22.04.2021 
5960 ANTONOV AIRLINES TRANSPORTS 216 TONNES OF DRILLING MACHINES TO MINES IN BURKINA FASO AND LIBERIA
Antonov Airlines safely loaded 216 tonnes of the urgent cargo to meet tight deadlines. Antonov Airlines has transported fourteen pieces of mining equipment, weighing 216 tonnes in total, on two AN-124-100 flights from Istanbul, Turkey to Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso and Monrovia, Liberia.
The 113-tonne cargo for the second flight was safely loaded in minimal time to meet the tight deadline required by the mines, both in the process of expanding operations.
“These two flights from Turkey to Africa were worked out thoroughly and both flights have been completed with maximum payloads on each route,” said Eugene Kiva, Commercial Executive at Antonov Airlines. “Antonov Airlines provided the flexibility required by our partner Skyair Chartering to perform these air shipments within the customer’s deadlines.” The airline made a single technical stop in Algiers, Algeria for the 103 tonne Burkina Faso-bound cargo and two stops in Casablanca, Morocco and Diass-Thies, Senegal for the journey to Liberia to refuel and provide a crew rest. “As per our customer’s request for large quantities of oversized drill machinery in a short timeframe, the two flights provided by Antonov Airlines made sure the needs of the expanding mining facilities were met,” said Tekin Ertemel, Director Business Development at Skyair Chartering.
“Antonov’s AN-124-100s are equipped with ramps which are ideal to transport heavy and oversized loads safely and easily which contributes greatly to the delivery of a seamless operation.”
Antonov Airlines has seen an increase in charters for mining projects since the beginning of the year and just last month completed three flights of equipment weighing 370 tonnes to Latin America from Australia.
