All AN-124 articles – Page 11

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    Mexican celebrations take off in France thanks to Volga-Dnepr

    2010-09-27T00:00:00Z

    September 27 - Main deck capacity provider Volga-Dnepr operated its first flight from an airfield in the Pyrenees in over a decade when it transported two Super Puma helicopters from France to take part in a military parade to mark Mexico's bicentenary ce

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    Volga-Dnepr An-124 takes German aid to Pakistan flood victims

    2010-09-02T00:00:00Z

    September 2 - A generous gesture by the German Ministry of Defence in sending 94 tonnes of urgently needed relief supplies to Islamabad to help victims of the devastating floods in Pakistan has been made possible by a Volga-Dnepr Airlines' An-124-100 frei

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    Volga-Dnepr Group launches 20th Anniversary photographic contest

    2010-08-12T00:00:00Z

    August 12 - As part of celebrations to marks its 20th anniversary, Volga-Dnepr Group is launching an international contest for professional and amateur photographers that have captured images of its unique aircraft fleet over two decades of global operati

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    Magnificent seven for Chapman Freeborn

    2010-07-07T00:00:00Z

    July 7 - Chapman Freeborn Airchartering Inc has delivered seven skimmer boats to help tackle the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, writes Alice Davidson.

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    Latest rumour regarding restart for An-124 production

    2010-06-23T00:00:00Z

    June 23 - Staff at HLPFI don't know what is more repetitive. Watching the England football team struggle through the group stage of a World Cup final (thank goodness for John Terry's backside), or anticipating news that the manufacture of the AN-124 is ab

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    With millimetres to spare, ACS delivers to Nigeria

    2010-05-24T00:00:00Z

    May 24 - Airfreighting a 30 tonne control unit to Nigeria proved a tight squeeze for London-based Air Charter Service (ACS).

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    Volga-Dnepr Group out-performs industry average

    2010-04-02T00:00:00Z

    April 2 - Volga-Dnepr Group, parent of heavy airfreight specialist Volga-Dnepr Airlines and scheduled air cargo operator AirBridgeCargo Airlines, said the carriers' combined traffic increased seven percent year-on-year in 2009 to 1.85 billion FTKs, which

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    Volga-Dnepr Group out-performs industry average

    2010-04-02T00:00:00Z

    April 2 - Volga-Dnepr Group, parent of heavy airfreight specialist Volga-Dnepr Airlines and scheduled air cargo operator AirBridgeCargo Airlines, said the carriers' combined traffic increased seven percent year-on-year in 2009 to 1.85 billion FTKs, which

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    Volga-Dnepr Group launches Engineering and Logistics Centre

    2010-03-05T00:00:00Z

    March 5 - Volga-Dnepr Group has launched a new Engineering & Logistics Center (ILC) to focus on the creation of tailored services for complex worldwide transportation logistics projects.

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    Russian heavyweight aircraft come to Haiti's aid

    2010-02-24T00:00:00Z

    February 24 - Ruslan International, the joint venture company which markets and manages the combined fleet of 17 An-124 aircraft belonging to its parents Antonov Airlines and Volga Dnepr Airlines, has begun a programme of nine flights to Haiti carrying ur

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    Project cargo forwarding requires new solutions for air lift

    2009-12-10T00:00:00Z

    December 10 - Project cargo forwarding has been on a roll in the last few years, but for those forwarders that rely on air freight movements, there are a number of challenges on the horizon that may very well impact on their business model within the next

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    Production of AN-124 will not resume just yet

    2009-12-04T00:00:00Z

    December 4 - Recent reports in the Russian media which indicated that production is about to resume on the AN-124 freighter aircraft (as reported on this website on December 2nd) have been put into perspective by a statement from Volga-Dnepr.

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    Far East peak season soars for Air Charter

    2009-12-03T00:00:00Z

    December 3 - Air Charter Service's Hong Kong office has flourished in a peak season that, to many, has come as a pleasant surprise. Freight volumes moving on charters have dramatically increased since early October.

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    Production set to restart on AN-124

    2009-12-02T00:00:00Z

    December 2 - Reports in the Russian media indicate that after three years of planning, production will resume on the AN-124 cargo aircraft.

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    Busy quarter for Chapman Freeborn to finish year

    2009-11-30T00:00:00Z

    November 30 - During the last quarter of 2009, Chapman Freeborn's worldwide offices have been involved in a series of headline activities, including humanitarian activity, a business expansion into Africa and a series of high profile heavy lift movements.

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    Russia to resume production of world's largest airplane

    2009-07-23T00:00:00Z

    July 23 - Reports in the Russian media suggest that production of the Antonov An-124, the largest commercial aircraft to be mass-produced, could be about to recommence.

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    AirBridgeCargo Airlines adds Kabul

    2009-07-20T00:00:00Z

    July 20 - AirBridgeCargo Airlines has launched a charter freighter service to Kabul, Afghanistan, operating every Tuesday using Boeing 747-200/300 cargo aircraft and offering some 100 tonnes of capacity. The city will be used as a connection to ABC's exis

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    Panprojects on track with premier Indian shipment

    2009-06-16T00:00:00Z

    June 16 - Panprojects, the projects division of the global forwarder Panalpina Group, has been involved in its first shipment of railway rolling stock to India that will power a massive expansion of the Delhi metro.

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    Heavy lift airline flies in to help fight pirates

    2009-06-03T00:00:00Z

    June 3 - Volga-Dnepr Airlines has transported supplies and equipment for Japan's Ministry of Defense (JGSDF) from Sendai, Japan to the Republic of Djibouti as part of a major multinational action to address sea piracy off the coast of Somalia.

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    AN-124 on line in Delhi

    2009-02-27T00:00:00Z

    February -27- An Antonov Airlines AN-124 delivered the first Bombardier Movia Metro to the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) for its Phase II expansion. It was transported directly from Germany to India and arrived in a media scrum at Delhi airport.