Air Partner and Antonov complete complex and urgent cargo delivery
Air Partner provided an urgent AOG cargo charter solution with Antonov to move an oversized aircraft engine and critical tooling to a remote island in the Azores. This ambitious undertaking utilised an Antonov AN-124 and a Boeing 747 Freighter to transport a replacement aircraft engine, empty stand, tooling, lifting beam, including a 48-ton mobile crane […]
Antonov moves Turkish satellite for launch by SpaceX
Antonov Airlines in co-operation with Bollore Logistics Space has transported Turkey’s new telecommunication satellite Turksat 5B on board one of its AN-124-100 aircraft from Toulouse, France, to Florida, USA, later launched by the US aerospace company SpaceX. The cargo weighed a total of 60 tonnes including a special container measuring 14.69 m in length, 5.45 […]
Antonov flies mining equipment to Argentina
Antonov Airlines has safely transported 40 tonnes of mining equipment from Vatry, France, to Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina, to meet a strict deadline and ensure mining operations continued. The oversized cargo sections, which included a large semi-autogenous grinding (SAG) mill head, were split into four sections, and transported on an AN-124-100 aircraft chartered by Dynami Aviation. […]
Antonov transports medical supplies
Antonov transports medical supplies at short notice from Germany to Namibia on the world’s largest aircraft, the AN-225 “Mriya”. The mission was executed under the Strategic Airlift International Solution (SALIS) programme. The AN-225, which has recently returned to commercial operation took off from its home base at Kyiv-Antonov, Ukraine and flew to Liepzig-Halle airport, Germany […]
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 statement regarding incident yesterday
“Yesterday, 11th May 2021, at approximately 5:15am, local time, an Antonov Airlines AN-124-100M overran the runway after landing on runway 09L at São Paulo-Guarulhos International Airport (GRU), Brazil. The nose landing gear rolled out from the paved surface of the runway by approximately six metres. The main landing gear remained on the runway. “A push-back […]
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 […]
Antonov Airlines delivers automotive parts from Asia to the USA
Antonov Airlines has safely transported 80 tonnes of automotive parts on a route from Indonesia and Vietnam to Ohio, USA to support increasing demand from vehicle manufacturers as plants across the States reopen. The Open Skies Agreement between Ukraine and the USA, which promotes an increase in travel, trade, productivity, and economic growth between the […]
Antonov Airlines transports pharma manufacturing equipment
Antonov Airlines has transported essential pharmaceutical machinery from Germany to the USA, where it will be used for the production of COVID-19 vaccines. The carrier safely operated six flights of the cargo from Frankfurt-Hahn Airport, Germany, to the USA – including Baltimore, Maryland, and Kinston Regional Jetport, North Carolina – with some flights having to […]
Antonov transports urgent mining equipment from Australia to Brazil
Antonov Airlines has safely moved 370 tonnes of new machinery parts on three AN-124 flights to a mine in Brazil from Australia in time to keep work at the plant going. Antonov’s load planning engineers designed tailored frames to carry two of the pieces of equipment. The cargo was loaded and unloaded using Antonov’s in-house […]
The end of an era
Bolloré Logistics and Antonov Airlines teamed up once again to safely transport Airbus Defence and Space’s new ANASIS-II satellite to its SpaceX launch pad in Florida’s Cape Canaveral. The feat marked the end of an era, as this is set to be the last Airbus Defence and Space satellite to be launched. The valuable cargo […]
Dreamlifts Ltd ceases to represent Antonov Airlines
Dreamlifts Ltd will no longer be acting as a worldwide General Sales and Service Agent for Antonov Airlines as from 1st March 2020. Dreamlifts has been proud to represent Antonov since 2016, but having failed to reach an acceptable agreement, Dreamlifts has decided not to renew its agreement with Antonov. The decision affects the UK […]
Antonov keeps Ford on the road
After a recent fire disrupted vehicle production for a number of US auto manufacturers, Active On-Demand worked closely with Ford to provide logistics expertise to transport the tools and enable Ford’s production to resume sooner than expected. Active On-Demand, a Roadrunner Transportation Systems company, arranged air and ground transportation as well as helped prepare import […]
Antonov lands the AN-225 in Berlin for ILA Air Show
Antonov has landed the AN-225 Mriya in Berlin with its Ukrainian owner announcing that it is ready to provide additional support to the Strategic Airlift International Solution (SALIS) programme. The AN-225, which has a 250 tonne payload, is taking part in the Berlin Innovation and Leadership in Aerospace Air Show. Antonov is providing the SALIS […]
Volga-Dnepr delivers 30 ‘Mercs’ to Angola for president’s inauguration
Volga-Dnepr Airlines has used the special two-tier car racking system developed for its An-124-100 freighter fleet to deliver 30 Mercedes vehicles to Luanda in Angola for the inauguration ceremony of newly-elected president, Joao Lourenco. The 90-tonne payload was transported from Leipzig/Halle Airport on behalf of the Angolan Embassy in Germany. It consisted of a fleet […]
Military cargo aircraft crashes in Congo killing 12
Airport officials in the Democratic Republic of Congo have reported 12 crewmembers died yesterday after an Antonov 12 military cargo aircraft crashed shortly after taking off from Kinshasa’s Ndjili International Airport. Local news media reported initially that at least 10 people were on the aircraft at 07.30h (local time) bound for Bukavu in eastern Congo when […]
Demand remains strong for oversized at Volga-Dnepr
Volga-Dnepr Airlines has seen strong growth in demand for charters and a lot of diversity in the types of outsize and heavyweight cargoes it has delivered this year. Commercial director, Alexander Kraynov (pictured below) notes flying hours operated by its An-124-100 and IL-76TD-90VD freighters in the first six months rose 29 per cent and 37 […]
Antonov AN-2-100 completes first test flight
Antonov has completed a test flight for its AN-2-100, an up-to-date modification of the AN-2 bi-plane at its Kiev test base on 11 April. The AN-2-100, which has a payload of 1500kg, lifted 3,202kg, a record for such an aircraft to an altitude of 2,700 metres, piloted by Sergii Tarasiuk with Valerii Yepanchintsev as co-pilot. […]
Antonov AN-132D takes to the sky for maiden flight
Antonov’s latest aircraft, the AN-132D took to the skies for its maiden flight on 31 March, flying for one hour 50 minutes from the company’s Kiev airfield. The prototype was captained by 1st class test pilot Victor Goncharov, co-piloted by 2nd class test pilot Bohdan Zagoruyko and Taqnia Aeronautics Company test pilot, General Mohammed Ayash. […]
Intra Middle East lanes boosting NeWay Logistics
NeWay Logistics’ busiest trade lanes are the intra Middle East routes with business driven by the oil and gas, military and humanitarian sectors. The firm’s general manager, Erwin Burger tells Air Cargo Week that the third quarter started slower versus last year, but from September onwards it has picked up again and is now on […]
Million tonnage mark set to be passed for 1st time at Leipzig
Leipzig/Halle Airport is well on the way to passing the one million tonnage mark for the first time in 2016 – fuelled by growth in the express and charter sectors, reports Justin Burns. In the first eight months of the year, cargo volumes grew by 6.4 per cent to around 680,891 tonnes. In August, the […]
Antonov tests new tyres for AN-124 and AN-225
Antonov has undertaken test flights with tyres developed by Dunlop Aircraft Tyres to equip to its fleet of AN-124s and the AN-225 Mriya. The test programme included flights with take-off weights of 340, 360 and 402 tonnes with different CG limit positions. The take-offs and landings were performed within the limits of expected operational conditions. […]
Volga-Dnepr brings power to Zimbabwe
Volga-Dnepr Gulf has brought power to Zimbabwe by transporting a 200MW diesel-fuelled power plant to Harare for power provider Aggreko. Ruslan International, the Antonov AN-124 joint venture between Volga-Dnepr Airlines and Antonov, was contracted to fly the 79 tonne shipment with Volga-Dnepr Gulf providing a full logistics support on the ground. The bulk of the […]
Antonov AN-225 to be built under licence in China
Antonov is to build AN-225s after signing an agreement with the Aerospace Industry Corporation of China (AICC). The first stage of the cooperation will involve constructing a second modernised AN-225 Mriya at Antonov Company and delivering the aircraft to AICC. The second stage will consist of organising the joint series production of the AN-225 in […]
Antonov denies media reports of liquidation
Antonov has denied media reports it is in liquidation, saying the Ukrainian government has liquidated Antonov State Concern, but Antonov State Company will continue to operate. The aircraft manufacturer says the government of Ukraine has liquidated Antonov State Concern, which consists of Antonov State Company, Kharkiv State Aircraft Manufacturing Company (KSAMC) and State enterprise Plant […]