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FLEXIBLE & EFFICIENT


VOLGA-DNEPR’S ‘CARGO SUPERMARKET’ SUPPORTS DEUGRO’S LOGISTICS PROJECT FOR NEW GAS PLANT IN NORTHWEST SIBERIA’S YAMAL PENINSULA


CUSTOMER:


Deugro Airfreight GmbH


PROJECT: Gas Plant,


northwest Siberia SERVICES:


Air charter & scheduled services


FLEET USED:


An-124-100, IL-76TD-90VD & Boeing 747


DURATION:


Volga-Dnepr will continue to provide services to the project in 2017


Volga-Dnepr Airlines operated a series of An-124-100 and IL-76TD-90VD charter flights and utilised the scheduled Boeing 747 freighter services run by its sister airline, AirBridgeCargo (ABC), to help deugro Airfreight GmbH deliver vital equipment for a new liquefied natural gas (LNG) production plant on the Yamal Peninsula in northwest Siberia.


The Volga-Dnepr Group’s unique ‘Cargo Supermarket’ service helped deugro Organization find the best service/cost combinations for the flights, which operated out of Europe and the Asia-Pacific region.


The project commenced in 2015. In 2016, the airfreight part started with two IL-76TD-90VD flights from Frankfurt-Hahn Airport to Sabetta, Russia. The first flight carried 46 pieces weighing a total of 29 tonnes, followed three weeks later by a second transport with another 31 pieces totaling 17 tonnes. In November, more equipment destined for the LNG plant was


carried onboard AirBridgeCargo’s scheduled 747 freighter services from Singapore to Frankfurt and from Shanghai Pudong Airport to Amsterdam, from where the shipments then continued their journey by sea. The most recent flights included an IL-76TD-90VD out of Liege and an An-124-100 out of Dalian, China, both at the end of January 2017, to deliver more vital equipment destined for the LNG plant in Sabetta, Russia.


Tatyana Arslanova, Vice President, Group Strategy at Volga-Dnepr Group, commented: “These air services operated for deugro


support a major ocean freight project carrying cargo consolidated in Europe to northwest Siberia. With the winter season affecting ocean freight operations due to the build-up of ice, the time-critical shipments carried by Volga-Dnepr and AirBridgeCargo are enabling construction of the LNG plant to progress before severe winter weather slows down the project. The sensitivity and high value of the equipment were other factors in the decision to fly the cargo with us. Once again, we have been able to show a major customer the benefits we can offer through our Cargo Supermarket concept, which,


Tatyana Arslanova, Vice President, Group Strategy at Volga-Dnepr Group, commented:


“These air services operated for Deugro support what is a major seafreight project carrying cargo that is being consolidated in Europe to northwest Siberia. With the winter season affecting seafreight operations due to the build-up of ice, the time-critical shipments carried by Volga-Dnepr and AirBridgeCargo are enabling construction of the LNG plant to progress before the severe winter weather slows down the project. The sensitivity and high value of the equipment was another factor in the decision to fly the cargo with us. Once again, we have been able to show a major customer the benefits we can offer through our Cargo Supermarket concept which, given the global nature and complexities of this project, not only provides important cost efficiencies but also a high level of flexibility.”


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