Consumer demand making up for oil and gas stagnating

Low oil prices mean oil and gas projects have stagnated but Coyne Airways project manager, John Gardiner says general cargo movements are growing. He explains oil and gas destinations in Western Kazakhstan including Aktau, Atyrau and Uralsk, having been “extremely challenging” due to low oil prices meaning investment in projects has slowed down. Gardiner adds […]

Renewed Antonov AN-22 Antei flies from Zurich to Abu Dhabi

The Antonov AN-22 Antei has completed its renewal programme and performed its first commercial flights from Switzerland to the UAE. The AN-22 carried a coil reef for charterer Karpeles/DB Schenker on behalf of the shipper, Hyundai from Zurich to Abu Dhabi with a refuelling stop in Tbilisi, Georgia. Antonov engineers designed a special transport frame […]

Air Charter Service becomes bear charter service

Air Charter Service (ACS) became bear charter service when it transported three bear cubs from Georgia to Greece. The orphaned cubs, Georgia, Mollie and Louisa, were found wandering the streets of the Georgian capital, Tbilisi, following devastating floods, and then kept in the city’s dog pound. An animal charity and ACS arranged for the bears […]

F.S. Mackenzie opens Tbilisi branch

F.S. Mackenzie has opened its 17th branch in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia, for imports to the Caucasus region. The company offers road transport, airfreight forwarding and outsize project forwarding by air and ocean, as well as customs clearance in Georgia and Armenia. It also offers insurance, delivery to door, long and short term storage, […]