Russian manufacturer VASO has completed joining the first airframe for a new Ilyushin Il-96 derivative. VASO describes the event as “a significant step” in the project to develop a passenger variant ...

Cubana de Aviación , Cuba’s state-owned flag carrier, has restored a rare Russian-built widebody to service. One of its ...

UAC mates the fuselage and outer wing sections of the IL-96 family’s latest iteration. The first Il-96-400M undergoes assembly at the VASO plant in Voronezh. (Photo: UAC) On flights of up to 17 hours, ...

Russia’s United Aircraft Corp. (UAC) has signed an agreement with Ilyushin Aviation Complex to modernize the Ilyushin Il-96. The new version, Il-96-400M, will be a development of the Il-96-300, UAC ...

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Russian air cargo specialist Polet Airlines has received the first Ilyushin Il-96-400T four-engine widebody freighter under a deal struck with Russia’s state-supported Ilyushin Finance Co. leasing ...

United Aircraft has rejigged the management of its Ilyushin division, as it looks to resume flight-testing of the Il-114-300 turboprop and make preparations to fly the new Il-96-400M. Daniil Brenerman ...

MOSCOW, July 28. /TASS/. A decision on the expediency of the mass production of the modernized version of the Il-96-400M four-engine long-haul plane will be made after certification tests, a source in ...

Russia’s leading aircraft manufacturer says it’s completed a successful test flight of a new widebody passenger airplane that it claims could replace Western aircraft in the country’s skies. The ...

Two of the world’s most iconic presidential aircraft face off in this stunning visual comparison. The American Air Force One ...

MOSCOW, December 5. /TASS/. Russia’s Ilyushin Aircraft Company suggested that Argentina should purchase Il-96 jets of various specifications during the talks in Buenos Aires, Deputy Director General ...