Volga-Dnepr Airlines, known for transporting oversized and super-heavy shipments, has completed its sixth year of supporting logistics for the DROMLAN project with five charter flights using its IL-76TD-90VD to Antarctica. The Dronning Maud Land Air Network (DROMLAN) is a coordinated project between 11 countries with research bases in Queen Maud Land to create an air logistics network to reduce costs. Working with Antarctic Logistics Centre International (ALCI), the carrier operated … [Read more...] about Volga-Dnepr marks 6th year on DROMLAN air network
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AirBridgeCargo makes round-trip with 12 SkyCell containers for vaccine distribution
AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC), one of the leading cargo carriers in the transportation of specialty cargo, has completed the complex transportation of 12 SkyCell containers from Hong Kong (China) to Amsterdam (Netherlands). The shipment transport was organised in partnership with UPS Healthcare, a supply chain solutions provider for pharmaceutical, biopharma and medical device companies. Working together, the transportation was planned well in advance as SkyCell 1500C containers needed … [Read more...] about AirBridgeCargo makes round-trip with 12 SkyCell containers for vaccine distribution
Volga-Dnepr joins Irma relief efforts
Volga-Dnepr Airlines’ 27 years of expertise in supporting international humanitarian aid projects has been called into action to help victims of Hurricane Irma in the Caribbean and Florida. Hurricane Irma is the second most powerful Atlantic storm ever recorded and caused devastation across parts of the Caribbean and the U.S. State of Florida.The airline has so far operated three flights carrying nearly 175 tonnes of relief goods and equipment. The flight on September 18th was … [Read more...] about Volga-Dnepr joins Irma relief efforts
Volga-Dnepr, Chapman move equipment for Malaysian power station
A 19-tonne portable welding system was part of a shipment delivered to Malaysia by Volga-Dnepr Airlines and air charter specialists Chapman Freeborn to support restoration work at one of the country’s biggest electricity power stations.The IL-76TD-90VD freighter flight operated to Bintulu, Malaysia, from Jakarta in Indonesia. The welding equipment and other cargo was required to repair a malfunction of the main rotor at one of energy companies’ power stations which provides electricity for … [Read more...] about Volga-Dnepr, Chapman move equipment for Malaysian power station
Volga-Dnepr expands fleet with two more AN-124-100 freighters
Volga-Dnepr Group has signed the finance lease agreement with JSC Sberbank Leasing to acquire two An-124-100 Ruslan freighters. Sergey Shklyanik, group senior VP said: “The AN-124-100 aircraft acquisition goes in line with the Group Strategy 2020 which provides for the fleet extension with Russian and foreign-made aircraft.” Dennis Gliznoutsa, VP sales at Volga-Dnepr Airlines, said: “Two more Ruslan freighters shall secure the Airline’s leadership in the global outsize and super-heavy air … [Read more...] about Volga-Dnepr expands fleet with two more AN-124-100 freighters
V-D delivers Cypress trees to Tashkent
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 flown 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 flight to Uzbekistan. Volga-Dnepr operated the flight on … [Read more...] about V-D delivers Cypress trees to Tashkent