Antonov flies Apache helicopters for Boeing
Antonov Airlines has flown four Apache AH-64E Attack Helicopters from Phoenix to Hindan Airforce Base on behalf of Boeing. An AN-124-100 transported the helicopters, which had a total payload of 39 tonnes including their dismantled rotor blades, from Phoenix Mesa Gateway Airport to the Indian air base. Antonov and Boeing engineers collaborated closely on mission […]
Volga-Dnepr helps control Ebola virus outbreak
Volga-Dnepr Group has assisted the Merieux Foundation’s efforts to control the Ebola virus outbreak by flying mobile bio-medical laboratories. An Antonov AN-124-100 was positioned at Lyon-Saint Exupery Airport, France on Tuesday 8 October for the foundation and its logistics partner Bioport Logistique. The three 40 foot “plug and play” mobile container laboratories built in the […]
Antonov provides air support for Oil Spill Response
Antonov Airlines is continuing to provide air support to Oil Spill Response after it ordered a second transport skid for its oil capping stack in Singapore. The transport skid will be available to Subsea Well Intervention Services subscribers in the fourth quarter, and will supplement the existing skid located in Stavanger, Norway. The first stack […]
AN-124-100 destroyed by fighting in Tripoli
Pictures have appeared online showing an Antonov AN-124-100 belonging to Libyan Air Cargo that has been destroyed in the Libyan capital, reportedly after being hit by artillery. According to aviation-safety.net, the AN-124-100, registration 5A-DKN was destroyed during fighting near Tripoli-Mitiga International Airport on Saturday 22 June. It claims that the Bashir al-Baqarah militia was engaged […]
Antonov flies Cyclone Idai aid to Mozambique
Antonov Airlines has flown aid and personnel from Chalons Vatry Airport, France to Beira, Mozambique to assist with Cyclone Idai humanitarian efforts. An Antonov AN-124-100 carried 65 tonnes of relief supplies as well as logistics staff from aid organisations to support disaster relief efforts. The cargo included malaria treatments, five water purification stations and over […]
Volga-Dnepr brings renewable energy to Australia
Volga-Dnepr Airlines has supported the construction of a 32-turbine renewable energy wind farm in Australia with the delivery of 80 tonnes of energy equipment for General Electric. The Antonov AN-124-100 allowed the four metre long, 36 tonne wind turbine hub and three 12.6 tonne generators to be positioned inside the aircraft using its own loading […]
Happy 30th birthday to Antonov Airlines
Antonov Airlines has turned 30, and as it celebrates this milestone it is looking to future endeavours in the breakbulk and air cargo market. The airline was founded in 1989 and pioneered the transportation of outsize and heavy cargo across the globe, holding the record for the heaviest single piece of cargo transported by air, […]
Volga-Dnepr takes helicopters down under and back
Volga-Dnepr Airlines has worked with Panalpina to help Babcock move helicopters between the UK and Australia. The objective of the move was straightforward but required precise planning and consistent coordination between all the global teams involved in the delivery of two Augusta Westland AW139 helicopters from the UK to their new home in Melbourne, Australia […]
Volga-Dnepr upgrades global internet coverage
Volga-Dnepr Airlines has successfully completed the first delivery of satellites for OneWeb constellation project to enhance global internet coverage. In cooperation with its partner Bollore Logistics, one of the airline’s AN-124-100s delivered six satellites from their manufacturing facility in Toulouse, France to Cayenne in French Guiana. The satellites were transported in two special containers with […]
Antonov earns a reputation on tour with Taylor Swift
Antonov Airlines transported stage and concert equipment for Taylor Swift’s Reputation Stadium Tour from Australia to New Zealand then onto Japan. Two Antonov AN-124-100s were used to ferry the singer’s light-show system and equipment from Brisbane to Auckland to Tokyo for the final leg of her global tour. Rock-It Cargo was the freight forwarder for […]
20 days by sea or 7 hour flight with Volga-Dnepr?
Volga-Dnepr Airlines and Kintetsu World Express France have moved a motorised pump in a matter of hours, saving the customer a long wait compared to using sea freight. The 40 tonne Alstom motorised pump travelled on a charter flight from Paris-Vatry airport in France to Dammam, Saudi Arabia onboard an Antonov AN-124-100. The pump flew […]
Volga-Dnepr moves engines for GECAS
Volga-Dnepr Airlines has moved two GE-90 aero engines and accompanying equipment on its first charter flight for aviation leasing and finance firm, GECAS. The 64 tonne payload was carried on an AN-124-100 flight from Dallas, Texas to London, and consists of the engines, two propulsors and fan cases, along with other equipment. All eight cargo […]
Volga-Dnepr and Bollore aid mission to outer space
Volga-Dnepr Airlines has partnered with Bollore Logistics to deliver the first European Space Module (ESM) for an important space mission, taking place in 2022. The 14-ton module was transported in a special container to maintain precise temperature and pressure conditions, as well as 10 tons of support equipment on one of Volga-Dnepr’s Antonov AN-124-100s. The […]
Volga-Dnepr flies bottle filling machine to Uganda
Volga-Dnepr Airlines has delivered a Krones bottle-filling machine and additional equipment, operating a charter flight for a major soft drinks bottler in Uganda. The Antonov AN-124-100 was operated for its customer, LS International Cargo, with cargo being loaded in Munich to be delivered to Entebbe for Crown Beverages. The new machinery aims to boost its […]
Volga-Dnepr rushes aid to Guam following Typhoon Mangkhut
Volga-Dnepr Airlines organised a delivery of critical aid relief cargo to Guam to help victims of Typhoon Mangkhut in less than 24 hours. Within eight and a half hours of the customer’s confirmation, Volga-Dnepr had positioned one of its AN-124-100s at the airport of departure, ready to load a shipment of 64 tonnes of food […]
Volga-Dnepr denies falsifying Airworthiness Certificates
Volga-Dnepr Group has dismissed reports that Aircraft Maintenance and Engineering Service (AMTES) is facing criminal charges for falsifying Airworthiness Certificates for Russian registered AN-124-100s. Describing media reports as “not true”, Volga-Dnepr says AMTES and its management have not received any official notifications of a criminal case nor any enquiries or investigations from law enforcement agencies […]
Volga-Dnepr makes polar flights to support Yamal-LNG project
Volga-Dnepr Airlines has supported the Yamal-LNG gas recovery project by flying 130 tonnes of industrial equipment to Sabetta in Russia’s Yamal Peninsula. The transportation was provided at the request of Russian logistics company, AeroTransCargo, which has already managed the air transportation of over 3,500 tonnes of equipment mostly using Ilyushin IL-76TD-90VD and Antonov AN-124-100 Freighters […]
Customers welcome Volga-Dnepr’s commitment to Asia
The charter market has mirrored the air cargo market as a whole by proving strong in 2017, and Volga-Dnepr Group says a new regional base in the region has supported growth. It has opened a regional base in Hanoi to provide full service support to local customers in Asia, which it says means Volga-Dnepr full […]
Volga-Dnepr brings hijacked Lufthansa 737 back to Germany
Volga-Dnepr Airlines has transported the ‘Landshut’ Lufthansa Boeing 737-200 which was hijacked by terrorists in 1977 back home to Germany. The aircraft, named after the Bavarian town of Landshut, was hijacked on 13 October 1977 en route from Palma, Majorca, to Frankfurt. It was forced to fly to Rome, Cyprus, Bahrain, Dubai and Aden before […]
Volga-Dnepr delivers European Space Agency satellite to Russia
Volga-Dnepr Airlines has delivered the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Sentinel-5P satellite to Russia, which will provide air quality and climate data for the planet after its launch next month. The satellite was transported in a special container along with support equipment for its Antonov AN-124-100 flight from London Stansted Airport to Archangelsk in Northwest Russia. […]
Antonov delivers generators to Guadeloupe following Hurricane Irma
Antonov Airlines has delivered 32 portable generators to hurricane-stricken Guadeloupe for EDF Group using one of its seven AN-124-100s. The generators, which weighed a total of 105 tonnes, are needed to provide electricity to France’s Overseas Region of Guadeloupe and Overseas Collectivity of Saint Martin, both of which were severely affected by Hurricane Irma. The […]
Antonov Airlines appoints Flywell Aviation as GSA for India
Antonov Airlines has appointed Flywell Aviation as its general sales agent (GSA) in India. New Delhi-headquartered Flywell Aviation has offices in Mumbai and Bangalore, and provides services to the defence, aerospace, oil and gas, rail and construction sectors as well as other businesses. Four senior members of staff with 55 years of logistics industry experience […]
Volga-Dnepr moves 197t of auto parts to the USA for Nippon Express
Volga-Dnepr Airlines was on hand to help Nippon Express when it urgently needed to move 197 tonnes of sensitive automotive machinery from Japan to the USA. Hanoi-based load planning experts were on hand to assesse the cargo and prepare the most efficient plan for its delivery from Tokyo to San Francisco, with the outsize shipments […]
Volga-Dnepr continues development of cargo supermarket
Volga-Dnepr Airlines is continuing to develop its “Cargo Supermarket” combining scheduled and charter services, regional sales manager Georgy Sokolov (pictured) tells Air Cargo Week. The Cargo Supermarket combines scheduled and charter services and he says this has considerably increased the number of Boeing 737 and 747 charters, as well as using empty legs of the […]
Dreamlift transformation proves seamless for Antonov
Antonov Airlines has a very strong start following the end of Ruslan International, commercial executive Paul Bingley (pictured) tells Air Cargo Week. Ruslan International had been formed as a joint venture between Antonov Company and Volga-Dnepr Airlines in 2006 but ended on 31 December 2016. Dreamlifts, trading as Antonov Airlines took the lead in the […]
Volga-Dnepr transports 57 tonne generator to Kuwait for Siemens
Volga-Dnepr Airlines has delivered a 57 tonne generator to Kuwait for Siemens, putting its Cargo Supermarket to good use. Faced with a critical delivery deadline to move the rotor from its manufacturing site in Mulheim, Germany, Siemens asked Volga-Dnepr’s logistics specialists to project manage the shipment to transport it onboard an Antonov AN-124-100 Freighter to […]
Momentum returning following low prices and volatility
After a slow couple of years due to oil price volatility, enquiry levels have risen in 2017 and Volga-Dnepr Group global director for oil and gas, Fayçal Boumerkhoufa (pictured below) says momentum will return in 2018. He says falling and volatile oil prices have resulted in numerous large scale projects being postponed in the upstream […]
Antonov Airlines transports mining equipment across the Andes
Antonov Airlines transported two mining filtration units from Chile to Argentina in a flight taking 39 minutes on board an Antonov AN-124-100. The 24 tonne consignment included two large industrial piping filtration units measuring 12 metres long, four metres wide and 3.6 metres high, was transported for Hunt & Palmer Cargo Charters from Santiago to […]
Volga-Dnepr brings power to Madagascar on AN-124 flights
Volga-Dnepr Airlines has delivered 11 generators on board a series of six Antonov AN-124-100 flights to increase capacity at the power plant powering Antananarivo. The flights were completed over a 14 day period from Mauritius to Madagascar on behalf of Turkish freight forwarder, Kupa Proje Tasimacilik Ve Lojistik. The generators, which weigh 57 tonnes each, […]
Antonov flies giant compressors from London to Seoul
Antonov Airlines has transported three giant compressors from its UK base at London Stansted Airport to Incheon International Airport in Seoul, South Korea. The UK-manufactured parts, each weighing 23 tonnes and measuring 648cm long, 284cm wide and 358cm high, travelled in modified crates designed to work with the Antonov AN-124-100 unique on-board crane system. Antonov […]