Volga-Dnepr Airlines’ quick response operations for the oil & gas industry were called into action to ensure the urgent repair of a compressor at Russia’s only natural gas liquefaction plant, Sakhalin-2. The transportation project required operations using both An-124-100 and IL-76TD-90VD freighters from the airline’s fleet to move equipment from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and Moscow to Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk on the Russian island of Sakhalin. Onboard the IL-76TD-90VD flight from Moscow was a … [Read more...] about Volga-Dnepr AN-124, IL-76 rush compressor repair for Sakhalin-2
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CargoLogicAir completes first set of charters
Volga-Dnepr-backed CargoLogicAir (CLA) has completed its first series of charter flights since receiving its Air Operator Certificate from the UK Civil Aviation Authority. Ahead of the launch of scheduled cargo services, the new British cargo airline’s launch customer was Chapman Freeborn Italia, the global aircraft charter specialists, which organised two B747-400 Freighter charters with CLA to Bari in Italy. CLA’s first charter flights to Bari via Frankfurt carried a total of 113 tonnes of … [Read more...] about CargoLogicAir completes first set of charters
V-D delivers broadcasting/communications satellite
Volga-Dnepr Airlines’ expertise in moving space satellites will help to bring improved broadcasting and communication services in Turkey, Europe, Central Asia, the Middle East and Africa after completing a round-trip moving the Türksat 4B satellite and its special transport container. The airline carried the communications satellite to the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan onboard an An-124 freighter flight from Japan and was also assigned to return the cargo container. The satellite was … [Read more...] about V-D delivers broadcasting/communications satellite
V-D moves precious horse cargo
Volga-Dnepr Group has supported a project to reintroduce endangered Przewalski horses in the Ural steppes of Russia. One of the Group’s B737-400SF freighters carried six of the rare horses from Montpellier in France to Orenburg, located on the Ural River some 1,500 kilometres southeast of Moscow. The horses were accompanied by three representatives of the Association for the Przewalski Horse to ensure their safety and wellbeing throughout the six-hour flight. The Przewalski horse is one of … [Read more...] about V-D moves precious horse cargo
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
