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Air cargo rates to stay high as challenges remain
Strong air cargo rates are set to continue but capacity and ground handling challenges will continue.This was the takeaway from the World Cargo Summit’s Air Cargo Market Update & Outlook, which focused on the market outlook for 2022 and beyond, hot spots for growth and the outlook for cargo charters.Niall ...
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Vekshin scoops Volga-Dnepr Group CEO role
Volga-Dnepr has appointed Konstantin Vekshin as its new chief executive.Vekshin joined Volga-Dnepr Group, which includes AirBridgeCargo, Atran and Volga-Dnepr, in 1997 and developed his career from sales executive to chief commercial officer.Between 2013 and 2016, he held the positions of vice president, charter & government division with Centurion Cargo Airlines ...
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NewsEurasian SAF alliance forms
Volga-Dnepr Group has joined a new alliance to establish Eurasian sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). Photo: Volga-Dnepr GroupVolga-Dnepr Group has joined a new alliance to establish Eurasian sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).The Russian cargo airline operator is one of a group of industry stakeholders that have formed the alliance to develop ...
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NewsVogla-Dnepr Airlines flies 83-tonne boiler from Italy to US
Image source: Vogla-Dnepr GroupVolga-Dnepr Airlines partnered with Fracht FWO Inc to transport an 83-tonne boiler from Milan in Italy to Lincoln, Nebraska in the US.The planning process, which took almost two months, involved the two companies developing a special nine-tonne cradle for the boiler, as well as dealing with customs ...
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AirBridgeCargo charter flights carry packing machines from Germany to US
AirBridgeCargo Airlines has operated five Boeing 747F charter flights carrying packaging machines from Frankfurt in Germany to Atlanta in the US.The machines, which collectively weighed 200 tonnes, were transported for a US National Healthcare Association project in cooperation with Geis Air+Sea.The machines will support local production facilities with efficient and ...
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NewsAntonov Airlines' Mriya steals the spotlight at Ukraine independence celebrations
Image source: Volga-Dnepr GroupAntonov Airlines' heavylift ‘Mriya’ aircraft was recently involved in a record-breaking event, as Ukraine — where the carrier is headquartered — celebrated 30 years of independence.The AN-225, which including fuel weighed 328 tonnes, was pulled a distance of 4.3 m by eight Ukrainian strongmen in 73 seconds ...
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NewsVolga-Dnepr transports aid to support Haiti earthquake victims
Image source: Volga-Dnepr GroupVolga-Dnepr has transported essential cargo to Port-au-Prince in Haiti to support aid efforts since the earthquake that hit the island two weeks ago.To help those affected by the earthquake, the Group organised two special charter flights using its An-124-100 and Il-76TD-90VD aircraft.Cargo delivered to Haiti included tents, ...
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NewsGreece wildfire aid: Four helicopters carried on single AN-124 charter flight
Image Source: Chapman FreebornChapman Freeborn Australia has chartered an Antonov AN-124 aircraft to transport four helicopters to Athens to support Greece’s fight against wildfires.The flight marked the first time that four Bell 214B helicopters had ever been transported on a Volga-Dnepr AN-124 in a single operation.Chapman Freeborn said it cooperated ...
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NewsAtran Airlines completes first live animals flight in Europe
Image source: Volga-Dnepr GroupFreighter operator Atran Airlines has completed its first live animals transportation project in Europe.The carrier recently transported 42,640 one-day-old chicks, weighing a total of more than 2.2 tonnes, from Spain to Russia on a Boeing 737-800BCF charter flight.Atran Airlines and AirBridgeCargo Airlines — both Volga-Dnepr Group carriers ...
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Tech Summer event examines air cargo's digital future
Air cargo booking portal CargoAi recently held its Tech Summer event, a series of webinars over three days bringing together industry experts to discuss the latest digital developments in air cargo.After the event, Air Cargo News caught up with some of the participants to find out more about the challenges ...
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NewsVolga-Dnepr weighs up MC-21 freighter project
Alexey Isaykin, Volga-Dnepr Group views an MC-21-300. Source: Volga-Dnepr GroupThe Volga-Dnepr Group is considering whether to partner with aircraft manufacturer Ikurt on the development of a freighter version of the MC-21-300 in response to increasing cargo demand.Last week at the MAKS airshow, a Volga-Dnepr Group delegation headed by chairman of ...
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NewsVolga-Dnepr flies custom-built compressor from Zurich to Abu Dhabi
Russian freighter operator Volga-Dnepr Airlines, in partnership with logistics provider Geodis, has transported a large custom-built compressor from Zurich, Switzerland to Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.The carrier said that the special, one-of-a-kind cargo — measuring 15.65 m x 4.40 m x 3.85 m and weighing 100 tonnes — was one ...
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NewsAntonov Airlines transports five helicopters from Poland to the Philippines
Antonov Airlines has flown five S-70i Black Hawk helicopters from Rzeszów in Poland to Angeles in the Philippines.The helicopters — which each measured 17.52 m in length, 3.2 m in width, 3.9 m in height and weighed 5.6 tonnes — were transported on a single AN-124-100 charter flight.The carrier said ...
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Air cargo sector continues to fly life-saving medical equipment to India
The air cargo industry is continuing to fly life-saving medical supplies and equipment to India, as the country fights against its second wave of Covid. Read the latest updates below.JUNE 17: Air Logistics Group has donated medical grade 5 litre oxygen concentrators to help Covid patients in India. The concentrators ...
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NewsWFS wins AirBridgeCargo contract in Atlanta
AirBridgeCargo Airlines has awarded a three-year cargo handling contract to Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) in Atlanta.WFS said the carrier is its "launch customer" at its new cargo terminal at Atlanta International Airport.Under the terms of the agreement, the handler will process around 9,500 tonnes of cargo each year from AirBridgeCargo's ...
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NewsVolga-Dnepr and Krasnoyarsk Airport pledge to increase hub's cargo potential
Left to right: Andrey Metzle, general director of Krasnoyarsk Airport; Alexander Uss, governor of Krasnoyarsk; Alexey Isaykin, partner and chairman of the board, Volga-Dnepr GroupKrasnoyarsk International Airport, Volga-Dnepr Group and the Krasnoyarsk region have signed an agreement that aims to develop the airport into an international logistics hub.The move follows ...
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NewsAtran Airlines targets animal transportation following certification
Atran Airlines B737Atran Airlines has been issued a Type 2 Transport certificate allowing the company to deliver live animals to, from and across Europe.To achieve the certification the Volga-Dnepr Group-owned express carrier first needed to prove it could meet the various animal transportation regulations, including the IATA LAR (Live Animals ...
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Volga-Dnepr Group and Astral partner to serve humanitarian sector
Freighter operators Volga-Dnepr Group and Astral Aviation have formed a partnership to support the humanitarian sector and rollout of Covid-19 vaccines.The companies, who recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), said the humanitarian partnership will support not only Covid-19 and other vaccines’ distribution — mainly between Russia and Africa — ...
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NewsAirBridgeCargo moves exhibits for Hong Kong exhibition
AirBridgeCargo Airlines (АВС) has collaborated with ART-Сourier to transport more than 200 museum exhibits on a scheduled flight from Moscow to Hong Kong.The freighter operator carried the exhibits, which were packaged inside wooden climate-controlled crates equipped with shock sensors, on one of its Boeing 747-8 freighter aircraft.The goods, which originated ...
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Pandemic freight demand assists pared-back CargoLogicAir
Freight activity catalysed by the pandemic helped UK-based CargoLogicAir last year to improve on a weak performance in 2019, the company has disclosed.The carrier – linked to Russia’s Volga-Dnepr Group – ran into problems in 2020 and sought a temporary suspension of its operating licence, which was subsequently restored in ...