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Audit raises concerns on the Russian plans to build one thousand airliners

8 September 2024 Jacek Domański

According to the Russian authorities, until the end of the current decade, intensity of air traffic in Russia should increase one and a half times compared to 2023. At the same time, however, the number […]

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Modern Russian airliners – where the mistake was made? (part 2)

21 April 2024 Jacek Domański

Last week, we have published the first part of our review focused on problems that weighing on development of the new Russian passenger aircraft. The article introduced a brief history of the Soviet airliners, the […]

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Modern Russian airliners – where the mistake was made?

13 April 2024 Jacek Domański

In the Cold War era, the Soviet Union developed and then introduced into active service several aircraft of the whole range of passenger air transport – from short regional travels to long haul, transcontinental flights. […]

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The last commercial flight of Tu-154 in Russia – end of the era of Soviet airliners

15 December 2020 Jacek Domański

On 28th October 2020, Tupolev Tu-154M owned by Air Company ALROSA (Авиакомпания АЛРОСА) and registered as RA-85757, performed its final scheduled flight. The aircraft, carrying 140 passengers and flown by crew of Alexander Leshkevich, Nikolai […]

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