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    Antonov Airlines HQ to take over GSSA role

    2020-02-17T14:27:18Z

    Following the end of the general sales and service agent (GSSA) agreement with UK-based Dreamlifts, Antonov Airlines has confirmed that these tasks will be handled in-house at its headquarters in Ukraine, according to Air Cargo News sister title Heavy Lift and Project Forwarding.As reported last week, Dreamlifts will no longer ...

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    Dreamlifts and Antonov Airlines part ways after failing to reach agreement

    2020-02-10T12:24:56Z

    Graham WittonDreamlifts will no longer act as worldwide GSA for Antonov Airlines after the companies were unable to reach an "acceptable agreement".Dreamlifts said it had been proud to represent Antonov since 2016, but "having failed to reach an acceptable agreement, Dreamlifts has, with great regret, decided not to renew its ...

  • Antonov Airlines partners with Boeing to transport Apache Helicopters
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    Antonov Airlines transports Apache Helicopters on behalf of Boeing

    2019-12-05T12:48:20Z

    An Apache AH-64 Attack Helicopter is loaded onto an AN-124-100, which can carry up to 5 unitsAntonov Airlines has successfully transported four Apache AH-64E Attack helicopters from Phoenix Mesa Gateway Airport in Arizona, US, to Hindan Airforce Base in Uttar Pradesh , India.An Antonov Airlines AN-124-100, which has capacity to ...

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    Antonov transports two rotatory drying drums from France to Australia

    2019-11-12T13:57:07Z

    Antonov Airlines has successfully transported two rotary drying drums from Paris-Vatry Airport (XCR) in France to Port Hedland International Airport (PHE) in Australia.The airline transported the drying drums on behalf of Australian chemical company, Yara Pilbara Nitrates, and employed eight sub-contractors to complete the project, which involved two flights using ...

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    An-22 comes in from the cold for helicopter flight

    2019-11-07T16:27:18Z

    Antonov Airlines An-22Antonov Airlines' An-22 has returned to commercial service after being taken out of action for just over a year to carry out routine maintenance.The turboprop freighter completed two flights carrying helicopters and spares between Madrid and Baghdad on behalf of DSV Spain – the logistics operator of the ...

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    Antonov and Crane Worldwide combine for rapid crane shipment

    2019-10-10T11:42:20Z

    An Antonov Airlines An-124-100 freighter has flown a mobile crane and fire extinguishing equipment weighing 70 tonnes from the US to Argentina.The shipment, which also included booms, tracks, control stations and water pumps, was organised by Crane Worldwide and flew from George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) to Presidente Perón International ...

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    Antonov distances itself from Ilyushin revamped An-124

    2019-09-06T15:03:11Z

    Antonov has called for a revamped variant of the An-124-100 aircraft being developed by Russia's Ilyushin Design Bureau to be given a new designation on the grounds that the updates will result in key changes to the aircraft's performance.Reports suggest that Ilyushin is developing deep modifications to the An-124-100 and ...

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    Out of this world delivery for Antonov Airlines

    2019-08-06T12:38:17Z

    Satellite inside its own climate-controlled transport container being loaded onto An-124Antonov Airlines has flown a satellite in partnership with Kübler Spedition from Munich Airport to Cayenne Félix Eboué Airport on behalf of German satellite manufacturer OHB System.An AN-124-100 variant from the airline’s fleet was used to transport the satellite and ...

  • Antonov Airlines approves second OSRL Oil Capping Stack Loading Skid for use
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    Freighter operators approve oil capping stack skid

    2019-07-30T14:14:03Z

    Oil Spill Response Ltd (OSRL) has purchased a second air transport skid for its capping stack in Singapore, with Russia’s Volga-Dnepr Airlines and Ukraine-based Antonov Airlines both verifying the skid for use on their freighter aircraft.Konstantin Vekshin, executive president of charter cargo operation at Volga-Dnepr, said: “Using nearly three decades ...

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    Volga-Dnepr dismisses court's An-124 seizure order as unlawful

    2019-06-19T13:36:16Z

    The Volga-Dnepr group has dismissed a Ukrainian court's order to seize five of its An-124-100 aircraft.The Russia-headquartered airline group told Air Cargo News that it deems that the order of the Podolsky District Court of Kiev related to a ban on the use and operation of five An-124-100 civil aircraft ...

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    Ukrainian court orders seizure of five An-124s

    2019-06-18T11:10:42Z

    A court in Ukraine has ordered the seizure of five of Volga-Dnepr’s An-124 aircraft.In a statement, Ukraine-based law firm Ilyashev & Partners claimed that the Podilskyi District Court of Kiev had ordered the arrest and prohibited the operation of the aircraft on the grounds that maintenance checks have not been ...

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    Picture special: Antonov Airlines looks back on 30 years of air cargo

    2019-04-10T16:15:56Z

    ANTONOV Airlines has celebrated its thirtieth birthday with a look back on its development over the last 30 years (see images below).The airline was founded in 1989 and holds the record for heaviest single piece of cargo transported by air, among others.On August 11, 2009, the airline's An-225 ‘Mriya’, the ...

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    Antonov Airlines flies satellite into Cayenne

    2019-02-20T16:29:50Z

    Freighter operator Antonov Airlines has flown a communications satellite, the GSAT-31, from Bengaluru Airport in India to Cayenne Félix Eboué Airport in French Guiana.The move was carried out on behalf of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and Flywell Aviation.According to Antonov Airlines, it coordinated closely with Flywell Aviation to ...