Changi Airport Group (CAG) has welcomed AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) to Singapore Changi Airport, with its inaugural flight from Moscow, Russia arriving on 3 September. The international freighter carrier, which is part of Russia-based Volga-Dnepr Group, is launching twice-weekly Moscow-Singapore-Hong Kong-Moscow services with a B747-8F aircraft. ABC’s new services to Singapore establish Moscow as a new freighter city link for Changi Airport, and strengthen Changi Airport’s connectivity to … [Read more...] about AirBridgeCargo begins B747-8F service to Singapore Changi
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Volga-Dnepr delivers delicate laser technology
Delicate laser technology from Orebro in Sweden has arrived safely in Japan following six months of planning and preparation by the cargo transportation specialists at Volga-Dnepr Airlines. The high value industrial laser equipment required a non-standard engineering solution and a controlled temperature environment to complete its journey onboard one of Volga-Dnepr’s IL-76TD-90VD freighters. The laser installation will be used by one of the enterprises producing industrial electronics in … [Read more...] about Volga-Dnepr delivers delicate laser technology
Volga-Dnepr does an Ilyushin one-two to Kuwait
Volga-Dnepr Airlines has completed two simultaneous IL-76TD-90VD cargo flights to ensure the fastest possible delivery of urgent mobile drilling equipment for an oil and gas customer in Kuwait. The flights from Liege in Belgium carried 16-tonne mobile installations that drove into the cargo holds of the iconic ramp freighters under their own power for the deliveries to Al Kuwait. “As the cargo was required in Kuwait urgently, we operated two flights to ensure all of the drilling equipment … [Read more...] about Volga-Dnepr does an Ilyushin one-two to Kuwait
Volga-Dnepr races aid to Nepal
Volga-Dnepr has delivered 45 tons of humanitarian cargo on behalf of the Norwegian Red Cross to help earthquake victims in Nepal. A Rapid Deployment Emergency Hospital with surgical capacity and 60 beds was transported from Oslo, Norway, to Kathmandu over two flights in the first week of May using Volga-Dnepr’s IL-76TD-90VD freighter aircraft. Volga-Dnepr expects to operate further relief flights to Nepal, which suffered a devastating earthquake at the end of April. The 7.8 … [Read more...] about Volga-Dnepr races aid to Nepal
Volga-Dnepr starts validating ACC3 status
Volga-Dnepr Airlines has validated the first seven airports in compliance with European Commission aviation security regulations for cargo operating into the EU from non-EU countries. The airline organised for an independent auditor trained by IATA and accredited by the EU to confirm the ACC3 validation status for airports in New Delhi, India, Al Maktoum and Fujairah in the UAE, Islamabad, Karachi and Lahore in Pakistan, and Ankara in Turkey. It is also in the process of confirming the ACC3 … [Read more...] about Volga-Dnepr starts validating ACC3 status
IATA renews Volga-Dnepr’s IOSA certificate
Volga-Dnepr Airlines has renewed its IATA Operational Safety Audit (IOSA) certificate for the fifth time. The certification audit process included compliance checks to meet 834 IOSA requirements and was conducted by representatives of Quali-audit (France). They performed a detailed review and inspection of Volga-Dnepr Airlines’ key areas of activity, including its management system, aviation security, flight operations, aircraft maintenance, cargo operations and ground handling. … [Read more...] about IATA renews Volga-Dnepr’s IOSA certificate
