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 […]
Forget Snakes on a Plane, Volga-Dnepr has rhinos in an Ilyushin
Volga-Dnepr Airlines has transported two Southern White Rhinos from Israel to Russia, to a zoo participating in international programmes for the preservation of rare and endangered animals. The animals flew from Tel Aviv to Rostov-on-Don in an Ilyushin IL-76TD-90VD to ensure the correct temperature and pressure environments were maintained during the transportation. The aircraft’s low […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
Volga-Dnepr combines services to cut costs of gas turbine delivery
Volga-Dnepr Airlines used a combination of a Boeing 747 scheduled service and an Ilyushin IL-76TD-90VD charter to cut the cost of delivering a 12.6 tonne gas turbine to a power station in Yangon, Myanmar. The 560x260x250cm turbine started its journey on board an AirBridgeCargo Airlines scheduled service from Chicago to Hanoi before being transferred to […]
Volga-Dnepr flies Soyuz launch vehicle to Europe Spaceport
Volga-Dnepr Airlines has delivered the third stage of the Soyuz-ST launch vehicle to Europe’s Spaceport in Cayenne using an Ilyushin IL-76TD-90VD. It was transported from Samara in Russia to French Guiana in readiness to launch the US SES-15 satellite into orbit in early April for the satellite communications company, SES. Progress Space Rocket Centre approached […]
Volga-Dnepr and Chapman Freeborn assist historic Solar Impulse flight
Solar Impulse 2 completed its historic solar-powered flight around the globe with the logistics support of Chapman Freeborn and Volga-Dnepr Airlines. Chapman Freeborn and Volga-Dnepr provided logistical assistance with the provision of both cargo and passenger chartered aircraft to transport spare parts, a mobile hangar and the technical team to support the record-breaking round-the-world trip. […]
Volga-Dnepr puts wing lift to good use to reduce loading times
Volga-Dnepr Airlines has put its new ‘wing lift’ system for reducing load times of large containers to good use by transporting two power generators to Port Harcourt in Nigeria. The ‘wing lift’ system reduces loading times for large containers from four hours to less than 30 minutes, and was put to good use transporting a […]
Volga-Dnepr helps DROMLAN Antarctica keep its cool
Volga-Dnepr Airlines has transported over 190 tonnes of cargo to Antarctica in its first season of flights to support the DROMLAN project. It has completed 12 return flights using an Ilyushin IL-76TD-90VD since 4 November 2015, connecting Cape Town with the Novolazarevskaya Antarctic Research Station for the project, run by the Antarctic Logistics Centre International. […]
Volga Dnepr and Chapman Freeborn keep the lights on in Malaysia
Volga-Dnepr Airlines and Chapman Freeborn have used an Ilyushin IL-76TD-90VD Freighter to deliver a 19-tonne welding system for a power station in Malaysia. The 19-tonne portable welding equipment and other cargo was necessary to repair a main rotor, which had malfunctioned at an energy companies’ power station providing electricity for the Malaysian state of Sarawak. […]
Volga Dnepr delivers spacecraft payload module
Volga-Dnepr Airlines has delivered the payload module of a spacecraft and three tonnes of support equipment from Russia to the UK using an Ilyushin IL-76TD-90VD. The cargo was transported from Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport to London’s Stansted Airport and organised by DG Terminal. A specific temperature was maintained during the flight and monitored constantly to maintain […]
Volga Dnepr carries out first Antarctic air drop
Volga-Dnepr Airlines has carried out its first ‘air drop’ dropping cargo out of the rear door of an Ilyushin IL-76TD-90VD onto a remote airfield in the Antarctic. The 34 tonne shipment consisted of 208 barrels of fuel and was placed onto 26 special parachute platforms. They were dropped from a height of 500 metres through […]
Volga Dnepr transport oil pump to Turkmenistan
Volga-Dnepr Airlines has transported an 11 tonne oil and gas pump from the Netherlands to Turkmenistan using an Ilyushin IL-76TD-90VD Freighter. The airline transported the pump from Maastricht Aachen Airport in the Netherlands to Mary International Airport Turkmenistan on behalf of Agility Projects Rotterdam. After arriving in Mary it was transported by road to its […]
