LOGISTICS provider G&O Solutions has signed a contract with Russia's Volga-Dnepr Airlines when it needed to transport 50 tons of gas equipment for a compressor station from Kazan in Russia to Karshi in Uzbekistan.

The cargo was moved onboard two IL-76TD-90VD freighter flights and included rotor and wheel space, piping and tanks, pumps, coolers and other supporting equipment, said a Volga-Dnepr statement.

These are being used to increase gas production at the Shurtan compressor station in the biggest gas-condensate field in Uzbekistan.

Said Florida-based G&O Solutions: "Our shipment of outsize cargo was carried securely and in the shortest timescale and we are very pleased with our joint work. Our two companies have already agreed on future cooperation in projects in Central Asia."

In 2014, 40 companies became new customers of Volga-Dnepr Airlines and contributed 13 per cent of the airline's charter sales volume.