Volga-Dnepr ensures quick resumption of Russian natural gas plant
Volga-Dnepr Airlines’ quick response operations for the oil and gas industry were called into action to ensure the urgent repair of a compressor at Russia’s only natural gas liquefaction plant, Sakhalin-2. The transportation project required operations using both An-124-100 and IL-76TD-90VD freighters from the airline’s fleet to move equipment from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and Moscow […]
AirBridgeCargo blooms in February thanks to flowers
AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) has reported a 15 per cent growth in its airfreight volumes in February, transporting over 37,000 tonnes across its global route network in Asia, Europe, North America and Russia. The airline’s freight tonne kilometres rose three per cent over the same month last year when the airline saw an extraordinary demand for […]
Volga-Dnepr transports booster for ExoMars mission
Volga-Dnepr Airlines has transported a Breeze-M booster from Russia to Kazakhstan as part of the ExoMars mission between the European Space Agency and Russian space agency. The 16-tonne cargo was transported on an Antonov AN-124 between Moscow and Baikonur. The payload was loaded into the AN-124 using an overhead crane and once it was delivered, […]
Aeroflot reduces losses in 2015
Aeroflot has reduced its losses by 62.1 per cent in 2015 to 6.5 billion roubles ($86 million) with cargo revenue increasing despite volumes falling. The losses for the year were down from 17.1 billion roubles and revenue increased by 29.8 per cent to 415.1 billion roubles. Cargo revenue increased by 10.5 per cent to 9.6 […]
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 […]
Great start for AirBridgeCargo but challenges ahead
AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) has reported a steady start to 2016 with a 30 per cent year-on-year rise in tonnage in January, which it says was a record performance and growth for the first month of the year. In January, ABC transported 43,605 tonnes of cargo onboard its Boeing freighter fleet serving major markets in Europe, […]
Volga-Dnepr aids mission to find life on Mars
Volga-Dnepr Airlines has operated three Antonov AN-124-100 flights from Italy to Kazakhstan carrying equipment and materials for the ExoMars space exploration programme to see if there is life on Mars. The flights for logistics company, Bollore Logistics, departed Turin on 18, 20 and 22 December for consignor, Alenia Space Italy, for Kazakhstan’s Baikonur Cosmodrome via […]
Russia blamed for European airport decline
Airports in Europe have seen volumes fall by 0.6 per cent in November because of large declines at non-European Union hubs, particularly in Russia, according to Airports Council International (ACI) Europe. Among non-EU airports, volumes fell by 12.8 per cent because of weakness in Russia, while EU hubs increased by 1.3 per cent. In Russia, […]
AirBridgeCargo sees 27% tonnage growth
AirBridgeCargo Airlines’ (ABC) growth continues and in November it saw a 27 per cent uplift in cargo carried compared to the same month in 2014. November figures show ABC transported over 50,000 tonnes across its global network serving Europe, North America and Asia Pacific with overall results for the first 11 months of 2015 being 20 […]
European airports see mixed growth
Airports across Europe have seen cargo volumes increase by 1.2 per cent in October though the top hubs are still posting mixed results, Airports Council International’s October Airport Traffic Report. Europe’s largest freight airport, Frankfurt Airport saw volumes fall by two per cent in October to 174,435 tonnes, while the second biggest, Paris Charles de […]
Cargo fall in October for Aeroflot
Aeroflot has seen a falls in cargo carried in October – in the first month that it helped out with Transaero services which ceased operating on 26 October. In October, the carrier carried 11,646 tonnes of cargo, a fall of 20.7 per cent on the 14,687 tonnes in the same month last year. So far […]
AirBridgeCargo launches Atlanta freighter route
AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) has added Atlanta (US) to its North American route network with the launch of twice-weekly flights. The new Boeing 747 Freighter services, which commenced today (20 November), operating on Fridays and Sundays and connects ABC’s global route network to Atlanta, maximising cargo connections to the growing U.S. market for ABC’s customers. At present, […]
ABC still on the up despite the weak rouble
AirBridgeCargo (ABC) Airlines has seen a year-on-year tonnage growth of 18 per cent in the first nine months of 2015 to 344,130 tonnes, and has also been expanding its network throughout the year. In September alone, the airline saw a 28 per cent rise to 42,480 tonnes. ABC says its freight tonne kilometres increased by […]
