Volga-Dnepr Airlines moves 430 tonnes of power plant equipment to Afghanistan

Volga-Dnepr Airlines in partnership with Blue Water Shipping has carried a series of flights on its Antonov-124-100 ramp aircraft in order to support the new power plant project in Afghanistan. The airline delivered 430 tonnes of equipment for Bayat Power’s Bayat Power Phase 1 project. The equipment was transported on five flights from Al Maktoum (UAE) and Tekirdag Korlu (Turkey) international airports to Mazar-i-Sharif in Afghanistan. The cargo included a 57 tonne transformer with supporting equipment, as well as three units of the newest and world’s first transported Siemens SGT-A45 mobile turbine. The turbine blocks spanned 23 to 30 meters, and weighed 60 to 100 tonnes. They were installed on trailers and transported to the cargo compartment of the Ruslan using special equipment and a flyover.
“We started working on it with our partners in October 2018 by developing various loading plans for this unique piece of equipment. It was a challenge in terms of cargo stowage requirements, but our team of experts with almost thirty years of experience was able to successfully solve all the tasks due to constant dialogue and cooperation with our partners. We hope that our work will continue in the future, and that the project to build the power plant will start its work safely and will benefit many people in Afghanistan,” shares Ekaterina Andreeva, Commercial Director, Volga-Dnepr Aviation Company.