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KALININGRAD TAKES DELIVERY OF MOBILE POWER PLANT TO SAFEGUARD ELECTRICITY SUPPLIES
An 80-ton mobile gas turbine power plant for a government programme to increase the reliability of the Kaliningrad region’s energy system has been transported from the Russian city of Abakan by Volga-Dnepr Airlines.
The outsize cargo, carried onboard one of the airline’s AN-124-100 freighters, measured 20 metres in length and more than four metres in height and width. To load the plant, Volga-Dnepr’s experts used a ramp extension so the trailer carrying
the gas turbine could be reversed into the freighter aircraft under its own power. This challenging process was managed and closely controlled by the technical crew of the aircraft.
Under the contract, all of the necessary permissions had to be organised to land the ‘Ruslan’ freighter at Khrabrovo Kaliningrad airport. This was the first AN- 124-100 flight Volga-Dnepr has operated to Khrabrovo.
AN-124 PARTICIPATES IN OPENING OF NEW DYNCORP INTERNATIONAL HANGAR IN ALABAMA
One of Volga-Dnepr Airlines’ AN-124-100 freighter aircraft was toured by influential leaders from the Huntsville, Alabama local community as well as State and Congressional leaders in the U.S. Government on a visit to DynCorp International’s new hangar facility at Huntsville International Airport, where it conducts aviation support, maintenance, and overhaul of helicopters for the U.S. Army’s Redstone Arsenal Standard & Non-Standard Rotary-Wing programmes.
DynCorp provides support to U.S. Government contracts, including logistics support in cooperation with Volga-Dnepr as its carrier and logistics provider of choice.
The timely arrival in Huntsville of the Volga-Dnepr AN-124 cargo aircraft with its latest helicopter delivery for DynCorp enabled the airline to give its high level audience a demonstration of the AN-124’s efficient unloading capability. Guests were also invited to see the freighter’s cargo cabin and flight deck and Volga- Dnepr executives were on hand to answer questions about the aircraft.
The Russian forwarding company Instar Logistics contracted the delivery with Volga-Dnepr on behalf of the JSC Mobile GTES, which is working on the project to modernise Kaliningrad’s energy system. The gas turbine power plant is one of the first being installed in the region and can be used as an auxiliary supply source in emergency situations. The government project was launched after 645,000 residents in 12 districts of Kaliningrad lost their electricity supplies in August.
The visit provided a perfect opportunity to showcase the longstanding working partnership between DynCorp International and Volga-Dnepr Airlines and was also attended by senior executives from DynCorp. “This was a very important press event for our new hangar facility, and Volga-Dnepr made it all possible. The support and professionalism provided by Volga-Dnepr personnel and air and technical crews helped DynCorp showcase their expertise and services to a very high level of influential leaders. It was truly a huge success. We look forward to working with Volga-Dnepr again,” commented DynCorp leaders.
Sergey Reznikov, Vice President, Volga-Dnepr Unique Air Cargo, said: “We were delighted to have this
opportunity to support the opening of DynCorp International’s new hangar facility in Huntsville and to showcase our logistics capability, which plays an important role in DynCorp’s various helicopter programmes. We parked the AN-124 just outside DynCorp’s hangar where invited guests and dignitaries were attending the opening ceremony, providing a great backdrop for the event.”
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