AirBridgeCargo Airlines’ (ABC) reputation for the safe delivery of high value and sensitive shipments made it the perfect partner to carry the eROSITA X-ray telescope from Germany to Russia in preparation for its launch onboard the ‘SRG’ spacecraft in spring 2018. The telescope will ultimately produce a new map of
Month: May 2017
Quick-thinking helps Canadian iron ore mining project
Volga-Dnepr Airlines’ outsize cargo specialists came up with an innovative solution to help the Canadian mining company Baffinland Iron Mines increase its iron ore production quota in 2017 at its Mary River operation in North Baffin, Nunavut, Canada. In 2016, Baffinland achieved 3.2m tonnes of production and transportation of iron ore
Volga-Dnepr AN-124-100 flights deliver 11 generators
Volga-Dnepr Airlines’ iconic An-124-100 freighters delivered 11 generators, weighing 57 tonnes a piece, to Madagascar’s capital city Antananarivo. The added juice provides a critical boost to the country’s power grid, where rolling blackouts triggered social unrest in 2014, and a cyclone that struck this March caused widespread power outages. A 2016 World Bank
BBC launches “BBC Euro-Gulf Express Line”
Following the extension of BBC’s westbound capacity with BBC’s Med-America Service, BBC Chartering now adds a regular “apac service” departing every fortnight from the Continent to the US-Gulf starting mid-June. The capacity is marketed as “BBC Euro-Gulf Express Line” and offers project cargo customers most flexible transport solutions, reliable service frequency
AN-124 Charter Cost Fall As Much As 40%
The high costs of chartering an AN-124 cargo aircraft have fallen by as much as 40%, in some cases, since the near-monopoly of the Ruslan joint-venture was dissolved. The break-up happened at the end of last year, due to political differences between Russia and Ukraine. Admitting prices for the aircraft, marketed by Antonov/Volga-Dnepr
China pledges $124 billion for new Silk Road
Tidewater to File for Chapter 11
New Orleans-based oil services company Tidewater Inc. has entered into a prepackaged restructuring agreement with certain lenders that will require the company to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Tidewater announced the restructuring and said it expects the pre-packaged plan to substantially deleverage its balance sheet and better position the company as it
Emirates SkyCargo and Cargolux into cargo partnership
Emirates SkyCargo and Cargolux Airlines today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for a strategic operational partnership in air cargo transportation. This unique and ground breaking agreement, the first of its kind in the air cargo industry between a mainline airline and a specialized freighter operator, will allow cooperation between
Here’s Your First Look At Uber’s Mysterious Long-Haul Trucking Project
Okay, it might not help the company relocate its ever-growing pile of public-relations disasters, but there is a long-haul semi on the road that seems to belong to Uber. Revealed in a picture tweeted by CEO Travis Kalanick on Sunday, the truck appears be part of Uber Freight, the company’s long-planned but
Cargolux flies profitably through volatile 2016
Cargolux Airlines has proved its qualities once more in the extremely volatile environment of the international air cargo industry. In a year dominated for the major part by worryingly low yields, fierce competition and overcapacity, the airline experienced a robust fourth quarter, one of the strongest in many years. The