bongdaso vnHeavy lift air cargo recovers under pandemic pressure

The heavy-lift sector is showing signs of "defrosting" after a period of freezing because of the epidemic, although some challenges are still ahead.

On the positive side, Volga-Dnieper airlines showed some signs of recovery as the world began to change over the past two years.

According to Ekaterina Andreeva, Commercial Director of Volga-Dnepr: “It is expected that our ‘traditional’ contributing sectors will keep on their growth trajectory, with aerospace bongdaso vn heavy machinery going over 6% up in 2022 tonnage-wise; high technology (which covers a lot of oversized bongdaso vn out-of-gauge pieces) over 8%; automotive over 5%; capital equipment over 1%, to name a few (as per figures from Seabury Consulting),” says Ekaterina Andreeva, commercial director at Volga-Dnepr. “We look positively into 2022.”

Other firms also show optimism in the next 12 months, as Andriy Blagovisniy, commercial director of Antonov shared: “We believe that the share of super heavy bongdaso vn oversized cargoes will keep growing in our air shipments, which are the main specializations for Antonov Airlines".

Antonov has recorded an increase in the number of project cargo flights, but that number is still much lower than in the pre-pandemic period. Currently, the project cargo segment accounts for 5.7% of the airline's total flights.

From the Chapman Freeborn’s report, Russi Batliwala, chairman of the firm, views the situation will become quieter, concluding "business as usual" bongdaso vn no major changes in the short to medium term on oversized projects bongdaso vn usage of the aircraft.

Heavy lift transport spotlight for Old & gas

In Volga-Dnepr, one-third of its trucking operations go to its large power bongdaso vn equipment partners, the remaining 15% to aerospace bongdaso vn 8% to oil bongdaso vn gas.

For the aerospace sector, the main contributors include China, the Middle East, North America, while for the energy bongdaso vn large equipment sectors: Europe, India, Far East of Russia, bongdaso vn the Commonwealth of Independent States, the oil bongdaso vn gas sector includes: India, Far East, bongdaso vn Europe.

In addition, the heavy-lift is an emerging segment due to the impacts of Covid-19, although the pandemic is the biggest challenge for the industry.

Continue challenges from the pandemic

Companies attained additional safety measures to adapt to Covid-19 restriction policies

According to Ms. Andreeva: “One thing I would like to highlight is that it has been bongdaso vn still (is) challenging for our crew bongdaso vn technical personnel to operate overseas, due to constantly changing Covid-19 restrictions. We implement all the necessary measures to guarantee the health bongdaso vn safety of the crew bongdaso vn keep the global supply chains moving but sometimes Covid-19 still affects our operations."

Another problem is the shortage of ground staff at China's major airports, the complexities of changing staff, bongdaso vn relying on passenger airlines.

To overcome these problems, processes have been applied include: mandatory testing of crew members before each flight, ensuring timely crew changeovers for regular flights, bongdaso vn most importantly, vaccination for staff.

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