Volga-Dnepr Airlines, the leader in airfreight transportation of oversized and super heavy cargoes, has been voted ‘Heavy Lift Cargo Airline of the Year’ in industry awards presented at BHP 2019, the international conference focusing on Breakbulk, HeavyLift & Project Forwarding in South Asia. 

The event in Mumbai, India, brought together leading companies, expert speakers and delegates for an influential networking platform for all stakeholders interested in the region’s continued development and prospects as well as the challenges businesses need to overcome both locally and globally.  

Dr. Armin D. Kalyaniwalla, Director – Aurum Logistics Pvt. Ltd, Lloyd Dsouza, Regional Business Development Manager at Volga Dnepr Group, and Mr. Nilesh Kumar Sinha, Director – Procam Group
Dr. Armin D. Kalyaniwalla, Director – Aurum Logistics Pvt. Ltd, Lloyd Dsouza, Regional Business Development Manager at Volga Dnepr Group, and Mr. Nilesh Kumar Sinha, Director – Procam Group
The award winners were judged on a wide spectrum of factors, including volumes handled, operational performance, efficiency parameters, the variety of cargo handled, customer satisfaction and others.

Volga-Dnepr also contributed to a panel discussion during the BHP 2019 conference on the ‘Indian market outlook for project cargo by air’, during which Lloyd Dsouza, Regional Business Development Manager at Volga-Dnepr Group, shared the company’s views on air cargo market growth, conditions, and perspectives. 

“We are honored to be among the award winners at BHP 2019. South Asia is an important market for us, and one we have served for a very long time. In 2018, we achieved over 15% growth in volumes transported to and from South Asia, bringing benefits to our customers in major sectors including the energy, heavy machinery and aerospace industries. We would like to thank everyone involved in the BHP conference and awards and look forward to supporting the further development of the South Asia market,”  Lloyd Dsouza stated. 

He added: “We would especially like to thank Mr. Nikhil Modi, Dr. Armin D. Kalyaniwalla and the entire EXIM team for the kind hospitality, professionalism and finesse of BHP 2019, which ensured great coverage and representation of different facets of breakbulk, heavy lift and project logistics, all within one business day. We look forward to participating in the 2020 event.”  

Volga-Dnepr has served the South Asia market for over 29 years, providing customers with effective and timely airfreight solutions, even for the most complex project cargoes. The company is recognized for its competence in technical and engineering issues, which embrace the whole process of transportation for various industries – notably, oil&gas, aerospace, energy, automotive, humanitarian and others.