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Ogiermann joins Volga-Dnepr

Airfreight industry veteran Ulrich Ogiermann (pictured, below) has joined Russian-owned Volga-Dnepr group as senior vice president for operations and deputy general director for CargoLogicManagement. He will be responsible for the implementation of Volga-Dnepr’s international cargo airlines group strategy and will manage control of the airlines’ annual operational results and operational standards compliance. From 2012 to 2017, he was chief cargo officer for Qatar Airways and, between 2003 and 2011, was ... [+]

Robert van de Weg rejoins Volga-Dnepr

Robert van de Weg has rejoined Volga-Dnepr Group as vice president for sales and marketing. He previously spent nearly three years at the group before deciding in 2017 to pursue his personal interests. Since then, he has continued to provide valuable advisory and consulting services to Volga-Dnepr. In his new ... [+]

Mercs on a mission

No African leader’s inauguration would be complete without a fleet of limos and Volga-Dnepr Airlines has duly obliged by shipping no less than 30 Mercs on a flight to Luanda for the inauguration ceremony of Angola’s newly-elected President, Joao Lourenco. Volga-Dnepr used its two-tier car racking system developed for its An-124-100 ... [+]

Antonovs to the rescue

Volga-Dnepr Airlines' 1L76 and An124 freighters have joined the Hurricane Irma relief effort in the Caribbean. The airline has now operated three flights carrying nearly 175 tonnes of relief goods and equipment, including an IL-76 charter by DSV Air &Sea on 18 September for the Danish Red Cross from Billund to ... [+]

Winter fails to baffle Baffin miner, thanks to Volga-Dnepr

Volga-Dnepr Airlines’ helped Canadian miner Baffinland Iron Mines increase its iron ore production at its Mary River site last autumn. It flew in extra equipment on one of its the IL-76TD-90VD freighters after ice having shut down the shipping lanes until late July or early August. [+]

Turning on the gas

Volga-Dnepr Airlines recently used a series of An-124-100 and IL-76TD-90VD charter flights, along with the scheduled Boeing 747 freighter services run by its sister airline, AirBridgeCargo (ABC), to help Deugro Airfreight deliver equipment for a new liquefied natural gas plant on the Yamal Peninsula in northwest Siberia. The first flight carried ... [+]

No lack of energy work, says heavylift carrier

Volga-Dnepr Airlines is continuing to see an upturn in the movement of oil and gas cargoes, including the recent delivery of pump and vaporizer skids to Seoul, South Korea. Operated on behalf of Air Charter Service France for its customer, Heppner Transport & Logistics, one of Volga-Dnepr’s An-124-100 freighters transported the ... [+]

Ruslan joint venture disbanded

Volga-Dnepr Airlines and Antonov Airlines are to dissolve their An-124-100 freighter joint venture, Ruslan International, on 31 December. The Russian and Ukrainian companies set Ruslan up in 2006 to jointly market their combined fleets and improve availability. Volga-Dnepr said it would continue to operate a fleet of 12 of the ... [+]

TIACA chooses new chief

Vladimir Zubkov will be TIACA’s new secretary general, replacing Doug Brittin, who retires at the end of the year. Zubkov has more than 40 years’ experience in the air transport industry, including senior roles with the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), and, most recently, as vice president of Volga-Dnepr Group. ... [+]

Another -8 jumbo for Volga-Dnepr

Volga-Dnepr has taken delivery of its tenth new 747-8 freighter at a handover ceremony in Everett, US. It brings ABC’s fleet to 16 747 freighters and following the group’s confirmation in July of an order for 20 similar aircraft. Future deliveries will lead to the phasing out of the remaining ... [+]

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