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Ruslan joint venture disbanded

Volga-Dnepr Airlines and Antonov Airlines are to dissolve their An-124-100 freighter joint venture, Ruslan International, on 31 December. The Russian and Ukrainian companies set Ruslan up in 2006 to jointly market their combined fleets and improve availability. Volga-Dnepr said it would continue to operate a fleet of 12 of the aircraft, the largest of its kind in the world. Volga-Dnepr Group will continue to collaborate with Antonov on technical aspects of ... [+]

An-225 production to restart

The Aviation Industry Corporation of China has signed a deal with Ukraine’s Antonov Corporation to restart production of the AN-225, by most counts the world's largest cargo aircraft. The six-engined aircraft can carry up to 250 tonnes. Under the first phase of the agreement an incomplete second An-225 will be ... [+]

A big plane for a big job

The unique Antonov AN-225 - the world’s largest aircraft – came into its own in moving a 139-tonne heat exchanger from Germany to Canada on 25 June. The equipment with its specially-constructed load cradle and associated handling equipment actually topped out at 147 tonnes, much too heavy for any other ... [+]

Antonov spreads its wings

A Volga-Dnepr Airlines’ An-124-100 ‘Ruslan’ freighter landed in the Russian city of Salekhard for the first time in late November, delivering a 26-tonne turbine for the local power plant. The airline and its customer UTair Cargo JSC had to obtain special permission to land at Salekhard and the airport needed to ... [+]