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Biggest plane in the world thronged by thousands on arrival in Perth
A 117 TON generator aboard an Antonov-225 has landed for the first time in Australia thronged by thousands of onlookers in Perth.
"The excitement was great, there were high expectations", said Ron Koehler, CEO of Schenker Australia Pty Ltd.
"To organise air freight in an Antonov 225 is an absolute highlight. The cooperation between our experts in Adelaide and Perth with Czech colleagues went smoothly," he said.
Karpeles Flight Services, a specialist unit of DB Logistics subsidiary DB Schenker were responsible for the around the world trip.
The transport of the generator started on May 10 in the city of Pilsen (Czech Republic), from where it was brought overnight by a special multiple-axles truck to Prague.
At the airport of the Czech capital the generator was loaded into the AN225 (84 metres long, 18 metres high). The generator (8,80 metres long, 3,50 metres wide, 3,20 metres wide) is covered with a special canvas welded on at more than 30 points in the Antonov.
Stopovers on the almost 14,000-kilometre trip were scheduled in Turkmenbashi, Turkmenistan; Hyderabad, India and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
DB Schenker also arranged for the land transport to the Australian client, an alumina refinery in Collie, a four-hour drive from Perth.
"The excitement was great, there were high expectations", said Ron Koehler, CEO of Schenker Australia Pty Ltd.
"To organise air freight in an Antonov 225 is an absolute highlight. The cooperation between our experts in Adelaide and Perth with Czech colleagues went smoothly," he said.
Karpeles Flight Services, a specialist unit of DB Logistics subsidiary DB Schenker were responsible for the around the world trip.
The transport of the generator started on May 10 in the city of Pilsen (Czech Republic), from where it was brought overnight by a special multiple-axles truck to Prague.
At the airport of the Czech capital the generator was loaded into the AN225 (84 metres long, 18 metres high). The generator (8,80 metres long, 3,50 metres wide, 3,20 metres wide) is covered with a special canvas welded on at more than 30 points in the Antonov.
Stopovers on the almost 14,000-kilometre trip were scheduled in Turkmenbashi, Turkmenistan; Hyderabad, India and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
DB Schenker also arranged for the land transport to the Australian client, an alumina refinery in Collie, a four-hour drive from Perth.
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