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Volga-Dnepr signs Alibaba deal

Volga-Dnepr will guarantee access for Alibaba freight arm, Cainiao Smart Logistics while the latter will make the Russian cargo airline its preferred carrier under a new memorandum of understanding. The two partners will also work to develop an optimal scheduled route network in Asia, Europe and Russia. [+]

Volga-Dnepr Houston base is on the launch-pad

Heavylift airline Volga-Dnepr has opened an operations base at Houston George Bush Intercontinental Airport to serve North and South America. The site is an expansion of the group’s sales office, established in 2001. It will handle clients in the oil and gas, heavy machinery, energy and aerospace sectors and will ... [+]

Eleven thousand horses to Saudi

Volga-Dnepr Airlines and Kintetsu World Express France (KWE) expertly orchestrated the move of an 11,000 horsepower Alstom motorised pump to Damman, Saudi Arabia. It was transported on board a chartered An-124-100 aircraft from Vatry, France, taking just seven days after the initial charter request was received, saving over 20 days ... [+]

Out of this world

Volga-Dnepr Airlines and Bolloré Logisticshave delivered the first European Space Module (ESM) for the program which, in 2022, will take astronauts 64,000km beyond the Moon. The 14-ton module, transported in a special container to maintain precise temperature and pressure conditions, as well as 10 tons of supporting equipment, were delivered ... [+]

Volga-Dnepr to the rescue in Sulawesi

Volga-Dnepr Airlines has delivered generators and a water purification system to Indonesia in the aftermath of the earthquake and tsunami that struck Sulawesi, Indonesia in late September. The flight was performed by one of Volga-Dnepr Airlines’ modernised IL-76TD-90VD freighters from Châlon Vatry Airport in France to Balikpapan for the Crisis ... [+]

Air Partner spearheads hurricane relief effort

Charter firm Air Partner swung into action on 9 September when it was asked by emergency response specialist Radiant Global Logistics to deliver supplies to the US Pacific island of Guam ahead of Typhoon Mangkhut. Antonov Airlines’ giant AN-225 and AN-124 aircraft moved urgent relief supplies including water and ready ... [+]

Charter chief for Volga-Dnepr

Volga-Dnepr Group has appointed Konstantin Vekshin as executive president, charter cargo operations for Volga-Dnepr Airlines. Based in London, he will focus on achieving the airline’s strategic objectives, managing its international operating bases and regional sales offices - including the UK, Ireland, Russia, Germany, US, UAE and China - and building ... [+]

Volga-Dnepr launches urgent airspares service

Volga-Dnepr Group has launched a global ‘aircraft on ground’ (AOG) service to manage the delivery of urgent spare parts to stranded planes. Supported by a team of aviation professionals, it will offer the fastest and most cost-efficient solution using either air charter or scheduled cargo services, utilising the Group’s fleet ... [+]

Cargo carriers sign Belgian gateway deal

Volga-Dnepr Group and CargoLogicAir  have signed a memorandum of understanding with Liege Airport to develop a regional hub and enhance freighter capacity at the Belgian airport. Within the next three to five years they will set up an operation of to 30 cargo flights per week, including arrangements for special ... [+]

Volga-Dnepr and CargoLogic sign multi-billion freighter deal

Volga-Dnepr Group and CargoLogicHolding signed a package deal at the Farnborough International Airshow including a letter of intent to acquire 29 Boeing 777 Freighters, confirmation of an order for five Boeing 747-8 Freighters, a crew pairing solution and an agreement to work together on future freighter projects. While Volga-Dnepr Group is ... [+]

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