The AN-225 landed at the airport 170 kilometres east of Krakow late in the evening of 13 November carrying project-based cargo for Polish industry.
It had flown from Tianjin, leaving the Chinese airport a day earlier.
Stanislaw Rosciszewski, Country Manager Poland at Gebrueder Weiss says charter flights are a regular part of the company’s air services but using the AN-225 is special.
He says: “Our air freight managers in Poland and China were able to perfectly organise the entire supply chain between manufacturer and recipient in a very short space of time and under the difficult pandemic conditions.”
Lothar Thoma, Managing Director Air & Sea at Gebrueder Weiss adds: “The situation in air and sea freight remains very tense, as there is still not enough cargo space. With the Antonov, we can quickly transport large-volume goods for our customers quickly.”
Gebrueder Weiss chartered the AN-225 for a flight to Austria in October and has chartered smaller AN-124s for several flights across Europe this year.