Sky Gates airline (part of Red Wings) performed its first flight under the new long-haul cargo program on the second Il-96-400T aircraft received from the United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) at the end of March this year. Il-96-400T aircraft. This was reported in the press service of the parent airline Red Wings.
Il-96-400T is a specialized cargo modification of the Il-96-400 aircraft. Long flight range, no portholes, extended fuselage and a wide side door make it an ideal aircraft for solving transport tasks. The aircraft is capable of carrying up to 92 tons of cargo over a distance of 5,000 km, and with a load of 40 tons - up to 11,550 km.
The advantage of the Il-96-400T aircraft over foreign counterparts, such as the B747 transport version, is that the aircraft is of Russian production, does not have double registration and can be used on routes and in countries that have not imposed sanctions against Russian aviation.
The Sky Gates fleet consists of two Il-96-400T aircraft and one Il-76TD. It is planned that in the future the cargo fleet will continue to expand through domestically produced aircraft.
Earlier www1.ru also reported that titanium parts for the wing of the new MS-21 aircraft began to be produced in Ulyanovsk
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