-200F
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2010
. New Ownership
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2014
Fleet upgrade to two
B747-400F/ERF
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2016
ACE Aviation established and 3rd B747-400 freighter acquired
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2018
Challenge Airlines BE acquires 4th B747-400
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2018
Challenge Air Cargo established, strengthening the group’s sales force
2019
Challenge Airlines BE receives its AOC
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2020
. Challenge Group consolidation
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2021
Own maintenance company established
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2022
Challenge Airlines MT receives its AOC
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Our Board
OFFER GILBOA
CHAIRMAN & FOUNDER OF THE CHALLENGE GROUP
Challenge Group’s visionary founder and chairman, Offer Gilboa, began as CAL Cargo Airlines’ Chairman of the Board and CEO in 2010. He laid the foundations for the establishment of Challenge Group in 2020, spearheading its strategic expansion and rebranding. CAL Cargo Airlines was renamed Challenge Airlines IL in 2022. A prominent Israeli businessman and entrepreneur, Offer Gilboa has managed leading fashion and retail brands for the past 20+ years, and was awarded with the Israeli Industry Award in 2004.
YOSSI SHOUKROUN
CEO OF CHALLENGE GROUP
Yossi Shoukroun CEO of Challenge Group is an expert in air cargo with more than 30 years of extensive experience in business development, international cargo development, logistics, and total supply management, Yossi Shoukroun began his career as business development manager at Logisticare (mamn) in 1995, after a degree in industrial engineering from Bar Ilan University. He joined Challenge Group in 2003, first as Director of Operations of Liege Air Cargo Handling Services (LACHS), and then as Managing Direct and COO of CAL Cargo Airlines. He has been the CEO of Challenge Group since May 2021.
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HIGHLIGHTS
Challenge Group is a leading provider of dependable integrated and tailored madeAir to air cargo end to end solution for complex air cargo shipment
65 %
OF OUR BUSINESS
is non-standard cargo handled through innovative industry specific solution
1000
EMPLOYEES WORDLWIDE
4
EXPERTISES
Airfreight / Handling & Ancillary services / logistics / Maintenance
1000
EMPLOYEES WORDLWIDE
65 %
Of our business is non-standard cargo handled through innovative industry specific solution
30,000
SQM OF ONLINE WAREHOUSE
MORE THAN
20
YEARS OF EXPERIENCE
40
TRUCKING PARTNERS
