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DACHSER charters the world's largest cargo aircraft

DACHSER Air & Sea Logistics' international teams have chartered the world's largest cargo aircrafts, the Antonov AN-225 and AN-124. The aircrafts transport medical goods from China to Austria on multiple occasions for a customer, after which DACHSER redistributed the goods through its overland network.

Cargoes were being unloaded from the world's largest cargo aircraft, Antonov AN-225, and brought on to the DACHSER European Logistics trucks awaiting at Linz Airport.

On December 7, the Antonov An-225 landed late in the evening at Linz Airport in Hörsching, Austria. The freighter had departed from Tianjin Airport in China. Taking into account the current Corona measures, the entire cargo was reloaded immediately after landing, onto some 20 trucks from DACHSER European Logistics for further distribution.

This was just the start. More flights will be landed in Linz from Tianjin and Chengdu bringing medical supplies to be delivered to the customer by DACHSER European Logistics after landing.

Teamwork and close cooperation make it possible

DACHSER benefits from its integrated network capabilities and can thus offer a complete solution from a single source. Major projects on this scale can only be implemented through coordinated, international collaboration between the air freight organizations and the involvement of DACHSER European Logistics.

The DACHSER Air network has become an elementary component in recent years and plays a central role in strategic air freight development. Even in times of crisis, DACHSER offers its customers a stable air freight network and creative, intelligent solutions.

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