Spanish chicken flying to Russia
Volga-Dnepr Group member Atran Airlines has accomplished its first European live-animal transportation from Spain to Russia. A charter flight of one of the express carrier's Boeing 737-800BCF has delivered 533 boxes containing 42,640 one-day-old chicks, weighing over 2,200 kg, in support of the local agricultural programme.
The project was organised with a substantial contribution of the Air Bridge Cargo Airlines' team, another carrier within Volga-Dnepr Group which has extensive AVI experience and competence.
Vasiliy Zhukov, commercial director of Atran: "After the implementation of our internal road map which covered certification, personnel training and expansion of the fleet, we are now ready to offer specialist live-animals transportation services for our customers to and from Europe." (ah)