AIRFREIGHTNEWS ROUND-UP


Dreamlifts reveals global sales team


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ollowing confirmation from Volga-Dnepr that its joint venture with Antonov Airlines – Ruslan International – was dissolved at the


end of 2016, Antonov has revealed that Dreamlifts will take on the global sales and operations of the company’s fleet of AN-124s. The team will be based in the UK at the


airline’s new offices in Stansted Airport’s Diamond Hangar. Dreamlifts’ sales team includes some well-


known and experienced names in the outsize cargo sector. Paul Furlonger continues his long association


with Antonov Airlines, having spent the past 26 years working with the carrier’s world-famous aircraft. Graham Witton, who first began working with


Antonov Airlines in 1999, again teams up with Michael Goodisman, who commenced his career with the company in 1996. They are also joined by Paul Bingley, who has 30 years’ aviation experience, the last 12 of which


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amage sustained to Hybrid Air Vehicles’ Airlander after its heavy


landing in August, 2016, has been repaired. The new cockpit will now be painted in preparation for the fitting of the windscreens. The early part of this year will consist of a series of


rigorous tests before the Airlander continues its flight test programme.


have been spent working with the AN-124-100. Martin Griffiths joins the Dreamlifts team, with


18 years of aviation experience, also having worked for many years with the AN-124-100 in both operational and sales roles. A new face in the UK sales line-up is Martin


Banns, who has spent his entire career in the aviation industry, the last eight of which was with the AN-124-100.


IATA highlights link to growth


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ATA has released a study identifying a quantitative link between a country’s air


cargo connectivity and its participation in global trade. The study says a 1 percent increase in air cargo connectivity is associated with a 6.3 percent rise in total trade.


NEWS IN BRIEF


Air freight growth The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has released global air freight market data for November 2016 showing a rise of 6.8 percent compared with the previous year, more than 2.5 times the average annual monthly growth rate of 2.6 over the past decade.


Volga-Dnepr delivers Volga-Dnepr’s AN-124-100 freighter


transported pump and vaporiser skids, with a total weight of 34.3 tonnes, from Switzerland’s EuroAirport Basle- Mulhouse Freiburg to Seoul’s Incheon International Airport. The flight was operated on behalf of Air Charter Service France for Heppner Transport & Logistics.


ABC breakthrough AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) exceeded 1,000 Boeing 747 freighter flights in a year for the first time from Amsterdam Schiphol and Frankfurt airports in 2016. According to ABC, it is now the largest all-cargo operator in Amsterdam and the second largest airline overall for tonnage.


ACS revenue record Air Charter Service (ACS) has reported that the company’s revenue in November was more than GBP40 (USD49 million), making it a record month in its history.


Ball valves fly to Milan DB Schenker has coordinated the delivery of two ball valves on Volga- Dnepr Group’s IL-76TD-90VD freighters from Western Australia to Singapore.


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