Munich and Moscow Domodedovo sign sister airport agreement
Munich Airport and Moscow Domodedovo Airport have forged closer ties after signing a sister airport agreement. Moscow Domodedovo Airport Group chairman of the board Dmitriy Kamenshchik, and Munich Airport president and chief executive officer, Michael Kerkloh signed the agreement (pictured above). The aim of the partnership is a knowledge transfer for employees and managers on both […]
Volga-Dnepr supports reintroduction of Przewalski horses in Russia
Volga-Dnepr Group has continued to play a role supporting the reintroduction of endangered Przewalski horses in Russia, flying 16 from Hungary. The group’s regional and express cargo airline, ATRAN Airlines delivered 16 Przewalski horses from Hortobagy National Park in Hungary to Orenburg Nature Reserve on one of its Boeing 737-400 Freighters. This is the third […]
Sheremetyevo posts 39.4% tonnage growth in first nine months
Moscow Sheremetyevo International Airport handled more than 200,000 tonnes in the first nine months of 2017 – an uplift of 39.4 per cent on the same period last year. The airport says the increase in traffic volume was due to a significant increase in cargo turnover on international airlines, but domestic carriers saw a fall […]
Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan on the radar for Kuehne + Nagel
Kuehne + Nagel is to start operating in Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan from the first quarter (Q1) of next year. The freight forwarder’s managing director for Russia and Belarus, Perry Neumann revealed the news today, at the 7th Caspian Air Cargo Summit in Baku, Azerbaijan. Speaking in a market overview for the CIS and Central Asia […]
Hactl to handle Aviastar freighter services from Russia
Aviastar has appointed Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals (Hactl) to handle its new freighter services from Eastern Russia to Hong Kong. The Moscow-based carrier has started operations from Novosibirsk’s Tolmachevo Airport utilising a Tupolev Tu-204C with a 28.5 tonne payload and 14 pallet positions. It plans to increase services to four times a week by […]
Moscow’s air cargo market primed for further expansion
The last year or two has been turbulent in Moscow due to the impact of European Union sanctions and the Ukraine conflict hitting Russia, but the capital’s airfreight market is well and truly back on track. In the first seven months of the year, the Airport Council International Europe reports Moscow Sheremetyevo International Airport handled […]
Dutch artistic masterpieces flown by KLM from St Petersburg
KLM Cargo transported works by Dutch artistic masters from St Petersburg to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol this morning before they were moved to the Hermitage Museum. The works, including Rembrandt’s ‘Young Woman with Earrings’, will be on show at the exhibition ‘Dutch Masters from the Hermitage. Treasures of the Tsars’. KLM Cargo was entrusted with a number […]
Irma hit Florida and Caribbean aided by Volga-Dnepr Airlines
Volga-Dnepr Airlines has so far operated three flights carrying nearly 175 tonnes of relief goods and equipment supporting international humanitarian aid projects to help victims of Hurricane Irma in the Caribbean and Florida. The most recent flight on 18 September was chartered by DSV Air & Sea for the Danish Red Cross and operated from Billund Airport […]
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. […]
Intrepid acquires a 747-8F and leases to ABC
Intrepid Aviation acquired a new Boeing 747-8 Freighter from the Boeing Company on 15 September, which has been placed on long-term lease with AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC). This is the second of two new 747-8F aircraft that the privately owned commercial aircraft lessor acquired from Boeing and leased to ABC this year. Intrepid says the delivery is in […]
AirBridgeCargo gains Envirotainer QEP accreditation
AirBridgeCargo (ABC) Airlines has further enhanced pharma services by gaining Envirotainer QEP accreditation at its global hub at Moscow Sheremetyevo Airport and in Dallas. Envirotainer created its Qualified Envirotainer Provider Training and Quality Program (QEP) to recognise transport service providers which demonstrate their ability to properly manage Envirotainer container shipments in accordance with Good Distribution […]
First half cargo revenue increases 37.7% at Aeroflot
Cargo revenue at Aeroflot increased by 37.7 per cent in the first half of 2017 with volumes growing 44.3 per cent. It was up from 5.2 billion roubles ($88.6 million) in 2016 to 7.1 billion roubles this year as the group added widebody aircraft to its fleet, helping cargo and mail volumes grow 44.3 per […]
AirBridgeCargo grows 16% driven by demand in Asia Pacific
AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) continues to grow strongly with a 16 per cent increase in volumes in the first half of 2017 to 335,000 tonnes, with Asia Pacific driving demand. The airline has doubled its online network in Asia Pacific in the last two years to 12 destinations, with flights to Tokyo, Seoul, Singapore, Hanoi, Phnom […]
Investments paying off as specialist cargo grows at Silk Way
While oil and gas remain central to the Eurasian economy, Silk Way Group is seeing phenomenal growth in specialised cargo, company president Zaur Akhundov tells Air Cargo Week. Silk Way is based in Baku, Azerbaijan, which Akhundov says is strategically located between Europe and Asia, and imports and exports span across all industries. Oil and […]
TEK Poseidon appointed 1GSA member for Russia
TEK Poseidon has been appointed by 1GSA as its member for Russia, bringing the network’s membership to 12 countries and several more applications are pending. The Russian company was founded in 2002 and has developed into a substantial group of businesses spanning activities including forwarding, road transport, express, warehousing, liner agency and ocean consolidation. Air […]
Work completed on largest cargo terminal in Russia
Sheremetyevo International Airport has completed construction of Moscow Cargo – the largest cargo terminal in the Russian Federation and it will go into operation next month as the city gets set to welcome the 2018 FIFA World Cup. Rosaviatsiya – the Federal Agency of Air Transport – has issued a permit so the $80 million facility, […]
European airports have best start to year since 2010
Freight traffic across European airports had their best first half year since 2010 with 8.7 per cent growth, Airports Council International (ACI) Europe reports. Airports inside the European Union (EU) registered growth of 7.8 per cent while those outside were up 14.4 per cent, with major hubs in Turkey and Russia performing well. In Turkey, […]
Aeroflot cargo and mail grows 40% in first half of 2017
Aeroflot’s cargo and mail volumes continue to grow with a 39.2 per cent increase in June to 17,946.4 tonnes. The growth came from international volumes, which were up 81.9 per cent to 11,503.9 tonnes, while domestic cargo and mail saw a dip of two per cent to 6,442.5 tonnes. Cargo and mail volumes were up […]
AirBridgeCargo flies racing planes to Red Bull Air Race in Kazan
AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) has moved two Red Bull Air Race planes from Budapest to Kazan for the next event of the series, taking place on 22-23 July. The Zivko Edge 540 racing planes weigh 816 kilogrammes each but the technical equipment contained complex and valuable goods, which justified being transported by air using two Boeing […]
Tonnage surges in first five months at the Aeroflot Group
In the first five months of 2017 from January to May the Aeroflot Group handled 100,607 tonnes, a significant 44.9 per cent increase on the same period last year. In May alone, the Aeroflot Group handled 21,468 tonnes, a 44.6 per cent rise on the same month in 2016. Aeroflot, the main carrier in the […]
CEIV certified ABC joins Pharma Gateway Amsterdam
AirBridgeCargo (ABC) Airlines has joined Pharma Gateway Amsterdam (PGA), the second airline to join the 14-member quality pharma initiative. The carrier operates 22 flights per week from Amsterdam to significant pharma destinations in Europe, Asia, and the United States, including Moscow, Chicago, Shanghai, and Singapore. ABC is already IATA Center of Excellence for Independent Validators in […]
ABC sets X-ray telescope universe mission on its way
AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) has set the eROSITA X-ray telescope on its 1.5 million kilometre journey to produce a new map of the universe on one of its Boeing 747 Freighters. The carrier flew the eROSITA X-ray telescope from Germany to Russia in preparation for its launch onboard the ‘SRG’ spacecraft in spring 2018. The telescope will […]
Sky Gates Cargo Airlines grows fleet by adding a B747F
After launching services between Russia, Europe and The Far East at the end of last year Sky Gates Cargo Airlines is going to increase their freighter fleet with another Boeing 747-400 Freighter. Senior vice president, Nidjat Babayev, responsible for the commercial development, says the next aircraft is going to be delivered by mid-June. It will be […]
Major cargo expansion plans at Moscow’s main gateway
Moscow’s main cargo gateway Sheremetyevo International Airport and the hub of rapidly expanding AirBridgeCargo (ABC) Airlines has big plans to grow freight volumes. The first two months of 2017 have seen dynamic growth and according to the Airports Council International Europe, it handled 27,888 tonnes, a 29.7 per cent year-on-year (YOY) rise on 2016. This […]
Pegasus to open four Russian routes and flights to Abu Dhabi
Pegasus Airlines is launching five new flights from London Stansted to locations in Russia and to the United Arab Emirates. The new thrice weekly routes from Stansted via Istanbul Sabiha Gokcen include the launch of Grozny on 12 April, and flights to Samara and Volgograd on 19 June and Nizhny Novgorod on 20 June, as […]
AirBridgeCargo adds Taipei to Asia Pacific network
AirBridgeCargo (ABC) Airlines has expanded its Asia Pacific network with twice-weekly flights to Taipei, its twelfth online destination. The Taipei flights will operate from Moscow Sheremetyevo every Wednesdays and Saturdays, returning via Hanoi in Vietnam, which ABC says enable it to link Taipei with destinations in the Middle East, Europe and the US for imports […]
IATA implements CASS in Russia
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has implemented its Cargo Accounts Settlement Systems (CASS) in Russia in partnership with Russian bank VTB and Aeroflot. CASS is designed to simplify the billing and settlement of accounts between airlines and freight forwarders. It operates through CASSlink, an advanced, global, web-enabled e-billing solution. At the end of 2016, […]
International cargo surge for Aeroflot, domestic volumes remain flat
Cargo and mail volumes grew 29.2 per cent in February for Aeroflot with international tonnage surging while remaining flat on domestic services. Total volumes were up 29.2 per cent to 14,231 tonnes, with an international surge of 53.5 per cent to 9,182 tonnes, while domestic cargo was up 0.3 per cent to 5,049 tonnes. In […]
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 […]
Aeroflot returns to profit and cargo revenue grows 30%
Aeroflot’s cargo revenue has grown 30.7 per cent in 2016 helped by wide-body fleet expansion, while the airline returned to profit. Cargo revenue was up by three billion roubles to 12.6 billion roubles ($215.9 million) with cargo and mail volumes rising 31.6 per cent with the addition of more wide-body aircraft. Revenue increased 19.4 per […]
