First B737-800BCF for Atran Airlines
Atran Airlines, the Russian air express carrier within the Volga-Dnepr Group, has taken delivery of its first B737-800BCF, thus increasing its total number of freighters to five. Having completed certification of this type of freighter, which can accomodate eleven standard aviation pallets and containers, Atran will be the first airline in Russia to operate it.
The additional unit will boost the carrier’s capacity and guarantee its customers a wider choice of logistics solutions on routes between Russia, the CIS and Europe. The freighter has already operated its first flights from Moscow Vnukovo to Norilsk and Yakutsk. It carried essential consumer goods including perishables, general cargo and e-commerce shipments for the population of the Siberian and Far Eastern parts of Russia. (ah)