Taking into consideration impossibility of performing international flights from Ukraine, five AN-124-100 aircraft are temporarily based at Leipzig Airport.
Work of the branch of the air transport division of Antonov Company, known in the world as the Antonov Airlines, was organised there. Technical base to provide maintenance of these aircraft also works at Leipzig airport.
So, Antonov keeps ability to perform commercial and governmental orders for the transportation of superheavy and oversized cargo, as well as to retain its leading position in this niche of the world market.
After restoration of the Kyiv-Antonov-2 airport, it will again become the base for the AN-124-100s fleet of Antonov Airlines.