Volga-Dnepr delegates last week visited Kitakyushu city in Japan to discuss further cooperation under a memorandum of understanding signed last year between the airline group and the city and the Fukuoka prefecture. Director for APAC Development, Dmitry Vorontsov met with city mayor Kenji Kitahashi to talk about the status of the MoU and identify the next steps for cooperation, which includes developing the air cargo ecosystem at Kitakyushu Airport. The 24-hour offshore … [Read more...] about Volga-Dnepr stays on top of Kitakyushu airport development
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Volga-Dnepr shows outsized cargo skills in recent charter
Volga-Dnepr Airlines once again displayed its expertise in outsized and super heavy transportation after it 'masterminded' the urgent delivery of four heli water bombers (Bell 214B) from Australia to Greece to aid in the wildfires that have been spreading throughout the Euboea, Peloponnese and Attica regions since early August. The airline's An-124-100 was chartered to deliver the outsized cargo which had to be picked up at two separate airports in Wellcamp and Perth before heading to … [Read more...] about Volga-Dnepr shows outsized cargo skills in recent charter
PLA Global Wrap: Week 19
In this week’s global wrap, we feature new routes to Munich by Turkish Cargo and CMA CGM’s new air cargo services to Dubai, Beirut and Istanbul. We also cover Volga Dnepr’s transport of Russian made vaccines, as well as Blue Dart’s newly formed consortium to test the viability of delivering medical supplies by drone to India’s remote parts. We round up with B2B and company updates from CEVA Logistics, Airbus, Pratt & Whitney and SpiceJet. Turkish Cargo opens new air freight link to … [Read more...] about PLA Global Wrap: Week 19
ATRAN, ABC deliver engines from Russia to France
Atran and AirBridgeCargo successfully delivered aircraft engines for MRO services to Yakutia Airlines from Russia to France, displaying the The 1,520-kilo shipment, which included two Pratt & Whitney engines for the Bombardier Q-300 (PW123), was transported using Atran's 737-800BCF from Yakutsk to Krasnoyarsk on 8 February. Both engines were reloaded onboard ABC’s B747-8F for further delivery to Amsterdam and trucking to Paris. The carrier said it took less than four days to coordinate … [Read more...] about ATRAN, ABC deliver engines from Russia to France
Another pharma scrimmage for Volga-Dnepr ahead of vaccine approval
In Volga-Dnepr Group’s latest vaccine logistics warm-up, the company worked with strategic partners, including DHL Global Forwarding LS&H sector experts, to deliver insulin from Milan to Chicago. The carriers involved were AirBridgeCargo and CargoLogicAir, who organised the air transport of insulin stored inside Envirotainer and DoKaSch RAP containers. A total of 18 active containers were loaded onto a Boeing 747F operated by CargoLogicAir, with warehousing and ramp handling … [Read more...] about Another pharma scrimmage for Volga-Dnepr ahead of vaccine approval
How Volga-Dnepr’s cargo supermarket makes multimodal shipping look easy
ATRAN Airlines, the express cargo carrier of the Volga-Dnepr Group, has recently accomplished a “complex” air/road transport under of essential spare parts for a porous burner unit from Germany to Russia. Porous burners are used as an alternative to conventional heat generation for manufacturing and industry applications because of their ability to reduce emissions. Organised with SIS Logistik under Volga-Dnepr's Cargo Supermarket concept, the first mile of the … [Read more...] about How Volga-Dnepr’s cargo supermarket makes multimodal shipping look easy
