AirBridgeCargo Airlines, LLC (Russian: ООО Авиакомпания «ЭйрБриджКарго»), part of
Volga-Dnepr Group
Volga-Dnepr Group is a Russian airline holding company headquartered in Moscow. It is a world leader in the global market for the movement of oversize, unique and heavy air cargo. The group’s core business activities are charter cargo operation ...
, is the largest
Russian
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cargo airline
Cargo airlines (or air freight carriers, and derivatives of these names) are airlines mainly dedicated to the transport of air cargo, cargo by air. Some cargo airlines are divisions or subsidiaries of larger passenger airlines.
In 2018, airline ...
with its head office in Moscow. It operates scheduled cargo services on routes between Russia, Asia, Europe and North America, covering more than 30 destinations worldwide. All flights connect to their hub at
Sheremetyevo International Airport
Sheremetyevo Alexander S. Pushkin International Airport ( rus, links=no, Международный аэропорт Шереметьево имени А. С. Пушкина, p=ʂɨrʲɪˈmʲetʲjɪvə ''Mezhdunarodny aeroport Sheremetyevo imen ...
in
Moscow
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and
Krasnoyarsk
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. It was forced to suspend all operations in the
wake of sanctions against Russia as of March 2022.
History
The company entered the scheduled cargo market on April 1, 2004, when the first AirBridgeCargo branded
Boeing 747 made its inaugural commercial flight on route from Beijing to Luxembourg.
As of March 2022, AirBridgeCargo was forced to suspend all operations due to
sanctions against Russia Sanctions, economic or international, that have been imposed on Russia include:
* International sanctions during the Russo-Ukrainian War (2014–)
** Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act, US legislation (2017)
** International sanc ...
which rendered the entire fleet unusable.
[aircargonews.net - VDG confirms suspension of AirBridgeCargo and Atran operations](_blank)
21 March 2022 In July 2022, the airline announced it will comply with sanctions and prepare to return 14 leased aircraft - which make out the majority of its fleet - to its lessors.
Destinations
Prior to the suspension of all services, ABC had been present in Asia, Europe and North America. It operates a scheduled freighter route network of 37 destinations as of November 2019 focused on Europe, Asia and the United States.
[airbridgecargo.com - Our network](_blank)
retrieved 27 February 2021
Fleet
Current fleet
![Boeing_747-8HVF,_Air_Bridge_Cargo_JP7400046](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8d/Boeing_747-8HVF%2C_Air_Bridge_Cargo_JP7400046.jpg)
As of December 2022, the AirBridgeCargo fleet consists of the following aircraft:
Former fleet
![PKIERZKOWSKI_070927_VPBIB_SVO](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c5/PKIERZKOWSKI_070927_VPBIB_SVO.jpg)
AirBridgeCargo formerly operated the following aircraft:
Accidents and incidents
* On September 11, 2012, an AirBridgeCargo
Boeing 747-8F
The Boeing 747-8 is a wide-body airliner formerly developed by Boeing Commercial Airplanes, and the largest variant of the 747.
After introducing the 747-400, Boeing considered larger 747 versions as alternatives to the proposed double-deck Ai ...
experienced a major engine malfunction that spread a significant amount of metallic debris on the runway. Like in a similar event during pre-flight taxi tests, the low pressure turbine shaft separated and moved the low pressure turbine (by design to avoid turbine overspeed) backwards braking on surrounding hardware.
* On July 31, 2013, an AirBridgeCargo
Boeing 747-8F
The Boeing 747-8 is a wide-body airliner formerly developed by Boeing Commercial Airplanes, and the largest variant of the 747.
After introducing the 747-400, Boeing considered larger 747 versions as alternatives to the proposed double-deck Ai ...
experienced core engine icing that caused engine malfunctions and damage to three engines near
Chengdu, China, while en route to
Hong Kong
Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delta i ...
; the aircraft landed safely at its destination. Boeing and General Electric are working on software changes to mitigate the effects of core engine icing.
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Airlines of Russia
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Cargo airlines of Russia
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