HEAVY LIFT\\\ Antonov giant


Air Charter Service and Antonov Airlines came to the rescue of a stranded Swiss Airlines Boeing in the Arctic Circle recently. The 777-300ER developed an


engine fault while en route from Zurich to Los Angeles over the far north of Canada. Fortunately, it made a smooth emergency landing at Iqaluit, and the 216 passengers and 17 crew members were flown on by a replacement aircraſt. However, there remained the


problem of getting the stricken aircraſt off the ground and on its way again. On-the-spot repairs to the faulty GE90 engine — the most powerful in the world — were quickly found to be impossible, so ACS moved fast to charter an AN-124 from Antonov Airlines to transport a replacement engine from Zurich base to the frozen wastes of Canada. It arrived in


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A n t ono v Airlines’ group sister company


is continuing to build airlines for other customers such as the 9.2t payload An132 and the 18-tonne An178. For the moment, though, Michael Goodisman’s remit is to keep the fleet busy. The freight forwarding industry is an important customer, says Goodisman, and one of his tasks is to ensure that such customers have Antonov Airlines “in their back pocket” as an option should they be faced with the need to move a large load urgently. Chartering a large aircraſt is


seen as expensive and something that is only done as a matter of last resort, though in some cases it can be the most cost-effective option, he says – for example to far-inland locations or places where road access is difficult or impossible. Antonov Airlines also publishes


Issue 2 2017 - Freight Business Journal The An124 waited patiently


rescues stranded Swiss aircraſt


Iqaluit within 48 hours of the emergency being declared. Antonov Airlines’ business


development director, Michael Goodisman, said the shipment was a good example of the rapid response service that the carrier can provide in emergency situations. He said that the carrier was able to pull together information on the conditions and equipment available at Iqaluit airport very quickly. ACS London Cargo director


James Cristofoli added that ACS was also asked to move engineers and a 25-tonne forkliſt tractor and equipment to offload the cargo, facilities at Iqaluit being somewhat limited. ACS also brought an inflatable


over-wing shelter to allow the engineers to work on the engine without going down with frostbite in the -30˚C temperatures.


lists of ‘empty legs’ where capacity on the aircraſt may available at keen prices. The charter market is largely


separate from the general airfreight sector, which has been affected by capacity rising faster than demand. The An124 comes into its own for large indivisible loads, oſten at remote airports. Each aircraſt carries its own set of handling gear, including cranes that can liſt up to 30 tonnes and the planes can also ‘kneel’ so that large loads can be driven straight on and off.


Another aircraſt available in the


fleet is the An225, by most counts the world’s largest cargo aircraſt. This is a unique machine, although the Aviation Industry Corporation of China has signed a deal with Ukraine’s Antonov Corporation to produce a second example of the six-engined aircraſt plane capable of carrying up to 250 tonnes.


Outlook positive


Specialist transport and shipping company WWL ALS believes that there is a more positive outlook for the heavyliſt and project freight markets. “Things appear to be moving, and the increase in oil and gas prices may play a part in this,” it said.


WWL ALS UK head of marine and port services Richard


Platts added that there were good prospects in green energy. “We have seen this with the investment and expansion of the Siemens site in Hull. Within the WWL ALS group an investment has been made into special trailers, which are able to move blades within tighter spaces by carrying the load at an angle.


Headquarters 1, Akademika Tupoleva Str. Kyiv, 03062, Ukraine Tel.: +380 44 454 0204, +380 44 454 0205 Fax: +380 44 454 2852 E-mail: sales@antonov.kiev.ua www.antonov.com


UK office Diamond Hangar, Long Border Road


London Stansted Airport, CM24 1RE, United Kingdom Tel.: +44 (0) 1279 912 291 Fax: +44 (0) 1279 219 975 E-mail: sales@antonov-airlines.com www.antonov-airlines.com


on the ground at Iqaluit for five days before moving the faulty engine back to East Midlands Airport, from where it was trucked to GE’s factory in Cardiff. Antonov Airlines’ commercial executive at in the UK, Martin Banns, who organised the flight, said: “Remarkably, despite sitting on the ground in those extreme temperatures, our AN-124 required no de-icing due to a lack of moisture in the air.”


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Stena Holyhead to host ‘electricity from waves’ scheme


Ferry companies oſten move oversize shipments for major projects, but UK and European ro ro operator Stena Line has taken the process a stage further by providing the infrastructure for a major scheme. It has entered a joint venture


with Swedish-based Minesto to build an assembly hall in Wales, which Minesto will


use to build revolutionary


undersea technology to generate electricity from the ocean. The hall, due to be completed


in June, will be built on Stena’s land at the port in Holyhead, Wales. The assembly hall will be leased to Minesto and used for


the upcoming roll-out of


Deep Green, Minesto’s unique technology for cost-effective


electricity production from slowly flowing underwater currents. Minesto’s first commercial


power plant array will be installed in Holyhead Deep off the coast of North Wales, the company having recently announced plans to expand the project from 10MW to 80MW installed capacity.


Unrivalled capability and experience in flying project cargo worldwide.


Over 25 years of record setting achievements including the unique AN-225, the AN-22 and seven AN-124s with up to 150t payload.


Supporting Aerospace, Oil & Gas, Energy, Humanitarian, Defence, Industrial, Automotive and other sectors.


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