Airbus’ fi rst A330neo is coming to life one year after the programme was launched, with the fi rst ‘cutting of metal’ underway at its production facilities in Toulouse and Nantes. Machining of the first engine pylon started during the summer at Airbus’ facility in Saint-Eloi (Toulouse), while Airbus’ Plant in Nantes began production of the fi rst A330neo centre wing box. Th e fi rst A330neo Centre Wing Box rib 1 produced in Nantes uses an innovative Isogrid design with 330 triangular … [Read more...] about Airbus begins A330neo production

Twenty-eight 7.5 metre Cypress trees have arrived in the Uzbekistan capital, Tashkent, onboard one of Volga-Dnepr Airlines’ IL-76TD-90VD freighters. The trees were fl own in from Brno in the Czech Republic for a landscape reconstruction project in Tashkent as part of the city’s preparations to host the 2016 Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit. The cypress trees were grown at a nursery in Germany and transported to Brno for the fl ight to Uzbekistan. Volga- Dnepr operated the fl … [Read more...] about Volga-Dnepr moves Cypress trees to Tashkent

AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC), part of Volga-Dnepr Group and Russia’s largest all-cargo carrier, is heading into the final quarter of 2015 with sustained growth after reporting a 17 per cent year-onyear rise in tonnage for the opening eight months of the year. In the period to the end of August, ABC transported 300,000 tonnes of cargo across its global network linking the largest trade markets of Asia, Europe, the USA and Russia. ABC’s expansion strategy of entering new markets enabled the … [Read more...] about ABC sees tonnage growth of 17% in first 8 mos

Satair Group has signed an exclusive distribution agreement with FTI – a German company, specialising in aircraft security video systems – covering the Americas and Asia-Pacific, including China. Effective from 1 July 2015, the deal covers FTI’s full line of on-aircraft video based surveillance solutions and upgrade programmes. Th e equipment covers cabin, cockpit, cargo compartment, intrusion detection and ground operation support across Airbus, Boeing, Embraer, and Bombardier fleets. Under … [Read more...] about Satair Group, FTI partner on video surveillance

For the seventh consecutive year, the Air France-KLM group topped the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) transportation sector that produced an 18.16 per cent overall improvement year-on-year. Launched in 1999, the DJSI is the first global index to track leading sustainabilitydriven companies based on investment specialist RobecoSAM’s analysis of financially material Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) factors. RobecoSAM invites the world’s largest 3,400 corporations from … [Read more...] about AF-KLM tops Dow Jones sustainability index again

Volga-Dnepr Airlines has delivered an 11-tonne oil and gas pump to the door of a customer in the town of Farab, Turkmenistan. Th e oil production unit was transported from Maastricht Airport in the Netherlands on behalf of the airline’s customer Agility Projects Rotterdam. The pump was packed inside a two-tonne wooden crate to protect it throughout its journey onboard one of Volga-Dnepr’s IL-76TD-90VD freighters and by road on arrival in Central Asia. “Agility Projects Rotterdam asked … [Read more...] about V-D delivers oil production unit to doorstep