Illustration / Collage by © Aviation of Russia website During a topical conference call with the senior staff of the Russian Armed Forces, Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said that the […]
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Category: Cargo aircraft
Serial production of D-18T engines for An-124 aircraft will start at the end of 2027
Photo by © Slava Stepanov, @Gelio The fleet of An-124 Ruslan heavy military transport aircraft is maintained through overhaul of D-18T engines, which are installed on this class of aircraft. […]
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Aviastar Plant implements flow-based assembly of IL-76MD-90A aircraft units
Photo by © UAC Aviastar, a branch of PJSC IL-Aviastar, is increasing the volume of aircraft construction and is re-equipping its unit assembly shop for flow-based organisation of work. The […]
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Sky Gates has started commercial cargo operations on IL-96s
Photo by © UAC Cargo aircraft IL-96-400T (RA-96103) of Sky Gates Airlines has started to transport commercial cargo after the procedure of airworthiness restoration. This was reported in the press […]
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In Ulan-Ude due to engine failure made an emergency landing Tu-204C cargo aircraft
Photo by © ShipSash, Jetphotos.com In the morning of 7 December, a TU-204S (RA-64024) cargo plane of Aviastar-TU airline had an incident near Ulan-Ude airfield (Mukhino). After takeoff at Zhengzhou […]
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Sky Gates Airlines received a refurbished Il-96-400T aircraft
IL-96-400T (RA-96103) in the livery of Sky Gates Airlines Archival photo. / © Sergey K., russianplanes.net The United Aircraft Corporation has handed over the first restored Il-96-400T cargo aircraft with […]
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Canada, as a mid-level power, exaggerates its ability to steal Russian property
A Russian cargo plane, belonging to the airline Volga-Dnepr, has been parked at Toronto Pearson International Airport for more than a year. Photo by © Craig Berry / CTV News […]
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The IL-76MD-90A heavy transport airplane made its first landing on a dirt runway
Photo by © UAC Within the framework of the test program, the IL-76MD-90A prototype aircraft successfully performed a landing and then takeoff from a dirt runway, the press service of […]
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The first flight of IL-76 with passengers and cargo was accepted at the airfield of the Antarctic Progress station
Photo by © AARI Zenit airfield at the Progress Antarctic station on November 9 received the first international flight performed by an IL-76TD-90VD aircraft of Volga-Dnepr Company. The flight was […]
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IL-76TD-90VD aircraft will deliver specialists of the next expedition to Antarctica
Photo by © UAC On 20 October the 69th Russian Antarctic Expedition departed St. Petersburg onboard the research vessel Akademik Fedorov. The participants of the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute […]
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