'Anchorage a mess': airlines look elsewhere as Canada pitches transpac role
Pressure is building on Anchorage’s role as the hub for transpacific cargo, as operational constraints ...
By Alex Lennane
An AN-124 could switch from Russian ownership to Ukrainian, after Canada – where the aircraft has been parked since the invasion of Ukraine in 2022 – took legal steps to gain possession. Canada’s plan is then to give it to Ukraine. However, Volga-Dnepr, which owns the aircraft, has filed lawsuits to stop Canada taking possession.
The Russian foreign ministry has called seizure of the plane “cynical and shameless” – but it seems highly unlikely that Canada will return the aircraft to Russia. The Moscow Times reports.
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