Breaking: AN-12 crashes on approach to Lviv airport

At least three people have died after an Antonov AN-12 crashed on approach to Lviv airport, according to the State Emergency Service of Ukraine (SES). The AN-12, registration UR-CAH and operated by Ukraine Air Alliance was carrying cargo from Vigo Airport in Spain, having left at 22.30 on 3 October with eight people on board. […]

Cargo charter bookings grow 150% for Victor

Cargo charter bookings at Victor have soared, with growth of 150 per cent since it launched a dedicated global service at the start of the year. The new business expands the charter marketplace’s ‘high tech, high touch’ suite of B2C and B2B private charter services, allowing it to serve a range of general and business […]

Not quite gold standard, precious cargo falls out of plane in Russia

An aircraft carrying millions of dollars worth of gold, platinum and diamonds lost part of its cargo after taking off from Yakutsk Airport in Russia. The Nimbus Airlines Antonov AN-12 was flying from Yakutsk in the Sakha Republic in eastern Russia to Krasnoyarsk when the aircraft hit problems during take off as the cargo fell […]

ACS flies priceless Picasso artwork to Morocco for exhibition

Air Charter Service (ACS) was entrusted with flying 11 priceless paintings by Pablo Picasso from France to Morocco for a special exhibition and back again two months later. The pieces of art, insured for €150 million ($176 million), were transported on an Antonov AN-12, but the aircraft had to fly below its usual cruising speed […]

Silk Way West Airlines cargo aircraft crashes

A Silk Way West Airlines Antonov An-12 crashed on Wednesday in southern Afghanistan killing seven crewmembers. The Azerbaijani freighter crashed at 14.30h local time on Wednesday during takeoff at Camp Dwyer, a military airfield in Helmand province, when one of the wings clipped the runway as it was taking off. Two people survived the accident. The aircraft was thought […]