Volga-Dnepr Airlines

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

Volga-Dnepr Group—once Russia’s largest cargo carrier—appears to have avoided nationalization and could be sold to a new private owner.

Russian authorities are keen to nationalize Volga-Dnepr Group—once the country’s once largest cargo carrier—its founder Alexey Isaikin said.

As Russian airlines continue to look for new ways to source spares under sanctions, Aeroflot Group is looking to buy a small fleet of freighters for teardown.

The seizure and aid package was announced on June 10 by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau during a surprise visit to Kyiv.

AirBridgeCargo’s new link to Singapore establishes the first dedicated freight link between Changi International Airport and the Russian capital and will further strengthen the Asian gateway’s connectivity to Russia and beyond. The airline is offering a twice weekly service on the Moscow – Singapore – Hong Kong – Moscow routing using a Boeing 747-8F.

Basel has one of the highest concentrations of successful life sciences businesses in the world, including pharmaceuticals, biotechnology and medical technology organisations and this new link will provide a fast and reliable link into Russia and Asia for customers in the industry as well as the other industries that have grown up to support the healthcare market in Switzerland.

Russian oversized freight specialist Volga-Dnepr Airlines is to open a new base at Paris Vatry Airport in France to support its business activities in

Russian scheduled freight carrier AirBridgeCargo Airlines is introducing a new Tuesday rotation on its existing route linking Malpensa Airport in the