News / Competitor for An-124 heavylifter could be 20 years, and $30bn, away

The prospect of $30bn of investment and decades of development will thwart the hopes of those looking to break the looming monopoly of the heavylift sector by Ukraine’s An-124 fleet.

Trade and Transport Group MD and former Boeing analyst Thomas Crabtree told The Loadstar he did not expect to see a new “strategic airlifter” for at least a generation.

“We’ve seen multiple efforts to get into this market; they do not work,” he said.

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