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10/03/2014
Chapman Freeborn and Volga-Dnepr deliver Argentina’s first satellite on AN-124 charterChapman Freeborn Airchartering and Volga-Dnepr Airlines have helped Argentina’s aerospace industry deliver a piece of history by transporting the first-ever space satellite manufactured in the country from San Carlos de Bariloche Airport to its launch site in French Guiana.
09/29/2014
AirBridgeCargo Airlines Adds More B747F Flights ex Tokyo and SeoulAirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC), Russia’s largest international cargo airline and a part of Volga-Dnepr Group, is increasing its Boeing 747 freighter flights linking Tokyo and Seoul with Moscow.
09/26/2014
French Trade delegation meets with Volga-DneprThe French Trade Commission UBIFRANCE, responsible for export promotion, has paid a visit to Volga-Dnepr Airlines in Ulyanovsk to gain a better understanding of its unique air logistics capabilities.
09/23/2014
AirBridgeCargo Airlines first flight gets a splashing welcome at Basel airportThe first flight of AirBridgeCargo Airlines touched down just before 4 p.m. on Friday at EuroAirport Basel Mulhouse Freiburg. ABC Boeing 747-8F was given a water cannon salute at touchdown, an airport tradition in the aviation industry when a new airline starts services.
09/15/2014
AirBridgeCargo targets pharma business with new Basel freighter serviceThe transportation options for Basel’s thriving healthcare industry will be extended from September 19 with the launch of a Boeing 747 freighter service by AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC).
09/02/2014
‘Cigarette Marauder’ power boat sets sail with Volga-Dnepr to NiceA ‘Cigarette Marauder’ power boat has arrived in Nice in the south of France onboard Volga-Dnepr Airlines’ IL-76TD-90VD freighter flight after its engineers devised a special loading solution to accommodate the boat’s length, weight and low ground clearance.
08/21/2014
Volga-Dnepr Group Invites Winners of ‘Future Airlifter’ Contest to Join its Design Bureau TeamVolga-Dnepr Group’s international competition to design an ‘Advanced Transport Aircraft of the 21st Century’ inspired aircraft engineers and aviation enthusiasts from 22 to 74 years of age to put forward their ideas and was won by three students attending the Moscow Aviation Institute.
08/15/2014
Volga-Dnepr transports mobile hospital for Saudi royal familyA Volga-Dnepr Airlines’ An-124-100 ‘Ruslan’ freighter has delivered a 45-ton mobile hospital for members of the Saudi royal family from Ankara in Turkey to Tangier, Morocco.
08/11/2014
Volga-Dnepr Group Celebrates 80th Birthday of Legendary Chief Designer of the An-124 and An-225 Transport AircraftVolga-Dnepr Group today celebrates the 80th birthday of Victor Tolmachev, the legendary Chief Designer of the An-124 ‘Ruslan’ and An-225 ‘Mriya’ transport aircraft, to mark his ‘outstanding contribution’ to the world of aviation.
07/23/2014
Volga-Dnepr’s IL-76TD-90VD Fleet sees oil and gas deliveries double in first half of 2014Volga-Dnepr Group’s Engineering & Logistics Center (ELC) developed a special loading frame that provided a timely and cost efficient solution for a customer moving a
07/19/2014
Volga-Dnepr Lifts Lifts for Reconstruction Programme at Belarus AirportVolga-Dnepr Airlines has delivered lifts and escalators for the modernisation of the National Belarus Airport from Shanghai in China to Minsk, Republic of Belarus. The flight was operated under the Ruslan International joint venture.
07/03/2014
Volga-Dnepr delivers 80 tons of oil and gas equipment to Cape TownAn-124-100 and IL-76TD-90VD freighters from Volga-Dnepr Airlines’ fleet were called into action to deliver more than 80 tons of oil and gas equipment to Cape Town in South Africa.
06/24/2014
Singapore Sports Hub is pitch perfect thanks to ‘flying’ artificial grass machinesTwo 9-ton artificial grass machines used to create sustainable sports stadium pitches have arrived in Maastricht in the Netherlands onboard a Volga-Dnepr Airlines’ IL-76TD-90VD.
06/23/2014
AirBridgeCargo Airlines Is Voted ‘Best All Cargo Carrier’ in 28th Asian Freight and Supply Chain AwardsAirBridgeCargo Airlines, Russia’s largest scheduled cargo airline and part of Volga-Dnepr Group, has been named ‘Best All Cargo Carrier’ in the 28th Asian Freight & Supply Chain Awards (AFSCA).
06/19/2014
Volga-Dnepr moves Turkey’s prototype attack helicopterVolga-Dnepr Airlines has delivered a prototype of the Turkish T129 attack helicopter onboard an IL-76TD-90VD cargo flight from Ankara to Berlin, Germany, and back to Turkey.
06/16/2014
A Rig for Russian DrillersVolga-Dnepr Airlines again proved its competence as the global leader in the specialist market of oversized cargo by delivering a mobile 24-meter high drilling rig onboard its AN-124-100 Ruslan freighter from Novy Urengoy to Mirny, Russia for Verkhnechonskoe oil-gas condensate field.
06/05/2014
Best Documentary AwardA documentary film “Welcome to Paradise” was named the “The Best Nonfiction Film” of the VI International Festival of Films and TV Programs also known as “With All My Heart” annual film festival organized in Ulyanovsk, Russia in memory of the famous Soviet and Russian TV anchor Valentina Leontyeva.
06/04/2014
Volga-Dnepr sees strong growth in satellite businessVolga-Dnepr Airlines has seen a big increase in shipments for the aerospace industry with 22 flights moving space satellites over a 12-week period to the end of May.
05/29/2014
Volga-Dnepr operates first satellite flight for Saudi Arabia’s “KACST” Science and Technology organisationVolga-Dnepr Airlines has operated its first flight for Saudi Arabia’s King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) organisation, moving the SaudiSat-4 satellite made in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to its launch site in Orsk, Russia.
05/28/2014
Russian meteorological complexes arrive home onboard An-124-100 after “Test-Drive”Two mobile meteorological support complexes have arrived back in Yekaterinburg, Russia, from Delhi, India, onboard a Volga-Dnepr Airlines’ An-124-100 aircraft after going for a “test drive”.
