ALW 36 sept 2010

36, September 2010
Congratulations to the Staff of The Volga-Dnepr Group of
Companies on the Airlines' 20th Anniversary
The following information was released by the office of the President of Russia:
Dmitry Medvedev noted that the Volga-Dnepr Group of Companies has achieved impressive results in its 20
years by having brought together motivated, responsible, highly-qualified professionals who are devoted to
their jobs and truly deserve respect of numerous customers and partners in Russia, the US, EU and
elsewhere.
The message reads, in part:
"The airline is an undisputed leader among domestic air cargo carriers and contributes to the development of
international business cooperation, as well as to the prestige of Russian aviation throughout the world."
The Volga-Dnepr Group of Companies unites nearly twenty businesses in seven nations. Volga-Dnepr is
Russia's largest air cargo carrier and a global leader in aerial transportation of unique, oversized, and ultraheavy cargos.
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Volga-Dnepr Group 20th
Anniversary
Amazing world record set!
August 15, Ulyanovsk. Nine of the world's strongest athletes
set a new world record moving An-124-100 Ruslan, the
largest serial-production freighter, weighing 195 tons for
6.39 meters in 13.47 seconds! The event devoted to VolgaDnepr Group's twentieth anniversary and Russia Aviation
Day gathered a record-breaking number of spectators, over
100 thousand.
The celebration events were attended by Grigory Rapota,
the Plenipotentiary Representative of the Russia President
to Privolzhsky Federal Territory), Sergey Morozov, The
Governor of Ulyanovsk Oblast, and Alexander Pinkov, the
Mayor of Ulyanovsk City. They congratulated the VolgaDnepr community with their jubilee anniversary, while all
citizens with Russia Aviation Day! Valery Gabriel, Executive
President Volga-Dnepr Airlines, also congratulated all
citizens and guests of Ulyanovsk with the Aviation Day, and
noted that the Ulyanovsk-made An-124-100 airplane which had been in operation by Volga-Dnepr for 20 years
now - could be called the Pride of Russia!
The main event of the day was the VD Group-organized a
An-124-100 tugging show. To set a record, the world's
strongest athletes had gathered in Ulyanovsk. These
included:
Zydrunas Savickas, Lithuania, Acting Strongest
Extreme World Champion,
Mikhail Sidorychev, Russia,
Elbrus Nigmatullin, Russia,
Vidas Blekaitis, Lithuania,
Stephan Peterson, Iceland, the youngest, 24-year old
athlete,
Mark Trevor Feliks, UK, the eldest of the participants,
Tarmo Mitt, Estonia,
Krzysztof Radzikowski, Poland, and
Stojan Todorchev, Bulgaria.
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Viewed by several thousand people, the nine athletes,
using special gear attached to the nose undercarriage of
AN-124, started moving the airplane from its still position. It
should be noted that the airplane weight was 195 tons, i.e.
21.667 t per a person in the team! Besides, all of the
crewmembers were onboard adding weight although not
accounted for.
“Of course, we were very tired both after the competition
and the tugging event,” said Mikhail Sidorychev, Russia,
“but after becoming aware of the result it feels good.” It was
for the first time ever that the world's largest airplane was
moved at such a distance by hand.
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proudly said after the concert that he was the son of an
Aviation Engineer, and Russian aviation has always been
close to him.
As Sergey Morozov said at the concert opening: “It is quite
symbolic that this band are here today at the celebration of
the leading and innovative Russia-based company. Let's
congratulate this amazing company with their jubilee, the
personnel who apart from just bringing revenue for the
company and the city, also make reputation of Russia's
aviation industry. And that's simply because they are the
best in the world!”
The airplane tugging process was confirmed by Vadim
Goryunov, Chief Referee for Russia World Record
Registration Committee, and Valentin Dikul, Honorary
President of The Russia Strongest Athletes Federation,
both present at the outstanding show.
“Attempts to move a Ruslan airplane were made previously,
but all were unsuccessful. Today, the new Russian record
was set. Relevant evidencing materials will be sent to
Guinness Book of Records headquarters.”
In the evening of the same day, Volga-Dnepr made one
more present for Ulyanovsk citizens in the central square of
the city. It accommodated concerts by the legendary
Sinyaya Ptitsa band, and famous Garik Sukachev who
Paris becomes seventh european city in
AirBridgeCargo's network
AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC), the scheduled cargo
business of Volga-Dnepr Group, has launched a twiceweekly all-cargo service to Paris Charles de Gaulle.
The new Boeing 747 route will link with both Domodedovo
and Sheremetyevo Airports in Moscow.
Paris becomes the seventh European city in ABC's growing
networking, reinforcing its position as Russia's largest
international scheduled cargo airline. This continued route
expansion supports Volga-Dnepr Group's network
development strategy and follows the arrival of the tenth
Boeing 747 to ABC's modern fleet.
“France remains one of Russia's most important trading
partners. It is noteworthy that AirBridgeCargo Airlines has
entered French market during the 'Year of France in Russia
and Russia in France', a campaign that is equally important
for both countries. We are proud to be offering the first ever
freighter connection between our two countries. And we like
to thank all parties involved to make this project happen. ”
said Tatyana Arslanova, Executive President of
AirBridgeCargo.
The inaugural flight was greeted with a traditional 'airplane
shower' and included meetings with local partners and
customers in Paris and an evening reception to celebrate
the new route.
AirBridgeCargo's European network also includes
Frankfurt, Amsterdam, Maastricht, Malmo, Zaragoza and
Milan. The Paris-Moscow flight will provide a convenient
link for the transportation of fashion and apparel products
and pharmaceutical goods to Russia. Additionally, it will
enable customers in France to access the vibrant China
market and ABC's other destinations in Asia via its hub at
Moscow Sheremetyevo.
AirBridgeCargo is represented in France by its GSSA
partner, Airnautiс.
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ABC adds fourth
destination in Сhina
through strategic cooperation with Zhengzhou
international airport
AirBridgeCargo Airlines is extending its all-cargo services
from China with a new twice-weekly B747-400 freighter
flight from Zhengzhou to Europe.
Flights from the capital of Henan province depart from
Zhengzhou International Airport every Wednesday and
Saturday to ABC's hub in Moscow and then continue onto
Frankfurt, Germany, connecting central China with Europe
and Russia. AirBridgeCargo aims to increase frequencies to
four B747F flights per week by the end of the year.
The inaugural flight is the first result of the strategic
cooperation between ABC and Zhengzhou International
Airport. Following the accelerated development of inland
regions prioritized by China Central government, Henan
province - as the most populous province in China with a
population of over 100 million - is attracting investment from
major export-oriented manufacturers.
Companies investing in the region appreciate the
advantages of the province's well developed land
transportation network, favorable investment climate, and
access to land, labor, and other resources at competitive
cost. The new air cargo service offered by AirBridgeCargo
from Zhengzhou is logical step in developing a complete
logistical infrastructure in Central China, so far underserved by international all-cargo airlines. The link between
Zhengzhou and global cargo markets will also benefit the
development of neighboring cities such as Wuhan,
Chongqing, and Chengdu, that will have easier and better
access to airfreight capacity.
For AirBridgeCargo Airlines, the
largest and fastest-growing
scheduled cargo airline in Russia
and the CIS, Zhengzhou is its
fourth destination in China, joining
Beijing, Shanghai and Hong
Kong- largest air cargo hubs of
China. Since its foundation in
2004, ABC has been steadily
increasing its presence in China,
currently offering double daily
service to Shanghai, and daily
flights to both Beijing and Hong
Kong using its modern and
growing fleet of B747-400F
aircraft, AirBridgeCargo provides
significant benefits for businesses
trading between China and
Europe, offering the shortest flying
time, a wide choice of
destinations, high frequency
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services and efficient connectivity, including to Paris, the
airline's latest European destination.
In strategic cooperation with airport authorities, business
partners, and the local freight forwarding community ABC is
determined to further enhance its airfreight product in
Central and Western China by steadily increasing the
frequency of flights from Zhengzhou airport to daily in 2011.
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Volga-Dnepr Technics Project will be brought up to Putin
An Interregional
Conference of United
Russia, the country's
ruling party was held in
Ulyanovsk on 9
September. As part of the
conference, various
development and
innovation projects
presented by companies
and organizations of the
Volga Federal District
were reviewed.
T h e " Vo l g a - D n e p r
Technics
One-stop
Aircraft Maintenance
Solution" project was
introduced to conference
participants by Volga-
Dnepr Airlines Executive President Valery Gabriel, and was
shortlisted for the next United Russia's district conference
with participation of the party's leader Vladimir Putin.
The recent conference in Ulyanovsk concentrated on the
strategy of social and economic development of the Volga
District to 2020 with specific attention to the action program
for 2010-2012. There were six panels on priority areas of
development, where 55 projects were reviewed and the 18
most promising initiatives received green light for the next
round.
Among them were four Ulyanovsk-based projects, namely
New Village Agricultural Cluster, Inza Area Nonmetallic
Mineral Products Cluster, Ulyanovsk-Vostochny Airport
Special Economic Port Zone, and "Volga-Dnepr Technics
One-stop Aircraft Maintenance Solution" project.
Now the best projects will receive further consideration at
the next United Russia's district conference that will be
attended by the party's leader Vladimir Putin.
Russia / Germany Aviation Authorities Negotiations
On June 15-17, the next round of Russia /Germany
aviation authorities negotiations on further
developing bilateral relationships in civil aviation
took place in Krasnoyarsk. The main subject of the
negotiations was defining an outlook for scheduled
cargo operations. In particular, issues discussed
included providing traffic rights for Russia air
carriers' (including AirBridgeCargo) flights from
Germany to destinations in North America,
implementing separate regulations for passenger
and cargo flights, and commercial cooperation
between carriers of the two states.
The teams of the two parties were led by Vladimir
Tasune, Director National Policy, Russia MoT, and
Herold Reichel, General Director, Germany CAA.
Leading Russia- and Germany-based air carriers
including Volga-Dnepr Group, S7, Transaero, GTK
Rossiya, Lufthansa, Lufthansa Cargo, Air Berlin, Air
Cargo Germany and others also took part in the
meeting: Alexei Leonov, Lead Manager External
R e l a t i o n s D e p a r t m e n t , a Vo l g a - D n e p r
representative was a Member of the Expert Team at
the negotiations.
Upon completion of the negotiations, the
participants went on an excursion to the local
Yemelyanovo Airport where they were show to
Volga-Dnepr Airlines' AN-124-100 freighter which
stayed at the airport for maintenance. Meanwhile,
the visitors communicated with the crew and made
commemorative pictures. Germany aviation
authority management highly appreciated technical
capabilities and uniqueness of АN-124-100 Ruslan
airplane.
The next negotiations round between Russia and
Germany aviation authorities is scheduled for
September 2010.
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ABC extends 747F network in Russia
AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) has extended its delivery network in Russia with the
launch of a new weekly flight from Amsterdam to Yekaterinburg and a direct service
from Frankfurt to Moscow's Domodedovo Airport.
The new routes are the next step in ABC's network expansion plans in Russia.
Following the creation and development of its Moscow Sheremetyevo hub, the
airline is now starting to develop new destinations in Russia. Yekaterinburg's unique
geographical position has seen it become a popular and important transport and
logistics centre on the Trans-Siberian route. The city is at the heart of main transport
roads that position Yekaterinburg at the center of key routes from Central Russia to
Siberia, adjacent to the Siberian to and the Trans-Siberia railway.
As well as Yekaterinburg, the new route allows ABC to offer deliver solutions to
destinations such as Tyumen, Nizhnevartovsk, Surgut, Nefteyugansk and South of
Ural (Chelyabinsk) using road feeder services. From Yekaterinburg, ABC's
customers will have the possibility to deliver cargo to Hong Kong and other Asian
destinations within its current network.
ABC is initially serving the Russian city with a weekly B747F scheduled charter flight
from Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport.
The launch of the new Domodedovo freighter service from Germany on May, 30th
will mark the start of a weekly B747F flight every Sunday. ABC will offer the only
freighter connection between Frankfurt and Domodedovo having previously served
the Moscow airport from other points in Europe. The new route reflects an increase
in volumes and customer requirements.
ABC operates 28 flights a week from Europe (Frankfurt, Amsterdam, Maastricht,
Zaragoza and Milan) to Russia, including three weekly frequencies to
Domodedovo.
“AirBridgeCargo offer exclusive air cargo solutions to the Russian market using its
modern fleet of Boeing 747 freighters. This has been increased to nine airplanes in
the last month. We have identified sufficient customer demand to support the launch
of our new routes to Yekaterinburg and Domodedovo. Koltsovo Airport is one of the
major airports in Russia and is equipped to handle all types of cargo,” said Tatyana
Arslanova, Executive President of AirBridgeCargo Airlines.
ABC is the biggest Russian cargo carrier and is the schedule cargo airline of VolgaDnepr Group.
Volga-Dnepr
representative
offices
Managing Company
35, Usacheva St.,
Moscow, 119048
Tel.:
+7 495 7557836/7556850
Fax:
+7 095 7556851
E-mail:
fax@msk.vda.ru
Volga-Dnepr Airlines
14, Karbysheva St.,
Ulyanovsk, 432072
Commercial department
Tel.:
+7 8422 590292
Fax:
+7 8422 590142
SITA:
ULYDMVI
E-mail:
commerce@vda.ru
Stansted
Volga-Dnepr UK Ltd.
Endeavour House,
Coopers End Road,
London-Stansted Airport,
Essex,
CM24 1AL
Sales
executives
+44 1279 661166
+44 7799 416324
Fax:
+44 1279 661103
SITA:
STNDMVI
E-mail: sales@volga-dnepr.co.uk
Houston
Volga-Dnepr Unique Air
Cargo, Inc
Town Center Plaza
9400 Grogans Mill Rd., Suite 220
The Woodlands, Tx 77380
Tel.:
+1 832 585 8611
Fax:
+1 832 585 8618
E-mail:
c_volga@yahoo.com
ABC, Moscow, Head office
Building 16/1, Malaya
Pirogovskaya,
Moscow, Russia, 119048
Tel. :
+ 7 495 7862613
+ 7 495 2342618
Fax:
+ 7 495 7556581
E-mail:
service.svo@airbridgecargo.com
NIC office
29, 40 - letiya Pobedy St.,
Ulyanovsk, 432072
Tel.:
+7 8422 204745
Fax:
+7 8422 202805
E-mail:
Info@sk-nic.ru