Pandas settle into new home in Finland after flying with Volga-Dnepr

The two giant pandas that Volga-Dnepr Airlines transported to Finland have settled into their new home at Ahtari Zoo. Lumi and Pyry were transported from China to Finland under a joint programme aiming to preserve and study giant pandas. Their arrival in Finland followed the signing of an agreement in 2017 by the Preservation and […]

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 […]

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 […]