AirBridgeCargo (RU, Ulyanovsk Vostochny) launched a new Round-The-World cargo service on April 2 using one of its six B747-8Fs. AirlineRoute reports the twice weekly service is routed Moscow Sheremetyevo-Shanghai Pudong-Anchorage Ted Stevens-Los Angeles International-Chicago O'Hare-Amsterdam Schiphol.

"Our route network development is based upon a quick reaction to changing customer demand and our flexibility, together with the reliability of our service levels, has enabled us to gain their growing support," Denis Ilin, Executive President of AirBridgeCargo, said. "Adding more capacity at the beginning of 2015 allowed us to maintain and even improve our leading positions in our core markets in Europe, the U.S. and Asia by increasing frequencies out of these regions and opening new on-line stations."

The Volga-Dnepr Airlines (VI, Ulyanovsk Vostochny) subsidiary also operates a fleet of eight B747-400Fs serving destinations throughout Russia, Western Europe, the United States, and the Far East.