In a bid to strengthen their long-standing cooperation, Volga-Dnepr Group and Moscow\u2019s Sheremetyevo International Airport (SVO) have signed a joint agreement to facilitate the development of modern cargo infrastructure at the airport and to encourage greater airfreight business throughout Russia.
\nUnder the agreement, the air carriers and SVO will cooperate to a greater extent with other international airports to increase cargo flows and share ideas about methods to implement future airfreight projects.
\nThe partnership, said Michael Vasilenko, director general of Sheremetyevo, will take a \u201csystematic approach towards enhancement of cargo infrastructure\u201d that will embrace \u201cnot only the quantitative side, where Volga-Dnepr Group guarantees an agreed-upon volume of transit, transfer and import-export cargo flows, but the qualitative side, as well, with the building of an up-to-date hangar complex.\u201d
\nThese upgrades, he added, will involve maintenance and repair services, expansion of cargo facilities to encompass the handling of \u201cspecial commodities\u201d and the provision of all necessary resources.
\n\u201cBoth Volga-Dnepr Group and Sheremetyevo airport are strategically oriented towards development of a modern international level air cargo hub at the premises of Sheremetyevo airport,\u201d said Sergey Lazarev, director general of Volga-Dnepr\u2019s AirBridgeCargo Airlines. \u201cAll the agreements and mutual obligations reached in this agreement are particularly intended to guarantee a high quality level of air cargo services for our customers.\u201d
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