RU EN Site Map SOLUTIONS ABOUT COMPANY FLEET CAREER PRESS CENTER CONTACTS Organization and support of flights Oil and gas industry Aerospace Heavy engineering Energy Transport Humanitarian and peacekeeping missions Dangerous goods Integrated logistics of unique and oversized cargo Live cargo Order transportation Home / Solutions / Aerospace Aerospace How to transport large aircraft elements or even an entire aircraft? Deliver a spacecraft or satellite to the launch site? Volga-Dnepr has extensive experience in the transportation of aerospace cargo: launch vehicles, orbital satellites, aircraft and aircraft components, helicopters, and various types of aircraft engines. Volga-Dnepr's customers are the world's leading manufacturers of aviation and space technology, state aerospace agencies, helicopter companies and aircraft operators. Due to the unique capabilities of the aircraft fleet and the cargo handling equipment developed by the company's specialists, spacecraft are transported without disassembly and additional preparation. Every third space satellite today is delivered to the launch site by Volga-Dnepr aircraft. The outstanding dimensions of the cargo compartment of the An-124-100 "Ruslan" aircraft allow loading not only such large aircraft components as wings, but also entire fuselages of medium-sized aircraft, as well as heavy helicopters. Volga-Dnepr regularly transports spare parts, components and aircraft engines to the repair site on orders from other airlines and aircraft repair and maintenance service providers. June 2014 Volga-Dnepr Airlines performed several flights to transport satellite equipment on the An-124-100 Ruslan and Il-76TD-90VD aircraft. April 2014 An-124-100 Ruslan of Volga-Dnepr Airlines delivered Luch-5V and KazSat-3 spacecraft from Krasnoyarsk (Russia) to the Baikonur cosmodrome (Kazakhstan). November 2008 «Волга-Днепр» доставила из Комсомольска-на-Амуре в Новосибирск самолет Sukhoi Superjet 100. Погрузка производилась с помощью специального оборудования. Август 2008 Авиакомпания «Волга-Днепр» доставила из Эсберга (Дания) в Рио-де-Жанейро (Бразилия) 11-тонный вертолет Superpuma. Для транспортировки вертолета была разработана новая схема погрузки в самолет — без применения аэродромной техники и практически без разборки. С вертолета демонтировали только лопасти и редуктор, тогда как раньше приходилось в обязательном порядке разбирать еще и шасси, хвостовую балку и задний редуктор. Март 2007 An-124-100 aircraft of Volga-Dnepr Airlines delivered a new generation satellite TerraSAR-X, developed by the European space company Astrium (EADS concern), to the launch site at the Baikonur cosmodrome. The spacecraft was placed in a container and loaded aboard an aircraft, where special conditions were provided for the ultrasensitive equipment throughout the flight. © 1990-2015 Volga-Dnepr Group of Companies Site Map Volga-Dnepr Group Websites