Volga-Dnepr Airlines has delivered an 11-ton oil-and-gas pump right to the door of a customer in the town of Farab, Turkmenistan. The pump was transported from Maastricht Airport in the Netherlands for the airline’s customer, Agility Projects Rotterdam. It was packed inside a two-ton wooden crate to protect it throughout its journey on board one of the carrier’s Il-76TD-90VD freighters and by road on arrival in Central Asia.
“Agility Projects Rotterdam asked us to not only organize the necessary permits for the flight to Mary International Airport, but to also arrange the transportation of the oil-and-gas pump overland in Turkmenistan to Farab, where it is to be used,” said Alexander Kartashov, sales executive for Volga-Dnepr Airlines.
Azat Yakupov, senior engineer, dangerous cargo, at Volga-Dnepr said crews loaded the cargo using a trailer and special cradles developed by Volga-Dnepr’s engineers to pull the cargo into the airplane, using the aircraft’s built-in rail system.