Antonov Airlines

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Antonov Airlines
126 x 126 px
IATA ICAO Callsign
- ADB ANTONOV BUREAU
Founded 1989
Hubs Gostomel Airport
Fleet size 22
Parent company Antonov
Headquarters Kiev, Ukraine
Net income Decrease $187.4 million (2014)
Website www.antonov.com/services/antonov-airlines

Antonov Airlines is a Ukrainian cargo airline, a division of the Antonov aviation company. It operates international charter services in the world of oversized cargo market. Its main base is Gostomel Airport near Kiev.[1] The company owns an Antonov An-225, the world's largest operational cargo aircraft and the only one completed.

History

Antonov Airlines An-74T at landing at Hostomel Airport, Ukraine.

The airline was established and started operations in 1989 through a marketing agent agreement with Air Foyle to market Antonov An-124 Ruslan cargo charters worldwide. This relationship ended in June 2006. The same month Antonov Airlines and another large player in the global specialty air cargo business, Volga-Dnepr Airlines (Russia), established a joint venture company — Ruslan International[2] — where each company has a 50% stake. The joint operation of the Ukrainian and Russian fleets allows them to share the combined An-124-100 commercial fleet of seventeen aircraft (seven of which belong to Antonov Airlines)[3] and the only Antonov An-225 in service worldwide — the largest cargo aircraft in the world.[4]

Notable cargo delivered by Antonov Airlines include:

Handling of AN-124 at Jinnah International Airport,Karachi Pakistan
Unloading of 76 Tons Cargo piece from AN-124 at Jinnah International Airport,Karchi
Shipment unloading from AN-124

Fleet

Currently the airline's fleet consist of:[11]

Antonov-225 at Gostomel Airport (Antonov airport), Ukraine
Antonov An-140 at Gostomel, Ukraine, 2008
An-124-100 kneeling with front ramp down (note tilt of aircraft fuselage and retraction of front wheels)
Antonov An-22 "Antaeus"

Antonov Airlines also operates the following aircraft for the Antonov Design Bureau:

References

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  2. Flight International 27 March 2007
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  4. a maximum take-off weight of over 600 tonnes and the plane with the widest wing-span, at 88.4 m (290 ft) http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/records-5000/heaviest-item-airlifted/
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  9. http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/records-5000/heaviest-item-airlifted/
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  11. [2] Archived 8 December 2009 at the Wayback Machine

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