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Volga-Dnepr's 'supermarket' flies equipment from Europe, APAC to Siberia
RUSSIA's Volga-Dnepr Group is continuing to offer its 'Cargo Supermarket' service that is operated by Volga-Dnepr Airlines and sister carrier AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC).
One ongoing project involves Volga-Dnepr Airlines operating a series of Antonov AN-124-100 and Ilyushin IL-76TD-90VD charter flights in addition to using capacity on ABC's scheduled Boeing 747 freighter services to transport equipment for a new liquefied natural gas (LNG) production plant on the Yamal Peninsula in northwestern Siberia, reported London's Air Cargo News.
According to the airline group, Volga-Dnepr Cargo Supermarket service helped the customer, Deugro Airfreight, source the best service/cost combinations for the flights between Europe and Asia Pacific.
The project was launched in 2015, with the first supporting air operations taking place in 2016, when two IL-76TD-90VD flights were made from Germany's Frankfurt-Hahn Airport to Sabetta, Russia.
Equipment destined for the LNG plant has been flown from destinations such as Singapore to Frankfurt and from Shanghai Pudong Airport to Amsterdam, from where the shipments then continued their journey by sea. The most recent flights to Sabetta included an IL-76TD-90VD flight out of Liege, Belgium, and an AN-124-100 flight out of Dalian, China, both at the end of January 2017.
Said Volga-Dnepr vice president Tatyana Arslanova: "With the winter season affecting ocean freight operations due to the build-up of ice, the time-critical shipments carried by Volga-Dnepr and AirBridgeCargo are enabling construction of the LNG plant to progress before severe winter weather slows down the project."
One ongoing project involves Volga-Dnepr Airlines operating a series of Antonov AN-124-100 and Ilyushin IL-76TD-90VD charter flights in addition to using capacity on ABC's scheduled Boeing 747 freighter services to transport equipment for a new liquefied natural gas (LNG) production plant on the Yamal Peninsula in northwestern Siberia, reported London's Air Cargo News.
According to the airline group, Volga-Dnepr Cargo Supermarket service helped the customer, Deugro Airfreight, source the best service/cost combinations for the flights between Europe and Asia Pacific.
The project was launched in 2015, with the first supporting air operations taking place in 2016, when two IL-76TD-90VD flights were made from Germany's Frankfurt-Hahn Airport to Sabetta, Russia.
Equipment destined for the LNG plant has been flown from destinations such as Singapore to Frankfurt and from Shanghai Pudong Airport to Amsterdam, from where the shipments then continued their journey by sea. The most recent flights to Sabetta included an IL-76TD-90VD flight out of Liege, Belgium, and an AN-124-100 flight out of Dalian, China, both at the end of January 2017.
Said Volga-Dnepr vice president Tatyana Arslanova: "With the winter season affecting ocean freight operations due to the build-up of ice, the time-critical shipments carried by Volga-Dnepr and AirBridgeCargo are enabling construction of the LNG plant to progress before severe winter weather slows down the project."
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