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America’s Cup yacht takes to the air with Antonov Airlines

Ukraine’s Antonov Airlines has flown an AC75 yacht and equipment for the American Magic team from Providence, Rhode Island, to Barcelona, Spain for the Louis Vuitton 37th America's Cup. Logistics partners GAC Pindar and Solent Freight Services charted an An124, the world’s largest transport aircraft to deliver the yacht, 22 meters long, 5 meters wide and 3.5 meters high on a special cradle. The AC75 is a modified version of the mono ... [+]

Antonov asserts its independence

Ukrainian-owned outsized freighter operator Antonov Airlines has launched its own website at https://antonov-airlines.aero/. It follows discontinuation of its cooperation with general sales and service agent, Dreamlifts. The state-owned enterprise operates an fleet of cargo aircraft including five AN-124-100 “Ruslan” aircraft with payloads of up to 150 tonnes. The fleet continues ... [+]

Ukraine carrier keeps the lights on in Japan

Ukraine’s Antonov Airlines has delivered a power plant rotor from Atlanta, Georgia to Nagoya, Japan on board one of its An-124-100M aircraft. The 53-tonne piece was transported in a bespoke specific frame manufactured specially for this mission along with a ramp manufactured by Antonov`s in-house engineers. The rotor had been repaired in ... [+]

Ukraine carrier still delivering the goods

Ukrainian carrier Antonov Airlines has delivered Intelsat commercial satellite to Cape Canaveral  on one of its AN-124-100M aircraft. It flew the components from Moffet Federal Airfield in California, to NASA’s Shuttle Landing Facility in Titusville, Florida, USA, for a launch by the US aerospace company SpaceX. The 55,000kg cargo consisted of ... [+]

AN124 is the only option for turbine move

Ukraine’s Antonov Airlines and broker Air Charter Service have moved an oversized solar turbine from San Bernandino, US to Avalon, Australia on board an AN-124-100 aircraft. Due to the size of the cargo - 67 tons, 11.3 metres long and m length and 3.63m high - . the AN-124-100 aircraft ... [+]

Machines on the move with Antonov Airlines

Antonov Airlines and XPO subsidiary RXO Air Transport have moved CNC machinery from Milan, Italy to Hamilton, Canada in two flights on one of the Ukranian carrier’s AN-124-100 aircraft.  The 169-ton cargo consisted of five pieces including three unusually high and narrow machines used to manufacture electric vehicle parts in one ... [+]

Antonov completes island AOG move

Antonov Airlines and broker Air Partner have moved an aircraft engine and critical tooling from Luxembourg to Lajes island in the Azores, on board one of the Ukranian carrier’s AN-124-100M aircraft. The cargo weighing about 75 tonnes was loaded using the aircraft equipment and an external 48-ton mobile crane sourced by ... [+]

New AN225 ‘being built in secret location’

Work to build a new version of the Antonov AN-225 Mrija – the sole operational example of which was destroyed by Russian forces after they invaded Antonov Airlines’ Hostomel base early in the Ukraine war – has already started at a secret location, according to press reports. In an interview with ... [+]

Still in business: Antonov Airlines moves vital satellite for Elon Musk

Ukraine-owned Antonov Airlines has carried a civil telecommunication satellite on one of its AN-124-100-150 aircraft from Toulouse, France, to the US for Elon Musk’s SpaceX company. The heavylift airline, Antonov Airlines a division of Antonov Company, headquartered in Kyiv, has been temporarily relocated to Leipzig, Germany to allow continued operation of ... [+]

Antonov 225 ‘destroyed’ say reports

The sole operating example of the world's largest aircraft - the Antonov An-225 - has been destroyed in fighting for the Antonov Airlines base at Hostomel airport, Kyiv, the BBC reports, quoting Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba. Originally built to transport the Soviet Space Shuttle, the six-engined An-225 was used ... [+]

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