
Il-96: Why the Domestic Liner is Significantly Inferior to the Boeing 777 and How Many Are Left in Russia
Wide-body aircraft have been built for 40 years, but the serial fleet remains small

Wide-body aircraft have been built for 40 years, but the serial fleet remains small

Some flights passed through Libya and Syria, others through the UAE and Turkey

Vladimir Popov: Russia has retained the groundwork for creating a long-haul wide-body aircraft

The long-haul airliner flew 34 hours in July

The core consists of Il-96-300 and Tu-214

The unit has been operating on associated gas since 2004

The aircraft with tail number RA-96019 took off from New York

The flagship of SLO "Russia" covered almost 6 thousand km in less than 7 hours

The aircraft with tail number RA-96019 belongs to the Special Flight Detachment "Russia"

A digital parts search system was implemented at the "Il" - VASO branch

Chechen company StroyIstInvest filed a lawsuit against JSC Il

Experts doubled the engine's reliability and reduced the life cycle cost by 40%

Roman Gusarov: if VASO strains its forces, it will be able to build one airliner per year

Roman Gusarov: the aircraft physically cannot become a mass product at VASO