ANTONOV AIRLINES having the largest Cargo aircraft in the world tie up with Flywell Aviation for India

New Delhi 20th July, 2017

ANTONOV AIRLINES having the largest Cargo aircraft in the world tie up with Flywell Aviation for India 

Highlights:

• ANTONOV AIRLINES EXPANDS ITS OPERATIONS IN INDIA AS A PART OF ONGOING GLOBAL GROWTH PROGRAMME

• Focus Cities – New Delhi, Mumbai, Pune, Nasik, Goa, Chennai, Bangalore, Kolkata, Hyderabad & Jaipur

ANTONOV Airlines is the only airline to offer a payload of 150 tonnes with its newly modernised AN-124-100M-150 type, and operates the largest aircraft in the world, the unique AN-225, with a payload of 250 tonnes.

Four senior members of staff, with a combined logistics industry experience of 55 years, will support ANTONOV Airlines’ activities across Indian and have appointed Flywell Aviation as its General Sales Agent (GSA) in India, as part of its ongoing growth strategy.

“India is a very significant market for our aircrafts and holds good potential for AN-225and AN-22 flights across a number of sectors,” said Michael Goodisman, Business Development Director, ANTONOV Airlines.

“Flywell Aviation has been active in the Indian air charter market for many years, and has a good track record of arranging project cargo flights.

“Flywell’s long experience within the Indian market, coupled with our unique offering for the transport of outsized cargo, will ensure highly professional and dynamic services.”

“India represents an important growth market for ANTONOV Airlines, and we are pleased to be representing them to offer customers a cost-effective and time-efficient method of shipping heavy lift, super heavy lift, and outsized cargo globally,” said Anil Bal, Managing Director, Flywell Aviation.

New Delhi-headquartered Flywell Aviationhas offices in Mumbai and Bangalore, and provides services to the defence, aerospace, oil and gas, rail and construction, as well as other sectors.

“Flywell’s long experience within the Indian market, coupled with our unique offering for the transport of outsized cargo, will ensure highly professional and dynamic services to this important region,” said Michael Goodisman, Business Development Director, ANTONOV Airlines.

ABOUT ANTONOV AIRLINES

ANTONOV Airlines is a division of ANTONOV Company, headquartered in Kyiv, Ukraine, and a Ukrainian state-owned enterprise, which designs, develops, produces, and maintains the AN aircraft.

ANTONOV Airlines specialises in the transport of outsized and project cargo worldwide using its fleet of seven AN-124-100s with up to 150 tonnes payload, its 60-tonne payload AN-22, and its unique 250-tonne payload AN-225, which is the largest aircraft in the world.

More than 28 years after launching as the first company to offer the AN-124 commercially, ANTONOV Airlines continues to deliver air cargo solutions across the aerospace, defence, energy, humanitarian, industrial, automotive, and oil and gas sectors.

ANTONOV Airlines is a division of ANTONOV Company, headquartered in Kyiv, Ukraine, and a Ukrainian state-owned enterprise, which designs, develops, produces, and maintains the AN aircraft.