Volga-Dnepr operates three charters to India
Volga-Dnepr Airlines has operated three charter flights to India from China, Ireland and Germany carrying out an aid & relief mission to help the nation in its battle against severe COVID-19 resurgence. Over 200 tonnes of vital medical equipment containing oxygen storing containers, concentrators and cryogenic containers were delivered onboard An-124-100 and Il-76TD-90VD to various […]
ABC receives the Bembel prize
AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) has been awarded the Bembel prize which is presented by Frankfurt Cargo Services (FCS) every year to acknowledge the best performers in the air cargo industry handled by FCS in Frankfurt airport. The carrier, which has transported over 120,000 tonnes of cargo to/from Frankfurt airport for 2020, managed to achieve over 5% […]
Boeing 777F joins the AirBridgeCargo fleet
Volga-Dnepr Group is phasing in its first Boeing 777F. The freighter, which has been recently certified in Russia, will be part of AirBridgeCargo’s (ABC) fleet. Boeing 777F, which is to be deployed on Trans-Siberian route, enables ABC to offer more optimised delivery options for its customers. It is the largest twin-engine freighter with up to […]
Record pharma flight for AirBridgeCargo
AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) has moved a record 27 RKN Envirotainer containers on a single flight, delivering urgent vaccines to China. The shipment flew from Milan, Italy to Beijing, China on 30 October for Kuehne + Nagel Italy. All 27 containers were delivered to ground handling company Alha to be loaded on one of ABC’s Boeing […]
Glushnev named general director of AirBridgeCargo
Nikolay Glushnev has been appointed general director of AirBridgeCargo Airlines as Volga-Dnepr Group restructures following a disappointing first half of 2019. The group, which consists of AirBridgeCargo, Volga-Dnepr Airlines and Atran Airlines says cargo volumes were down 6% to 2.5 billion freight tonne kilometres, 20% below expectations and budget. The slow air cargo market, overcapacity […]
AirBridgeCargo shows off its horsepower
AirBridgeCargo Airlines demonstrated its horsepower by transporting nine racehorses from Moscow to Amsterdam on a Boeing 747-8 Freighter. The abc care team oversaw each step of the journey, keeping waiting times to a minimum within warehouses, on the apron and while loading and unloading the aircraft. ABC specialists tried to shorten before-the-flight standard procedures and […]
AirBridgeCargo shows cattle class can be luxurious
Some special passengers got to try out AirBridgeCargo Airlines’ ‘abc care’ product, with 146 heifers flying from Houston to Bangkok. The complex charter was arranged in partnership with Intradco Global, and the request would have been a normal one if it were not travelling from the USA to Thailand. The abc care team started preparations […]
Liege Airport and Volga-Dnepr cement partnership
Volga-Dnepr Group and Liege Airport have signed a memorandum of understanding to reinforce their strategic cooperation to set up a regional hub. The agreement serves as an extension of the memorandum signed last summer between the airport, Volga-Dnepr and CargoLogicAir with the aim of strengthening positions of the three companies in the European market. The […]
Volga-Dnepr to develop Leipzig/Halle as a multimodal hub
Volga-Dnepr Group has signed a memorandum of understanding with Mitteldeutsche Flughafen to develop Leipzig/Halle Airport as a multimodal hub for scheduled and charter operations. The memorandum of understanding was signed in the presence of Saxon state minister of finances, Dr Matthias Hass at the 53rd International Paris Air Show in Le Bourget, France. Both companies […]
cargo.one partners with its first freighter airlines
AirBridgeCargo Airlines and CargoLogicAir have entered into a global partnership with booking platform cargo.one, the first cargo airlines to make capacity available for digital booking with instant confirmation. Through the partnership, with two airlines will be able to market their global capacity to cargo.one’s growing customer base of hundreds of freight forwarding companies digitally. Robert […]
AirBridgeCargo adds third weekly flight from Oslo
AirBridgeCargo Airlines has added a third weekly flight from Oslo Airport, tailor made for seafood exports bound for South Korea. The first flight was operated on Tuesday 28 May, complementing existing Tuesday and Friday departures, heading to Seoul via Moscow. The Russian airline now offers 230 tonnes of seafood capacity from Oslo on Tuesdays, operating […]
High demand for AirBridgeCargo’s abc XL service
Demand for AirBridgeCargo Airlines’ (ABC) abc XL product for oversized and heavy cargo keeps increasing with 3% growth in the first four months of 2019. Volumes have grown to more than 11,000 tonnes and to increase brand awareness, ABC has rolled out its abc XL livery on one of its Boeing 747 Freighter. Vasiliy Zhukov, […]
WFS to support ABC’s growth plans at Liege Airport
AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) has chosen Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) as its handling partner at Liege Airport ahead of the opening of the first phase of its cargo area at the end of 2019. The cooperation is in support of the strategic partnership signed between ABC’s parent company, Volga-Dnepr Group and Liege, boosting the airline’s volumes […]
AirBridgeCargo signs deal with Sonoco ThermoSafe
AirBridgeCargo Airlines has signed a leasing agreement with Sonoco ThermoSafe to use PharmaPort 360 temperature-controlled containers. The announcement was made during LogiPharma Europe in Montreux, Switzerland, and will bolster ABC’s delivery options for temperature-sensitive shipments and guarantee a broader choice of containers available for various pharma consignments. The PharmaPort 360 maintains required temperature in various […]
AirBridgeCargo breaks records with 40 tonne shipment
AirBridgeCargo Airlines has shown its expertise in transporting outsized cargo with a record breaking 40-tonne shipment, showcasing its abcXL product. The 8-metre long single spare part, weighing 37.5 tonnes was trucked from the Belgian plant of maritime construction company, Jan De Nul Group to Frankfurt as part of the transportation organised by freight forwarder Ziegler. […]
AirBridgeCargo launches abc premium
AirBridgeCargo Airlines has launched ‘abc premium’ for customers seeking guaranteed capacity and priority on specific flights across the airline’s network. Fedor Novikov, deputy general director of products at AirBridgeCargo says the airline expects the new product will be popular with customers with urgent, time-sensitive shipments. The airline will also be able to combine existing services, […]
AirBridgeCargo adds second flight to Rickenbacker
A year after starting flights to Rickenbacker International Airport, AirBridgeCargo Airlines will add a second weekly flight to serve customers in Ohio. AirBridgeCargo started flights in April 2018 and has seen stable demand to and from Rickenbacker, accommodating growing trade flows onboard the Boeing 747 Freighter services. The second weekly rotation is scheduled to start […]
AirBridgeCargo increases Asian capacity
AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) has strengthened its Asian footprint with extra flights to online destinations in China, Japan and Vietnam. As of the end of March, ABC’s schedule now includes six flights a week to Shenzhen, eight to Tokyo Narita, and two to Ho Chi Minh City to facilitate imports and exports. All the destinations are […]
AirBridgeCargo maintains Cargo iQ standards
AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) has passed its second audit to confirm compliance with Cargo iQ standards, following a two-day inspection of operations in Moscow, Russia. The airline was measured against a series of KPIs to guarantee its services conform to the highest industry quality standards and are visible and transparent to all Cargo iQ members and […]
AirBridgeCargo delivers 28 tonne motor to Shanghai
AirBridgeCargo Airlines has delivered an ABB motor from Vasteras in Sweden to Shanghai, China on behalf of Greencarrier Freight Services. The oversized shipment was trucked from Vasteras to ABC’s online station in Amsterdam for loading onboard a Boeing 747 Freighter. Specialists from the abc XL team organised the shipment, which weighed close to the maximum […]
AirBridgeCargo adds Dhaka to Asian network
AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) is extending its footprint in Asia with twice-weekly flights to Dhaka, Bangladesh to cater for westbound exports. The Bangladeshi capital is ABC’s 14th Asian destination and extends the airline’s ability to provide cargo deliveries to Europe, Russia and the USA. The flight will be operated in conjunction with ABC’s Shanghai, China service […]
ABC and CargoHub implement CargoClaims
AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) has solidified its collaboration with CargoHub for the implementation of the CargoClaims platform. The online tool, an IATA cargo innovation award finalist in 2015, will allow ABC customers to manage their claims and pre-claim requests through a user-friendly online tool available at www.airbridgecargo.com or ru.cargoclaims.aero. The implementation process included several training sessions […]
Healthy pharma growth for AirBridgeCargo
With growth of 60% for its abc pharma product in 2018, AirBridgeCargo (ABC) Airlines is promising freight forwarders and their customers more specialist cool chain solutions for 2019. In 2018, ABC supported its pharma customers by extending its network of IATA CEIV Pharma and Qualified Envirotainer Provider (QEP) certified stations, enlarged the number of temperature-controlled […]
ACG to finance 747-8F purchase for AirBridgeCargo
Aviation Capital Group (ACG) will structure, arrange and provide a guarantee for a senior loan to finance AirBridgeCargo Airlines’ purchase of one Boeing 747-8 Freighter. The aircraft is expected to be delivered in February 2019 and the financing mandate was awarded in connection with ACG’s Aircraft Financing Solutions programme. Bob Roy, managing director of ACG […]
Special cargo behind growth at AirBridgeCargo
Cargo volumes at AirBridgeCargo Airlines exceeded 700,000 tonnes in 2018, driven by special cargo growing 25% in the same time period. Total volumes were up 2% helped by new destinations including Ho Chi Minh City, Shenzhen, Budapest and Columbus, complementing existing routes, while effective fleet utilisation and a strong team facilitated growth. Alignment of internal […]
Unilode and ABC to track ULDs using Bluetooth
AirBridgeCargo Airlines and Unilode Aviation Solutions have extended their ULD management partnership for the usage of Transmitting Portable Electronic Devices for ULDs, pallets and containers. The Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE v5.0) tracking and sensing device will be mounted to ULDs supplied and managed by Unilode and carried in the cargo compartments of ABC’s Boeing 747 […]
ABC flies polar bear from Krasnoyarsk to Beijing
A polar bear born at Novosibirsk Zoo flew with AirBridgeCargo Airlines from Krasnoyarsk to Beijing to his new home using a Boeing 747-8 Freighter. Transportation was arranged by Avanti, a Novosibirsk logistics company, and complied with IATA Live Animal Regulations, and the cargo was handled at Krasnoyarsk Airport by Sibir Cargo Services Company. The temperature […]
AirBridgeCargo flies 200 breeding cattle to Russia
AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) and Intradco Global have flown 200 breeding cattle to Russia’s Far East to help populate farms across the region. The charter flight travelled from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Yuzhno Sakhalinsk, where the arrival was warmly greeted by the region’s farming community. The cows, weighing 500 kilogrammes each, flew onboard a Boeing 747-8 […]
ABC drives double-digit growth in Moscow
AirBridgeCargo (ABC) Airlines will continue to develop Moscow as a gateway with airport partners, having helped increase volumes at Sheremetyevo International Airport by 20 per cent. Total cargo volumes at Sheremetyevo were 60,000 tonnes in the first eight months of 2018, with around 40 per cent originated from China, with commodities including hi-tech equipment and […]
AirBridgeCargo to make Liege its European hub
AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) has signed a 10 year lease agreement with Liege Airport to make the Belgian city its European hub. The agreement is an extension of the memorandum of understanding signed between Liege Airport and Volga-Dnepr Group at the Farnborough International Airshow in July and will create jobs and drive airport development. Under the […]
