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The Ukrainian carrier Antonov Airlines maintains a reputation as a solid air carrier of super-heavy cargo for the oil and gas industry. After transporting a 109-tonne rotor from Genoa, Italy to Karachi, Pakistan, on one of its An-124-100 aircraft, the Ukrainian airline reported that transporting equipment for the energy sector accounted for 80 percent of the carrier’s traffic in 2017.

Martin Griffiths, Chief Commercial Officer of Antonov Airlines, noted that in an era of high demand for general cargo transportation, a strong market has emerged for specialized extra-heavy cargo transportation, and the company can be proud of a record 139% growth in commercial tonne-kilometers due to air transportation for energy projects in 2017. year. Thus, the company made four flights from Slovenia to Mexico and 41 flights from the USA to Puerto Rico.

Antonov Airlines upgraded two An-124-100 aircraft, which allowed them to operate flights with a maximum allowable payload of 150 tons.

The Ukrainian airline “Antonov Airlines” (Antonov Airlines) is a structural subdivision of ANTK “Antonov”. The airline’s fleet consists of cargo aircraft, including the world’s largest An-225. The Guinness Book of Records recorded the air transportation by the airline of an electric generator weighing 187.6 tons from Frankfurt-Hahn Airport (Germany) to Yerevan (Armenia).

 

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