Boeing, Antonov Announce MOU For Defense Collaboration
Boeing and Antonov Company signed a Memorandum of Understanding to explore opportunities to collaborate on defence-related projects. READ: KOREAN AIR COMMITS TO UP TO 50 BOEING WIDEBODIES “We’re pleased to continue working with the Antonov Company to support Ukraine development and economic growth,” said Ted Colbert, president and CEO of Boeing Defense, Space & Security. “This […]
Antonov Airlines powers plant components from Slovenia to Africa
Antonov Airlines working with Chapman Freeborn Germany has successfully completed three AN-124-100 flights to transport a new mobile gas power plant generator and associated equipment from Ljubljana, Slovenia, to Kano, Nigeria. The delivered cargo, including generator, turbine and additional equipment, weighed about 200 tonnes. The project has been a year in the making. “The entire […]
Antonov and DB Schenker transport aircraft parts
Antonov Airlines has transported parts for an aircraft in cooperation with DB Schenker Brazil from Viracopos, Brazil to Miami, USA, with one week’s notice for planning and executing the project. The cargo was dismantled into consignments with dimensions that met the AN-124-100 aircraft specifications filling six wooden crates. They included 15 m long wing sections […]
Antonov: Heavy lifting heavyweights
Andriy Blagovisniy, commercial director, Antonov Airlines. ACW: After winning “Best Invention of the Year” award back in December, how is Antonov continuing to improve and develop cargo equipment? Andriy Blagovisniy: Antonov Company continues to improve loading equipment by working on modifications to existing loading equipment based on operating experience. Also, we are working on new […]
Antonov flexes its muscles with 216 tonnes shipment
Antonov Airlines has transported fourteen pieces of mining equipment, weighing 216 tonnes in total, on two AN-124-100 flights from Istanbul, Turkey to Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso and Monrovia, Liberia. The 113-tonne cargo for the second flight was safely loaded in minimal time to meet the tight deadline required by the mines, both in the process of […]
AA Cargo scoops Multimodal 2018 airfreight award
Last night, at a glittering dinner held at the VOX at Resorts World at the UK’s National Exhibition Centre at Birmingham International Airport, American Airlines Cargo was named ‘Air Cargo Operator of the Year’. The FTA Multimodal Awards evening hosted some 800 contenders, VIPs and colleagues. Organisers say the “awards recognise excellence in air, road, […]