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09/06/2016
Volga-Dnepr Demonstrates the Value of a ‘Cargo Supermarket’ for Shipment of Marine Rescue Equipment to AustraliaVolga-Dnepr Group was able to demonstrate the unique advantages for customers using its ‘Cargo Supermarket’ service when moving a 41-tonne shipment of marine rescue equipment from Scotland to Perth, Australia
08/30/2016
Volga-Dnepr has organized flight dispatch services for Silk Way Rally for the sixth timeVolga-Dnepr Airlines has provided its flight support services to the international Silk Way Rally 2016 which took place on the Moscow, Russia – Astana, Kazakhstan – Beijing, China route on 8 to 24 July this year.
08/23/2016
Chapman Freeborn and Volga-Dnepr deliver logistics support for Solar Impulse 2’s historic round-the-world tripSolar Impulse 2’s historic mission to become the first solar-powered aircraft to circumnavigate the globe and to showcase that clean technologies can achieve the impossible was successfully achieved with the logistics support of Chapman Freeborn and Volga-Dnepr Airlines.
08/12/2016
Thank-you letter from our customerOJSC Power Machines expressed their gratitude to Volga-Dnepr Airlines for its outstanding professionalism, on-time performance and exemplary catering to transportation of an 85-ton turbine wheel for Ust-Srednekanskaya hydro power plant.
08/05/2016
VD Gulf & UTair – the beginning of cooperationAfter a thorough and detailed tender evaluation process UTair, the prominent Russian based airline, selected Volga-Dnepr Gulf to perform maintenance work on UTair’s Boeing 737-400 aircraft. The work scope includes ship set landing gear change, multiple A-checks and AD/SB accomplishment.
08/01/2016
Volga-Dnepr Group reports changes in the management teamMoscow August 1, 2016. – Executive President of AirBridgeCargo Airlines LLC resigns after three years of work in accordance with mutual agreements.
07/13/2016
Volga-Dnepr Group and GE announce global strategic partnership.Strategic cooperation agreement covers the long-term provision of logistics support services to GE using Boeing 747-8F and An-124 freighters and $1.4 billion expansion of TrueChoice Flight Hour agreement
07/07/2016
Volga-Dnepr Gulf welcomes back Iron Maiden Ed Force OneOn 27th of June Air Atlanta-Icelandic Boeing 747-400 aircraft customized for Iron Maiden Rock Band “Ed Force One” arrived at Volga-Dnepr Gulf (VD Gulf) hangar to for C-check and reapplication of new livery after completion of the band’s “The Book of Souls World Tour”.
07/05/2016
Volga-Dnepr’s new ‘wing lift’ system expedites loading of large cargo containersVolga-Dnepr Airlines has transported two power generators to Port Harcourt, Nigeria, with the help of a new ‘wing lift’ system that reduces the loading time for large containers to less than 30 minutes.
06/23/2016
Volga-Dnepr delivers 85-ton runner for Magadan’s new hydroelectric power stationA turbine runner and tooling weighing 115 tonnes and destined for the Ust-Srednekanskaya hydroelectric power station has arrived safely at Sokol Airport in Magadan, Russia, onboard a Volga-Dnepr Airlines’ An-124-100 ‘Ruslan’ freighter.
06/22/2016
An-124 freighter delivers 35-metre telescopic bridge to BrazilA special loading system developed for the transportation of long cargoes provided the perfect solution to help load a 35-metre telescopic crane bridge onboard a Volga-Dnepr Airlines’ An-124-100 freighter for its delivery to Rio de Janeiro.
06/16/2016
Volga-Dnepr Technics Moscow adds Sukhoi Super Jet 100 to its MRO capabilityVolga-Dnepr Technics Moscow (VDTM), part of Volga-Dnepr Technics subgroup – a maintenance, repair and overhaul division of Volga-Dnepr Group, has successfully passed a certification process to become an approved maintenance organization for Sukhoi Super Jet 100 aircraft under Russian Federal Aviation Regulations 285.
06/14/2016
Volga-Dnepr Gulf Obtains ‘Unlimited’ EASA Part-145 ApprovalVolga-Dnepr Gulf has extended its EASA Part-145 certificate to include a full range of maintenance activities (up to D-check) on Boeing 747-400 and Boeing 737 CL/NG type aircraft.
06/10/2016
Volga-Dnepr Gulf signs Boeing 747 Base Maintenance-Checks with Air Atlanta IcelandicVolga-Dnepr Gulf (VD Gulf) based in Sharjah, UAE, has recently signed agreement for nose-to-tail inputs of Air Atlanta’s Boeing 747-400s for Base Maintenance checks including AD/SB & out of phase works.
06/01/2016
Volga-Dnepr completes urgent cable spool delivery to offshore gas drilling vessel in BulgariaVolga-Dnepr Airlines was quick to respond to a customer’s request to move a 30-tonne shipment, including a 25-tonne cable spool, from Maastricht in the Netherlands to Varna, Bulgaria, to urgently replace failed equipment on the Noble Globetrotter II drilling vessel developing an offshore gas field
05/24/2016
AirBridgeCargo Embraces New Destinations with the Launch of Houston - Abu-Dhabi FlightEffective May 23 AirBridgeCargo Airlines will introduce Houston- Abu-Dhabi flight - a new regular freight service under its expanded international network.
05/24/2016
Italian Air Cargo Community Pays Tribute to AirBridgeCargo’s PerformanceThe Italian Association of Air Cargo Agents (ANAMA) presented its “Quality awards 2016” to air transport members at an annual event held at Alcatraz Milano, with the highest accolade (Quality Overall Performance) going to AirBridgeCargo Airlines.
04/28/2016
Volga-Dnepr transports over 190 tonnes of cargo in first ‘season’ of Antarctic airfield operationsVolga-Dnepr Airlines first-ever ‘season’ of cargo flights to Antarctica transported over 190 tonnes of cargo to support the new DROMLAN international Antarctic project supported by nations including Belgium, Germany, Finland, India, Japan, the Netherlands, Norway, Russia, South Africa, Sweden and the United Kingdom.
04/26/2016
Volga-Dnepr engineers special transport frame for 59 tonne oil rig compressor deliveryVolga-Dnepr Airlines’ Engineering & Logistics Centre (ELC) designed a unique transportation frame to move a 59 tonne compressor from Zurich to Singapore for inclusion into a bespoke Oil Rig build.
04/20/2016
AirBridgeCargo stregthens its quality service with cargo iQ certificateAirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) has been issued Cargo iQ certificate after it successfully passed the audit procedures for compliance with the International Air Transport Association’s Cargo iQ quality standards. The document was presented during the session of Cargo iQ Technical Group in Essen, Germany on the 19th of April.
