Wings Above the Planet: The History of Antonov Airlines - Hardcover

Sovenko, Andrii

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0954889630 ISBN 13: 9780954889630

Publisher: Crecy Publishing Ltd, 2019

Synopsis

The Ukraine based Antonov company had its origins in the Soviet era Antonov Design Bureau which latterly had been working on large transport aircraft. Created in the late 1980s in the turbulent post-Soviet era, the new company began to focus on this aspect of the international aviation market. Antonov Airlines was the first to offer the services of the most capable heavy-lift aircraft in serial production, the An-124 Ruslan, laying the foundations for a new sector of that market, the transportation of oversized and super-heavy cargoes.

Since its formation, the enormous variety and types of cargoes that have been carried by the airline is extraordinary ranging from live chickens, tanks, railway locomotives, satellites, ostriches, generators, transformers and pressure vessels to boats and other aircraft. The list is almost endless and without the mighty An-124 Ruslan, many of these cargoes could never have travelled by air.

This book provides many fascinating insights into a part of the aviation industry which is not often in the spotlight, the world of international heavy lift aviation. It also tells the story of challenging journey the airline company has made from being a subdivision of a secret Soviet enterprise to becoming one of the world leaders in a highly competitive sector of the aviation business. Illustrated throughout, the book contains a wealth of information on the design, production and operation of the An-12, An-74, An-124 and the giant An-225 aircraft.

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From the Inside Flap:

The Antonov Company (Ukraine) has been specializing in creating transport aircraft for about 70 years. Among the winged machines developed in Kyiv, there are the world’s largest aircraft the An-124 Ruslan and the An-225 Mriya. 30 years ago, the company formed Antonov Airlines, which was the first in the international market to offer the services of transporting oversized and superheavy cargoes with the aforementioned aircraft. This book tells of the challenging journey the airline company has made from being a subdivision of a secret Soviet enterprise to being one of the world leaders in a quite competitive sector of business. For 17 years, the British company, Air Foyle has been the strategic partner of Antonov Airlines in the international market, with the Ukranian company gaining a lot from this partnership.

In this book readers will also find interesting information on the design, production and use of the An-12, An-74, An-124 and An-225 aircraft.

About the Author:

Graduating from aviation university in 1987, Andrii Sovenko has been working for the Antonov company for 30 years now, appointed to different engineer and management positions. He took part in Ruslan's and Mriya's operations as a member of the technical crew. Since 1998, he has been a member of the National Union of Journalists of Ukraine. He is one of the founders of the Ukranian aviation magazine Aviation and Time. He is the author of more than 250 publications on aviation-related topics.

About this edition

• Publisher: Crecy Publishing Ltd
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 0954889630
• ISBN 13: 9780954889630
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 304