All Volga-Dnepr articles – Page 10

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    Volga-Dnepr inks GE deal

    2016-07-13T00:00:00Z

    July 13 - Volga-Dnepr Group has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with GE Aviation, incorporating a long-term logistics support programme in which Volga-Dnepr's Boeing 747-8 and AN-124 freighters will provide transportation services for the General

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    Volga-Dnepr finalises Boeing order

    2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

    July 12 - Volga-Dnepr Group and Boeing have finalised terms for the acquisition of 20 B747-8 freighters, four of which have already been delivered.

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    Volga-Dnepr cuts container loading time

    2016-07-01T00:00:00Z

    July 1 - Volga-Dnepr Airlines has transported two power generators to Port Harcourt, Nigeria, using its new wing-lift system, which aims to reduce the loading time for large containers to less than 30 minutes.

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    Volga-Dnepr rushes to Bulgaria

    2016-06-30T00:00:00Z

    June 30 - Volga-Dnepr Airlines has flown a 25-tonne cable spool from Maastricht, the Netherlands to Varna in Bulgaria, to replace failed equipment on the drilling vessel, Noble Globetrotter II.

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    Turbine runner takes flight

    2016-06-24T00:00:00Z

    June 24 - A 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-124-100freighter.

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    Bridging the gap to Brazil

    2016-06-22T00:00:00Z

    June 22 - A loading system developed for the transportation of long aerospace cargoes provided the perfect solution to help load a 35 m long telescopic bridge onto a Volga-Dnepr Airlines' An-124-100 freighter for its delivery to Rio de Janeiro.

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    CLC meets in Lisbon

    2016-06-03T00:00:00Z

    June 3 - The CLC Projects network held its ninth global conference in Lisbon, Portugal from May 21-22.

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    GPLN celebrates success in Brussels

    2016-05-24T00:00:00Z

    May 24 - Approximately 170 delegates from around the world attended the Global Project Logistics Network's (GPLN) annual general meeting, which was held at the Marriott Hotel Grand Place in Brussels, Belgium from May 21-23.

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    Cold call for Volga-Dnepr

    2016-04-28T00:00:00Z

    April 28 - Volga-Dnepr Airlines has transported over 190 tonnes in support of the Dronning Maud Land Air Network (DROMLAN) project in Antarctica

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    Volga-Dnepr inks airport agreement

    2016-04-20T00:00:00Z

    April 20 - Volga-Dnepr Group and Moscow's Sheremetyevo international airport have signed an agreement on long-term and mutually beneficial cooperation in the field of cargo hub development at the Russian gateway.

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    Volga-Dnepr in the frame

    2016-04-19T00:00:00Z

    April 19 - Volga-Dnepr Airlines' Engineering & Logistics Centre (ELC) designed a transportation frame to move a 59-tonne compressor from Zurich, Switzerland to Singapore on board an AN-124-100 freighter.

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    Volga-Dnepr returns power to Malaysia

    2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

    April 5 - Volga-Dnepr Airlines and Chapman Freeborn have worked together to transport a 19-tonne portable welding system from Indonesia to Malaysia on board an IL-76TD-90VD freighter aircraft.

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    Isaykin joins TIACA hall of fame

    2016-03-30T00:00:00Z

    March 30 - The International Air Cargo Association (TIACA) has inaugurated Alexey Isaykin, president of Volga-Dnepr Group, to its hall of fame.

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    Volga-Dnepr aids Sakhalin-2

    2016-03-24T00:00:00Z

    March 24 - Volga-Dnepr Airlines' AN-124 and IL-76 freighters were called into action to ensure the repair of a compressor at Russia's Sakhalin-2 natural gas liquefaction plant.

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    Volga-Dnepr delivers space cargoes

    2016-02-26T00:00:00Z

    February 26 - Volga-Dnepr Airlines has completed its latest aerospace project, utilising one of its IL-76TD-90VD freighters to deliver a spacecraft payload module from Sheremetyevo Airport in Moscow to London Stansted.

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    Volga-Dnepr appoints three

    2016-01-27T00:00:00Z

    January 27 - Volga-Dnepr Airlines has appointed Axel Kaldschmidt as global director, aerospace industry; Fayçal Boumerkhoufa as global director, oil and gas industry; and Colon Miller as global director, humanitarian, government and defence programmes.

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    Volga-Dnepr seeks life on Mars

    2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

    January 19 - Volga-Dnepr Airlines has operated three AN-124-100 cargo flights for Bollore Logistics, carrying equipment and materials for the ExoMars space exploration programme that aims to discover any traces of life on Mars.

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    Volga-Dnepr in Antarctic airdrop

    2015-12-18T00:00:00Z

    December 18 - Volga-Dnepr Airlines has completed its first ever airdrop by parachuting 208 barrels of fuel from one of its IL-76TD-90VD freighter aircraft onto a remote airfield in the Antarctic.

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    Tragedy strikes Volga-Dnepr

    2015-11-23T00:00:00Z

    November 23 - Volga-Dnepr Airlines has confirmed that six of its crew members lost their lives during the terror attack in Bamako, Mali on November 20.

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    Freighters fly to ABC

    2015-11-18T00:00:00Z

    November 18 - Boeing has delivered two 747-8 freighters to AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC), part of Volga-Dnepr Group.