Russian Optimism Grows

Volga Dnepr continues to have an upbeat view of the prospects for Russian cargo aviation as evidenced by a recent interview given by Denis Ilyin reported by Air Cargo World Online. Volga Dnepr has spread it's net wide with participation in the outsize and charter market with the An124 and the upgraded IL-76TD-90VD as well as in the scheduled market with it's AirBridge Cargo arm operating B747-Fs.

Russia is, of course, benefiting from control of the most direct routes between China and other Far East locations and Europe in the same way that the Gulf area is benefiting from its new position as a mid point between the developing economies to the East and the markets to the West, Africa and South America.

Russian Optimism Grows

Russia's growing importance in the global air cargo market will help lead the industry out of the doldrums over the next several years. So said Denis Ilyin, senior vice president for strategy and commercial for AirBridgeCargo Airlines, the scheduled arm for the Volga-Dnepr Group.

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