Aviakompaniya Volga-Dnepr OOO (Russia)

Set up in 2004, the "Aviakompaniya Volga-Dnepr" was the first Russian cargo airline to operate Boeing 747 freighters. The current ABC fleet includes 11 Boeing 747 (two B747-200F, one B747-300F, five B747-400ERF, three B-747-400F). The airline intends to extend its fleet by purchasing new generation long-range Boeing 747-8Fs. Among its key clients are leading worldwide freight forwarders such as Panalpina, DHL, CITS, Nippon Express, CEVA, UTi, Schenker, Dachser, UCS, and Hellmann. AirBridgeCargo performs flights on major strategic routes in Russia, Europe and Asia. Its route network includes 16 destinations in 12 countries: Volga-Dnepr Airlines Ltd. performs scheduled flights from the largest Asian cities (Shanghai, Beijing, Hong Kong, Tokyo and Seoul) to the key European hubs of Frankfurt and Amsterdam. As a whole, its route network in Europe includes Frankfurt, Amsterdam, Maastricht, Zaragoza, Milan and Paris, Krasnoyarsk and Yekaterinburg. In Central Asia, it serves Almaty, Atyrau. The company has representative offices in Germany (Frankfurt), The Netherlands (Amsterdam), Russia (St.Petersburg, Krasnoyarsk), Japan (Tokyo), China (Shanghai, Beijing, Hong Kong) while the head office of AirBridgeCargo Airlines is in Moscow. Carriage of freight on strategic routes is conducted via Moscow using two key airports, Sheremetyevo and Domodedovo. AirBridgeCargo has taken an active part in establishing the hub at Sheremetyevo airport. Hub operations enable ABC to reallocate freight among various flights and have allowed the airline to improve its business model through its transition from linehaul to network services. This has significantly expanded the company’s range of services. Expertise gained from establishing hub operations at Sheremetyevo airport will help the company with the further implementation of its network delivery model, which includes establishing new freight hubs within the Russia territory.