Ural Airlines is planning to launch a new service to India's Goa in winter 2008-2009. The company is also going to launch the flights to Milan and Sanya (Hainan) along with Bangkok (Thailand). The company will operate the flights on this route twice a week up to the end of March. … [Read more...] about Europe & CIS: Ural Airlines launches Goa service
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Europe &: CIS: Polet to deliver space cargo to S Korea
Polet Airlines has started to implement the first phase of a unique project for the delivery of the first launch-vehicle stages KSLV-1 (Korean Space Launch Vehicle) from Russian to South Korea. The launch vehicles will be manufactured by Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center.According to the bilateral intergovernmental agreement on cooperation in research and outer space use, Russia and South Korea are developing and building a South Korean missile complex equipped with the … [Read more...] about Europe &: CIS: Polet to deliver space cargo to S Korea
Europe & CIS: More than an apple a day for Aeroflot
Aeroflot Cargo has been awarded a contract to transport Apple iPhones from Hong Kong to Frankfurt Hahn in partnership with Kuhne&Nagel. Aeroflot Cargo operates 5 flights per week with its MD-11 Freighters on this route and carries between 20-50 tonnes of iPhones - worth nearly US$200-300 million - per flight. From Hahn the iPhones are delivered to Luxembourg by Aeroflot Cargo's trucks service.Aeroflot Cargo's service was closely scrutinised on security grounds by both Apple and K&N prior to … [Read more...] about Europe & CIS: More than an apple a day for Aeroflot
Europe & CIS: Azerbaijan Airlines orders B737s and B767s
Azerbaijan Airlines has finalised an order for two Boeing Next-Generation 737-900ERs and two 767-300ERs. The order is valued at US$449 million at list prices. One of the 767s is a substitution for a previously ordered 787.Including today's announcement, Azerbaijan Airlines has a total of eight Boeing airplanes on order: four 737- 900ERs, two 787-8s and two 767-300ERs. Azerbaijan Airlines, based in Baku, is the national airline of Azerbaijan."We are eager to build our Boeing fleet with these … [Read more...] about Europe & CIS: Azerbaijan Airlines orders B737s and B767s
Europe & CIS: ABC delivers 60 tonnes of heavy metal
World famous rock band, Iron Maiden, performed their first live performance in Moscow in over 15 years in August with the help of a heavy metal delivery by AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC).Air Charter Services (ACS) chartered an AirBridgeCargo Boeing 747 freighter on behalf of their client, Rock-it Cargo, to carry the 60 tonnes of stage equipment from Amsterdam to Moscow's Domodedovo Airport.The concert at Moscow's Olympisky Stadium is the last event in Iron Maiden's 2008 touring schedule. … [Read more...] about Europe & CIS: ABC delivers 60 tonnes of heavy metal
Europe &: CIS: Italian businessmen could rescue Alitalia
A group of 10 Italian businessmen are discussing a plan to save Alitalia, including a possible capital injection of US$1.47 billion, according to Dow Jones.The meeting in Milan was sponsored by Intesa Sanpaolo, the Italian bank that in May received a mandate from Premier Silvio Berlusconi to sell the government's 49.9 per cent stake in Alitalia, the third attempt to privatise the struggling airline in nearly two years.Hurt by political interference, Alitalia hasn't reported a net profit since … [Read more...] about Europe &: CIS: Italian businessmen could rescue Alitalia
