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Antonov An-225 Carries 150 Ton Load Into China

Bruce — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 08:49:17 +0000

Antonov's AN-225 freighter aircraft, the largest commercial freighter in the world was last week unloading in Shijiazhuang, northern China

The aircraft was chartered by freight forwarder, Panalpina, to carry two laser welding machines with a combined weight of about 150 metric tons bound for Tangshan City, Hebei Province.

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190 Ton World Record Airlift By Antonov An-225

Bruce — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 15:35:03 +0000

After a lengthy refit and life extension program in Antonov Design Bureau's facilities in Kiev during the first part of this year the Antonov An-225 has claimed a new world record airlift out of Frankfurt Hahn Airport.

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Romantic Freight Dog, Yes. Video Producer – Maybe?

Bruce — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 13:14:15 +0000

So it seems that even Kieran Daley over at Flight Global has some spare minutes to trawl the web for relevant footage of the air cargo charter business and came up with this Youtube video taken from the flight deck of an Antonov An-124.

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More Talk Of Co-operation On An-124 And An-70

Bruce — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 22:13:48 +0000

Further talks on joint co-operation between Russia and Ukraine relating to the An-124 and An-70 are on the radar after a recent meeting of the Ukrainian-Russian sub-commission on cooperation in the aircraft industry, in preparation for talks between Prime Ministers Tymoshenko and Putin.

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An-124-100 Production Re-Start On Hold?

Bruce — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 23:53:14 +0000

The long held dream of Volga Dnepr to restart production of the An124-100 has suffered something of a setback recently as reported by ITAR-TASS.

It seems that the project could be delayed for one or two years due to the global economic situation (should the project ever have had a starting point from which to be delayed).Â Â The announcement came from Dmitry Romanov, investments and external relations minister of Russiaâ€™s Ulyanovsk Region, at a news conference on Thursday.

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Antonov An-124 Benefits From A-400M Delay

Bruce — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 16:00:28 +0000

Austrian military contingent arriving Kabul

The two major operators of Antonov An124-100 aircraft are benefiting from the continued delays to the Airbus military A400M program.

On Dec 17th the budget committee of the German Bundestag agreed to extend the SALIS – Strategic Airlift Interim Solution – contract by two years to 31 December 2010.Â The initial contract was intended to end in January 2009, however delays in the A400M programme has made the extension of the SALIS programme necessary due to increased demand for airlift by NATO European countries.

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Antonov Design Bureau Cooperation With Russian Industry

Bruce — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 09:42:19 +0000

Antonov Design Bureau, designers of the Antonov An-124, and a pillar of the Ukrainian economy has struggled ever since the independence of Ukraine in 1991 to establish not only a customer base but also a supplier network which is less subject to political influences.Â A remarkably difficult task given their intimate business, technical and financial relationships with the Russian aerospace industry.

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Antonov Heavy Brigade On Show

Bruce — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 17:16:22 +0000

25 September was marked by Ukraine's Aviasvit XXI airshow at Antonov Design Bureau's operating base and flight test centre at Gostomel.

This nice shot of the heavy brigade shows the long serving An-22 turboprop in the foreground with the even longer serving An-12 workhorse much diminished by an An-124 and the An-225.

Antonov ASTC Discussions With Ernst & Young

Bruce — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 10:03:38 +0000

ANTONOV ASTC (Aviation, Scientific and Technical Complex commonly referred to as Antonov Design Bureau) was recently visited by Mr. John Emery, manager of Ernst&Young, a world leader inÂ consulting and financial audit.

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Antonov An70 Again Under Discussion

Bruce — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 20:07:05 +0000

It seems that the struggle by Antonov Design Bureau and the Ukrainian Government to keep the An70 project alive continues.Â

It is more than 7 years since an independent review by the German government concluded that the An70 was "operationally, technically and financially" by far the best buy for the German military.Â However, nothing was going to derail the European politico/military/industrial complex in its plans for the A400M and the An70, the most advanced military airlifter of it's day, was left on the sidelines.

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