AirBridgeCargo Airlines complete five Boeing 747F charter flights

 AirBridgeCargo Airlines complete five Boeing 747F charter flights

AirBridgeCargo Airlines, part of Volga-Dnepr Group and one of the leaders in air transportations for the healthcare sector recently have been in news for being a helping hand in the pandemic situation. As per the last update, the airline transported diabetes treatments to Chinese airports and now they have accomplished five Boeing 747F charter flights with packaging machines for COVID-19 associated materials from Frankfurt (Germany) to Atlanta (USA).

Over 200 tons of machinery was delivered under the National Healthcare Association project in cooperation with Geis Air + Sea GmbH to support local production facilities with efficient and viable packaging solutions.    

Yulia Celetaria, Global Healthcare Director of Volga-Dnepr Group, highlights: ‘This summer season differs from the previous ones as there has not been a single hint of the slow season, at least in the healthcare sector. Within two months we were able to support our customer, Radiant in Atlanta, with dedicated charter solutions to ramp up production of antiviral materials in the USA. The success of our joint battle against COVID-19 spread lies not only in the scale of vaccine production facilities but also in the well-timed logistics of the so-called peripheral cargo – packaging, vials, injection syringe, PPE for medical personal and other associated items. This is all part of the life-saving logistics we are committed to within Volga-Dnepr Group’.

For the first six months of 2021 AirBridgeCargo has seen the demand for both temperature and non-temperature pharmaceutical products, with an almost equal volume of cargo for both categories. The carrier has been also active in the vaccine air freight sector and accounts for over 60 percent of the total volume of vaccines carries across the globe.

ATRAN Airlines delivers 42,640 boxes with one-day-old chicks from Spain to Russia

 ATRAN Airlines delivers 42,640 boxes with one-day-old chicks from Spain to Russia

ATRAN Airlines (ATRAN) has accomplished its first European live-animal transportation from Spain to Russia. Boeing 737-800BCF charter flight has delivered 533 boxes with one-day-old chicks, weighing over 2,200 kilograms, in support of the local agricultural program.

The project was organized with great contribution from AirBridgeCargo Airlines’ team, one of another carrier within Volga-Dnepr Group which has extensive AVI experience and competence.

Steven Frederix, Live Animal Transportation Manager Europe, AirBridgeCargo Airlines, comments, “Following ATRAN’s successful European AVI certification earlier this year and receipt of a Type 2 Transport certificate which allows the company to deliver live animals to, from and across Europe, the ATRAN team of logistics practitioners has organized a dedicated flight containing 42, 640 one-day-old chicks. The delicate animals were handled and transported in accordance with IATA LAR (Live Animals Regulations) and European Council 01/2005 regulations maintaining a 24-26 C in-flight ambient environment at all times in order to ensure animals’ welfare.”

Vasiliy Zhukov, commercial director of ATRAN Airlines, comments, “We have been approaching the AVI market for a long time, seeing the demand and customers’ interests in B737 high-quality services. After implementation of our internal road map which covered certification, personnel training, and expansion of the fleet, we are now ready to offer specialist live-animals transportation services for our customers to and from Europe.”

The flight has been organized aboard Boeing 737-800BCF which has recently joined the company’s fleet ramping up its cargo capacity and totaling the number of freighters to 7. Thanks to the Volga-Dnepr Group’s Cargo Supermarket concept ATRAN’s customers have access to a unique freighter fleet of the Group consisting of An-124-100/150, Il-97TD-90VD, Boeing 747F and Boeing 777F.