News / Air charter market struggles with lack of large-capacity aircraft

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As AirBridgeCargo (ABC) looks to find ways to keep its metal in the air, the charter market is looking thin.

The project market in particular is struggling; Ukraine carrier Antonov, which operates five AN-124s, has dedicated them all to humanitarian efforts.

Sadly, and famously, its AN-225, the largest aircraft in the commercial market, with a payload of 250 tonnes, was destroyed last week. And, with Volga-Dnepr’s fleet of AN-124s and Il-76s banned from the US and Europe, outsize shipments are currently unable ...