Russian Antonov-124 cargo plane seized by Canadian government at Toronto Pearson Airport
The Canadian government has seized a Russian cargo aircraft, an Antonov 124, at Toronto Pearson Airport. The plane has been grounded at the airport...
Volga-Dnepr Antonov An-124 carrying Covid-19 test kits seized at Toronto Pearson
An Antonov An-124 cargo aircraft carrying Covid-19 test kits ordered by the Government of Canada has been grounded at Toronto’s Pearson Airport as part...
Russian Ilyushin IL76TD transporting nuclear fuel arrives in Bratislava
In the morning of 1 March, a Volga-Dnepr Airlines Ilyushin IL76TD arrived in Bratislava, Slovakia originating from Moscow's Domodedovo Airport, Russia. The Russian aircraft...
Volga-Dnepr completes 6 charter flights to Billund with over 12 million COVID-19 test kits
On 31 January, one of Volga-Dnepr’s 12 Antonov An-124-100 registered RA-82044, landed at Billund airport (Denmark) carrying 72 tonnes of COVID-19 test kits. This...
ATRAN Airlines introduces a new freighter call from Shenzhen to Cologne/Bonn
ATRAN Airlines, an express freight carrier within Volga-Dnepr Group, launched a new route connecting Shenzhen (China) with Cologne/Bonn (Germany). The flight will be operated...
New flight from ATRAN Airlines guarantees stable connection between Xi’an and Cologne
ATRAN Airlines, the all-cargo carrier with the fleet of Boeing 737 freighters within Volga-Dnepr Group, introduced a freighter call to connect Xi’an (China) and...
AirBridgeCargo extends global partnership with WFS with 10-year cargo handling contract in Liege
AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) has awarded a 10-year cargo handling contract to Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) in Liege, further extending the all-cargo airline’s global strategic...
Volga-Dnepr and Airbus talk A350 conversion plans at MAKS 2021
On 22nd July 2021, a Volga-Dnepr delegation headed by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, Aleksey Ivanovich Isaikin, held a meeting with Airbus’s...
AirBridgeCargo Airlines signs three-year contract as the launch customer of WFS’ new cargo terminal at Atlanta Airport
AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC), part of Volga-Dnepr Group, has signed a three-year contract to become the launch customer of Worldwide Flight Services’ (WFS) new cargo...
Volga-Dnepr carries out efficient cargo operations to Antarctica for the 6th consecutive year
Volga-Dnepr supports Dronning Maud Land Air Network Project with efficient cargo operations to Antarctica for the 6th consecutive yearVolga-Dnepr Airlines, the world leader in...
Volga-Dnepr Airlines and Leipzig/Halle Airport are to establish Emergency Logistics Hub
Volga-Dnepr Airlines, part of Volga-Dnepr Group, and Leipzig/Halle Airport (LEJ) have inked the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the aim to set up an...
Leading airlines (incl. Brussels Airlines) commit to helping UNICEF in its historic mission of transporting COVID-19 vaccines around the world
UNICEF is today launching the Humanitarian Airfreight Initiative. Under this landmark initiative, over 10 leading airlines are signing agreements with UNICEF to support the...
Volga-Dnepr Airlines brings its first Antonov An-124-100 back into the skies
Volga-Dnepr Airlines, the expert in super heavy and outsized air cargo transportation, has re-started the An-124-100 commercial operations.The first plane has taken off after...
Volga-Dnepr Group deploys its first Boeing 777F across its worldwide network
Volga-Dnepr Group (which consists of Volga-Dnepr Airlines, AirBridgeCargo Airlines, ATRAN Airlines) phases in its first Boeing 777F. The freighter, which has been recently certified...
AirBridgeCargo Airlines steps into COVID-19 vaccine transportation phase
AirBridgeCargo Airlines, part of Volga-Dnepr Group, has accomplished its first COVID-19 vaccine transportation from Beijing (China). The delivery of CanSino's Covid-19 vaccine has been...
Volga-Dnepr grounds its Antonov An-124 fleet indefinitely
Volga-Dnepr Group has “put safety first” and made the decision to ground all its An-124s, following a recent emergency landing at Novosibirsk after an...
Volga-Dnepr Airlines An-124-100 suffers runway excursion in Novosibirsk following uncontained engine failure
On 13 November at about 12:08 (local time), a Volga-Dnepr Airlines An-124-100 (registered RA-82042) departed Novosibirsk Tolmachevo Airport, Russia towards Vienna, Austria on flight VI4066. Just...
AirBridgeCargo completes the first charter flight with elite breeding pigs in a series of 17 flights under the charter programme
AirBridgeCargo Airlines, part of Volga-Dnepr Group and one of the leaders in special cargo transportation, has delivered over 700 breeding pigs from Sheremetyevo International...
AirBridgeCargo Airlines organises Amsterdam / Hong Kong round-trip with 12 SkyCell containers for vaccines transportation
AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) has completed complex transportation of 12 SkyCell containers from Hong Kong to Amsterdam (The Netherlands).The transportation was organised in partnership with...
Boeing 777 Freighter joins Volga-Dnepr Group fleet, to be operated by AirBridgeCargo
777 Freighter’s superior range and efficiency to complement Volga-Dnepr’s fleet
Volga-Dnepr becomes the 19th operator to date to use the large-capacity twin-engine freighter.A...