Air Charter Service’s Vladimir Romanenko was recently delighted to provide the flight from St Petersburg to Tblisi for a statue created by the great sculptor Zurab Tsereteli. The contract for this charter was signed by Zurab himself in his gallery in the center of Moscow.
The statue was specially commissioned to be the centerpiece of 30m high monument to the “History of Georgia” in the centre of Tblisi.
The initial enquiry was placed in March, at which time the ornate statue was still in the early stages of construction. Vladimir Romanenko was able to show his own attention to detail and worked to create the perfect charter for this unusual cargo.
At 6 metres wide and 3.8 metres high the dimensions of statue and paddock meant that an AN-124 aircraft would need to be utilized for the charter.
On the day of the charter the load arriving by truck proved so wide that the old airport gates were opened for the first time in years to allow the statue through.
The delivery and loading process took less than 3 hours due to the advance preparations made. The charter was conducted without any delay and was met in Tbilisi by the sculptor himself.
The statue is due to be unveiled in Tblisi’s Freedom Square at a ceremony on the 29th May (Georgia’s Independence Day).
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