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144 thermo-containers with Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccines were delivered onboard charter flights of Volga-Dnepr Group’s carriers — AirBridgeCargo Airlines and ATRAN Airlines — to Kishinev (Moldova), Mexico City (Mexico) and Hyderabad (India). Transportation of over 25 tonnes of special cargo has been organized by The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) in partnership with DHL Global Forwarding for less than two days with the aim to support national vaccination programmes.

Tatyana Arslanova, Executive Operating Officer of Volga-Dnepr Group, highlights: ‘It is a great honour and responsibility to be entrusted with transportations of Sputnik V vaccines. All the flights have been organized in line with the current industry requirements and biosafety measures. Not only have we been able to deliver several batches of vaccines lately but have also carried production lines which will upscale vaccine manufacture in various countries of the world’.

The carriers within the Volga-Dnepr Group continue strengthening their expertise in vaccine and peripheral cargo transportations. Apart from air freight delivery, the companies offer complex solutions covering documentation, road feeder services, packaging solutions for temperature-sensitive products, ground handling of special containers, multimodal logistics schemes and many other parts of cargo transportation.

About Volga-Dnepr Group

Volga-Dnepr Group (VDG) is one of the leading groups of air cargo carriers with more than three-decade history. It consists of three independent airlines — Volga-Dnepr Airlines, AirBridgeCargo Airlines, and ATRAN airlines, with supporting businesses in leasing, insurance, MRO, trucking, and training areas. VDG provides efficient logistics solutions to the market by using its unique fleet of the ramp and non-ram aircraft and operating charters (onboard An-124, Il-76 for oversized and super-heavy cargoes, onboard Boeing 747F, Boeing 777F and Boeing 737F for general and special cargoes, including temperature-sensitive, dangerous goods, oversize and heavy, live animals, e-commerce); scheduled flights for all types of cargo in accordance with the existing network onboard B747F, Boeing 777F and B737F; and providing customized logistics solutions for oversize and heavy cargo, embracing all stages of the transportation process — consulting, design & manufacture of special loading frames, packaging advice, and support, organization of multi-modal services, obtaining of airport permits and approvals, ground handling arrangements.

The Group is constantly evolving its services to meet the growing demand for dedicated deliveries of healthcare, high-tech, aerospace, e-commerce, automotive, and other industries with a special focus on customized solutions.

The Group and its companies have been acknowledged with industry awards for its high level of quality performance and growth, both at national and international levels.

For more information: www.volga-dnepr.com