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Local Firm Arranges Coordination of Iconic Antonov Plane Arrival at RSW

Posted on February 05, 2019

Allyn International Coordinates Once in A Lifetime Viewing Experience as Antonov Plane Lands in Fort Myers

FORT MYERS, Fla. (February 5, 2019) – Seeing a glimpse of the Antonov is a once in a lifetime viewing experience. Employees from Allyn International’s (Allyn) Fort Myers location will observe one of the largest aircraft in the world, the Antonov An-124, unload cargo at the RSW airport in Fort Myers today at 1:50pm.

The iconic Antonov plane was loaded in Gdansk, Poland on February 3. It stopped in Glasgow, Scotland, and Bangor, Maine before its scheduled landing in Fort Myers today at 1:50pm. The flight was globally coordinated by Allyn, a private 4th party logistics consulting firm with global headquarters in Fort Myers, and 23 locations around the world.

“We are excited to offer our team members an opportunity to see such an awesome piece of equipment and witness first hand their role in moving critical, complex shipments internationally.” says Morgan Nicola, Allyn’s Brand Manager. “Our team acts as an extension of our clients supply chain, delivering critical product components that power cities and countries throughout the world. It is often hard to explain, but today team members will see firsthand, their role in ensuring the shipment casings, weighing just less than 80,000 pounds, arrive and be unloaded safely, for one of Allyn’s largest clients, a multi-national Fortune 500 power generation company.”

 

About Allyn International

Allyn International is dedicated to providing high quality, customer centric services and solutions for the global marketplace. Allyn's core products include transportation management, logistics sourcing, freight forwarding, supply chain consulting, tax management and global trade compliance. Allyn clients range from small local businesses to Fortune 500 firms. Allyn conducts business in more than 20 languages and has extensive experience in both developed and emerging markets. Highly trained experts are positioned throughout North and South America, Europe and Asia. Allyn’s regional headquarters are strategically located in Fort Myers, Florida, U.S.A., Shanghai, P.R. China and Prague, Czech Republic. For more information, visit www.allynintl.com

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