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Volga-Dnepr deploys 747 and IL-76TD-90VD for speed and cost savings
RUSSIA's Volga-Dnepr Airlines combined a Boeing 747 scheduled service with an IL-76TD-90VD charter flight to deliver a 12,660-kilogramme gas turbine to a power station in Yangon, formerly Rangoon, the largest city and former capital of Myanmar, formerly Burma.
(Naypyidaw, 200 miles north of Yangon, or Rangoon, has been the new capital since 2005.)
Measuring 560 x 260 x 250 cm, the turbine started its journey onboard a 747 freighter from Chicago to Hanoi using a scheduled service operated by Volga-Dnepr's sister airline, AirBridgeCargo (ABC).
The ABC cargo team in Chicago conducted a detail planning process to prepare the outsize cargo for loading into the freighter, reported the American Journal of Commerce.
In Hanoi, the shipment was transferred from the 747 to Volga-Dnepr's IL-76TD-90VD ramp loading freighter, marking the first time such a transfer operation had been undertaken at the airport. The turbine's final destination airport was Yangon.
Another factor that contributed to the smooth transit of the cargo between the two aircraft was the fact that the entire operation was overseen by the Volga-Dnepr local team, based at its new Hanoi operating base.
"Speed was the priority, but our solution also provided cost savings. Having our own team in Hanoi meant the whole operation was seamless," said Volga-Dnepr regional sales chief Quentin Bond.
(Naypyidaw, 200 miles north of Yangon, or Rangoon, has been the new capital since 2005.)
Measuring 560 x 260 x 250 cm, the turbine started its journey onboard a 747 freighter from Chicago to Hanoi using a scheduled service operated by Volga-Dnepr's sister airline, AirBridgeCargo (ABC).
The ABC cargo team in Chicago conducted a detail planning process to prepare the outsize cargo for loading into the freighter, reported the American Journal of Commerce.
In Hanoi, the shipment was transferred from the 747 to Volga-Dnepr's IL-76TD-90VD ramp loading freighter, marking the first time such a transfer operation had been undertaken at the airport. The turbine's final destination airport was Yangon.
Another factor that contributed to the smooth transit of the cargo between the two aircraft was the fact that the entire operation was overseen by the Volga-Dnepr local team, based at its new Hanoi operating base.
"Speed was the priority, but our solution also provided cost savings. Having our own team in Hanoi meant the whole operation was seamless," said Volga-Dnepr regional sales chief Quentin Bond.
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