Sales Increase Reported By Volga Dnepr

The Volga-Dnepr Group of companies has announced a 75 per cent increase in sales for the first nine months of 2008 including a 56% increase by its An-124 fleet.

Total revenue from its charter and scheduled cargo transportation services reached US$1,265 million with total cargo tonnage up by 51 per cent to 210,000 tons.

Volga-Dnepr’s IL-76’s fleet carried over 60,000 tons, 71 per cent more than in the previous year.

Charter service sales increased by 80 per cent to $882.9 million. While scheduled cargo services by the AirBridgeCargo Airlines arm of the group reached $344.1 million, an increase of 68 per cent over the same period last year.