Freight comes to Farnborough: Silkway opts for an AN-124 and Boeing lands conversion orders

On the flight deck in a Volga-Dnepr AN-124

So the Farnborough Airshow – soggy, wet, noisy and busy, with an unmistakeable odour of aircraft fuel –  continues. And, amid all the freight-irrelevant orders for narrowbodies and fighter jets, comes some cargo news. Interestingly, Azerbaijan’s Silkway, the world’s fastest-growing cargo carrier, is eyeing a ...