The

Aeroflot PJSC AeroflotRussian Airlines (russian: ПАО "Аэрофло́т — Росси́йские авиали́нии", ), commonly known as Aeroflot ( or ; russian: Аэрофлот, , ), is the flag carrier and the largest airline of Russia. The ...

passenger fleet consists of

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and

wide-body aircraft A wide-body aircraft, also known as a twin-aisle aircraft, is an airliner with a fuselage wide enough to accommodate two passenger aisles with seven or more seats abreast. The typical fuselage diameter is . In the typical wide-body economy cabin ...

from six aircraft families: the

Airbus A320 The Airbus A320 family is a series of Narrow-body aircraft, narrow-body airliners developed and produced by Airbus. The A320 was launched in March 1984, Maiden flight, first flew on 22 February 1987, and was introduced in April 1988 by Air F ...

, the

Airbus A330 The Airbus A330 is a wide-body aircraft developed and produced by Airbus. Airbus conceived several derivatives of the A300, its first airliner in the mid-1970s. Then the company began development on the A330 twinjet in parallel with the A340 ...

, the

Airbus A350 The Airbus A350 is a long-range, wide-body twin-engine jet airliner developed and produced by Airbus. The first A350 design proposed by Airbus in 2004, in response to the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, would have been a development of the A330 wi ...

, the

Boeing 737 The Boeing 737 is a narrow-body aircraft produced by Boeing at its Renton Factory in Washington. Developed to supplement the Boeing 727 on short and thin routes, the twinjet retains the 707 fuselage width and six abreast seating with two un ...

, the

Boeing 777 The Boeing 777, commonly referred to as the Triple Seven, is an American long-range wide-body airliner developed and manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. It is the world's largest twinjet. The 777 was designed to bridge the gap bet ...

, and the

Sukhoi Superjet 100 The Sukhoi Superjet 100 () or SSJ100 is a regional jet designed by Russian aircraft company Sukhoi Civil Aircraft, a division of the United Aircraft Corporation (now: Regional Aircraft – Branch of the Irkut Corporation). With development start ...

. As of July 2022, there are 181 passenger aircraft registered in the Aeroflot fleet. For most of its history, Aeroflot's fleet consisted almost entirely of aircraft built by

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manufacturers such as

Antonov Antonov State Enterprise ( uk, Державне підприємство «Антонов»), formerly the Aeronautical Scientific-Technical Complex named after Antonov (Antonov ASTC) ( uk, Авіаційний науково-технічни� ...

Ilyushin The public joint stock company Ilyushin Aviation Complex, operating as Ilyushin (russian: Илью́шин) or as Ilyushin Design Bureau, is a former Soviet and now a Russian aircraft manufacturer and design bureau, founded in 1933 by Sergey Vl ...

, and

Tupolev Tupolev (russian: Ту́полев, ), officially Joint Stock Company Tupolev, is a Russian aerospace and defence company headquartered in Basmanny District, Moscow. Tupolev is successor to the Soviet Tupolev Design Bureau (OKB-156, design off ...

. Following the Soviet Union's dissolution and subsequent partition of the airline, Aeroflot began replacing its old Soviet aircraft with modern Western and some new-generation Russian models. Aeroflot's CEO Vitaly Saveliev intends to make its fleet younger in accordance with its corporate strategy to keep the airline competitive with other international airlines.

Current

The Aeroflot fleet comprises the following aircraft ():

Retired

History and recent developments

During the Soviet era, almost all Aeroflot's airliners were built by Soviet manufacturers. During the 1940s and the early 1950s, the main aircraft was the

Lisunov Li-2 The Lisunov Li-2 (NATO reporting name: Cab), originally designated PS-84, was a license-built Soviet-version of the Douglas DC-3. It was produced by Factory #84 in Moscow-Khimki and, after evacuation in 1941, at TAPO in Tashkent. The pro ...

a license-built version of the

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. The first to be produced in the Soviet Union was completed in 1939. DC-3s modified by fitting Soviet-made engines, named the PS-84, were also used later. The Li-2 would be replaced by the

Ilyushin Il-12 The Ilyushin Il-12 (NATO reporting name: Coach) was a Soviet twin-engine cargo aircraft, developed in the mid-1940s for small and medium-haul airline routes and as a military transport. Design and development The Il-12 was developed as a priva ...

, which entered service in 1947, and the

Ilyushin Il-14 The Ilyushin Il-14 (NATO reporting name: Crate) was a Soviet twin-engine commercial and military personnel and cargo transport aircraft that first flew in 1950 in aviation, 1950, and entered service in 1954. The Il-14 was also manufactured in Eas ...

, which entered service in 1954. Aeroflot also operated thousands of the

Antonov An-2 The Antonov An-2 ("kukuruznik"—corn crop duster; USAF/DoD reporting name Type 22, NATO reporting name Colt) is a Soviet mass-produced single-engine biplane utility/agricultural aircraft designed and manufactured by the Antonov Design Bure ...

STOL biplane (first flying in 1947), in passenger and cargo roles. The An-2 remained in service until the 1980s. Aeroflot Tu-104B CCCP-42403 LBG 1974-8-2

Aeroflot began operating the Tupolev Tu-104, reportedly named ''Silver Arrow'', with at least three in service between Moscow and the

Russian Far East The Russian Far East (russian: Дальний Восток России, r=Dal'niy Vostok Rossii, p=ˈdalʲnʲɪj vɐˈstok rɐˈsʲiɪ) is a region in Northeast Asia. It is the easternmost part of Russia and the Asian continent; and is admini ...

by . The Tu-104 was the USSR's first

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. The first two routes on which it was deployed were the Moscow–

Irkutsk Irkutsk ( ; rus, Иркутск, p=ɪrˈkutsk; Buryat language, Buryat and mn, Эрхүү, ''Erhüü'', ) is the largest city and administrative center of Irkutsk Oblast, Russia. With a population of 617,473 as of the 2010 Census, Irkutsk is ...

and the Moscow–

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runs; in , the Moscow–

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route became the third scheduled service flown with the aircraft. Likewise, Moscow–

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was the first international route served with the Silver Arrow. In 1962, Aeroflot began operating the

Tupolev Tu-124 The Tupolev Tu-124 (NATO reporting name: Cookpot) was a 56-passenger short-range twinjet airliner built in the Soviet Union. It was the first Soviet airliner powered by turbofan engines. Design and development Developed from the medium-range ...

, the smaller version of the Tu-104, on regional routes. These were later replaced by the

Tupolev Tu-134 The Tupolev Tu-134 (NATO reporting name: Crusty) is a twin-engined, narrow-body jet airliner built in the Soviet Union for short and medium-haul routes from 1966 to 1989. The original version featured a glazed-nose design and, like certain ot ...

, which entered service in 1967. The

Tupolev Tu-114 The Tupolev Tu-114 Rossiya ( ru , link=no, Tyполев Тy-114 Poccия; NATO reporting name Cleat) was a turboprop-powered long-range airliner designed by the Tupolev design bureau and built in the Soviet Union from May 1955. The aircraft was ...

, originally used to transport Soviet leaders and once the world largest commercial aircraft, came into service on on the Moscow–

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route. It also served international routes, such as Moscow] ] to

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in conjunction with

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, as well as the Moscow–

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route, which started on —the airline's longest non-stop service at that time. The first Ilyushin Il-62 long-range four-engined airliner entered service with Aeroflot in 1967, with an inaugural flight from

Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...

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on 15 September. It was complemented, in 1972, by medium-range

Tupolev Tu-154 The Tupolev Tu-154 (russian: Tyполев Ту-154; NATO reporting name: "Careless") is a three-engined, medium-range, narrow-body airliner designed in the mid-1960s and manufactured by Tupolev. A workhorse of Soviet and (subsequently) Russian ...

. This jet is the most popular Russian airliner, with more than 1,000 made. The

Tu-154M The Tupolev Tu-154 (russian: Tyполев Ту-154; NATO reporting name: "Careless") is a Trijet, three-engined, Flight length, medium-range, Narrow-body aircraft, narrow-body airliner designed in the mid-1960s and manufactured by Tupolev. A wor ...

variant was delivered to Aeroflot in 1984. Aeroflot Il-86 CCCP-86080 FCO Feb 1992

The carrier started flying the supersonic

Tupolev Tu-144 The Tupolev Tu-144 (russian: Tyполев Ту-144; NATO reporting name: Charger) is a Soviet supersonic passenger airliner designed by Tupolev in operation from 1968 to 1999. The Tu-144 was the world's first commercial supersonic transport ai ...

on freighter services in 1975. On , the aircraft was deployed on the long Moscow-Domodedovo–

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route on a regular basis, yet these services were discontinued in . That month, an aircraft of the type was

written off A write-off is a reduction of the recognized value of something. In accounting, this is a recognition of the reduced or zero value of an asset. In income tax statements, this is a reduction of taxable income, as a recognition of certain expenses ...

after an emergency landing following an electrical failure, withdrawing political support to the project and putting an end to the production. Despite official versions indicating the indefinite suspension of supersonic flights within the Soviet Union, a re-engined version of the aircraft was put on a test flight between Moscow and Khabarovsk in , and the long route was later covered with scheduled services; it was not a nonstop flight, however, since the aircraft had to make a refuelling stop, as the engines consumed more fuel than expected. First flown in , the 120-seater

Yakovlev Yak-42 The Yakovlev Yak-42 (russian: Яковлев Як-42; NATO reporting name: "Clobber") is a 100/120-seat three-engined mid-range passenger jet developed in the mid 1970s to replace the technically obsolete Tupolev Tu-134. It was the first airli ...

entered service with Aeroflot in 1980. The 350-seater

Ilyushin Il-86 The Ilyushin Il-86 (russian: Илью́шин Ил-86; NATO reporting name: Camber) is a short- to medium-range wide-body jet airliner that served as the USSR's first wide-bodied aircraft. Designed and tested by the Ilyushin design bureau in th ...

, the first Russian-made

wide-body A wide-body aircraft, also known as a twin-aisle aircraft, is an airliner with a fuselage wide enough to accommodate two passenger aisles with seven or more seats abreast. The typical fuselage diameter is . In the typical wide-body economy cabi ...

aircraft, had its

maiden flight The maiden flight, also known as first flight, of an aircraft is the first occasion on which it leaves the ground under its own power. The same term is also used for the first launch of rockets. The maiden flight of a new aircraft type is alwa ...

in , and entered scheduled services with the carrier on the

Moscow-Vnukovo Vnukovo, formally Vnukovo Andrei Tupolev International Airport (named after Andrei Tupolev) ( rus, links=no, Внуково, p=ˈvnukəvə) , is a dual-runway international airport located in Vnukovo District, southwest of the centre of Moscow, ...

–

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run in 1981. The aircraft was phased out by the end of 2006. Aeroflot Boeing 767-300ER VP-BAZ SVO 2001-4-1

The first Western-made aircraft, the

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, was incorporated into the fleet in 1992. This milestone also made Aeroflot the first Russian customer for

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. The first example of the

Ilyushin Il-96 The Ilyushin Il-96 (russian: Илью́шин Ил-96) is a Russian quadjet long-haul wide-body airliner designed by Ilyushin in the former Soviet Union and manufactured by the Voronezh Aircraft Production Association in Russia. It is powered by ...

, which was also the first Soviet

fly-by-wire Fly-by-wire (FBW) is a system that replaces the conventional manual flight controls of an aircraft with an electronic interface. The movements of flight controls are converted to electronic signals transmitted by wires, and flight control co ...

aircraft, had its maiden flight in 1988, and was certificated in ; the first Aeroflot Il-96-300 entered the fleet in 1993, and was initially deployed on the Moscow–New York City route in that year. Pending approval for an Ex-Im Bank financing package, a contract worth billion for the acquisition of twenty Il-96s, including ten Il-96T cargo aircraft and ten Il-96Ms that were initially slated for delivery between 1996 and 1999, was signed in . The Ex-Im Bank approved the loan in early 1996.

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objected to the deal, but the dispute was later settled following an Aeroflot order for ten Boeing 737-400s —placed in in a deal worth million— that were granted a

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by the

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; nevertheless, the financing was blocked again when four

Boeing 767-300ER The Boeing 767 is an American wide-body aircraft developed and manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. The aircraft was launched as the 7X7 program on July 14, 1978, the prototype first flew on September 26, 1981, and it was certified on ...

s also ordered by Aeroflot were not included in the accorded exemption. Later on these four aircraft were also exempted from paying customs taxes. The first of these Boeing 767-300ERs commenced operating in ; the airline had taken delivery of the first Boeing 737-400 in the same year. From 1998 to 2005, Aeroflot leased two

s, using the type on routes to the USA. Matters came to a head in September 2006 as Aeroflot's board of directors convened to vote on the Boeing contract. This coincided with the USA imposing sanctions on various Russian companies (including a major aircraft maker,

Sukhoi The JSC Sukhoi Company (russian: ПАО «Компания „Сухой“», ) is a Russian aircraft manufacturer (formerly Soviet), headquartered in Begovoy District, Northern Administrative Okrug, Moscow, that designs both civilian and milita ...

) for allegedly supplying Iran in violation of the US's

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and with the Russian state-owned

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buying 5% of the stock in

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, the corporation behind Airbus. The state's representatives on the board abstained from the vote and another round of lobbying ensued, with Russian news sources reporting Aeroflot's efforts to placate the state by offering to order both 22 Boeing 787s and 22 Airbus 350s, effectively doubling its long-range fleet. Banker

Alexander Lebedev Alexander Yevgenievich Lebedev ( rus, Александр Евгеньевич Лебедев, p=ɐlʲɪˈksandr jɪvˈɡʲenʲjɪvʲɪtɕ ˈlʲebʲɪdʲɪf; born 16 December 1959) is a Russian businessman, and has been referred to as one of t ...

, the man behind National Reserve Corporation, reached a deal with Boeing to prolong the deadline, using his corporation's money. Aeroflot Airbus A330 Kustov

In , Aeroflot signed a memorandum of understanding with Airbus for the acquisition of 22

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s, and 10 Airbus A330-200s. The transaction for the A350 XWBs was formalised late that year in a deal worth billion. The handover of the first A350 XWB was due to take place in 2015. Delivery has been delayed by three years, with the first aircraft to enter the fleet in 2018. A contract for the acquisition of 22

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s was signed in , reportedly consisting of Boeing 787-8s with deliveries starting in 2014; in the same year, Boeing officially announced that Aeroflot placed an order for these aircraft in a deal worth billion. The Airbus A330 order was split into five A330-200s and five A330-300s, scheduled to arrive on an operating lease starting in late 2008. The first Airbus A330 entered the fleet in late 2008; it was an A330-200 and was initially put into service on the Moscow–St. Petersburg route for testing purposes. Despite the A330s having been initially aimed at providing interim capacity ahead of the arrival of both the Airbus A350s and the Boeing 787s the company had previously ordered, the type has been gradually incorporated into the fleet on a long-term basis. During the 2015

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, Aeroflot cancelled the Dreamliner order. Aeroflot Sukhoi Superjet 100-95 RA-89002 SVO 2012-4-6

In ,

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announced the sale of its last two self-owned

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s to Aeroflot which became part of the Russian airline's cargo fleet in 2008 and 2009. On 31 December 2007, Aeroflot retired the last

after 40 years in service; the last flight flew the

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–Moscow route. Aeroflot was forced to withdraw these aircraft from service due to noise restrictions. Fourteen Tu-134s comprised the type's fleet by that time; they were offered for sale to the sister companies. The retirement of the last

occurred on 14 January 2010, after 40 years of service; the last flight the type operated was

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–Moscow, taking place on 31 December 2009. In September 2005, the company suspended direct flights between Moscow and

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. In 2005, Aeroflot ordered 30 Sukhoi Superjet 100 aircraft with 98 seats in one class. Later, the airline decided to upgrade the avionics (FMS and weather radar) and modify the aircraft configuration to have 87 seats in two classes, with extra cabin crew seat, lavatory and galley. To avoid delivery delays, the first 10 SSJ100s were delivered with the original "light" specification; subsequent aircraft were updated ("full"). In the first half of 2014, Sukhoi began to replace Aeroflot's "light" aircraft by "full" versions. The last "full" version was delivered in June 2014; "light" aircraft are operated by other Russian airlines. Aeroflot Boeing 777-300ER VP-BGC SVO 2013-3-7

Aeroflot Boeing 777-300ER VP-BGC SVO 2013-3-7

In , Aeroflot announced a new A330 order during the

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, this time for 11 A330-300s. Also in , Russian prime minister

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pressured Aeroflot to buy Russian-made aircraft for future expansion and fleet renewal. On 1 September 2010, Aeroflot announced that it had plans to order a total of 126 Russian-built aircraft by 2020. The aircraft to be purchased are Irkut MS-21s,

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s, and Antonov An-148s. The aircraft are to be used for fleet replacement in Aeroflot, as well as six other airlines of which Aeroflot is taking control. In , the carrier ordered eight Boeing 777-300ERs; later that year the order was boosted to sixteen aircraft. Aeroflot became the second worldwide operator of the Sukhoi Superjet 100 when

delivered the first aircraft of the type to the company in . The first Boeing 777-300ER was handed over to the airline on 30 January 2013. Following delivery, it was planned to deploy the aircraft on the Moscow–Bangkok route, yet certification issues postponed these plans for days, as permission to operate the aircraft was granted a few days later. In addition to the current firm contract for 30 Sukhoi Superjet 100 aircraft, Aeroflot signed a letter of intent for a further 20 of the aircraft, announced in 2015. Aeroflot retired its three McDonnell Douglas MD-11 freighters from active service in citing their operation as no longer profitable. In 2015 the company expanded its fleet with three Boeing 777-300ERs, six 737-800s and four Sukhoi Superjets; and retired five Ilyushin Il-96s. During the 2015 Paris Air Show, Aeroflot cancelled an order for 22 Boeing 787 Dreamliners. In mid-2016 a deal for a further 10 leased Sukhoi Superjets was announced. In November 2016, Aeroflot cancelled eight Airbus A350-800s from an order including these aircraft and 14 A350-900s and also announced that its cancelled

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order would be transferred to

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subsidiary

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. Aeroflot firmed up an order for 20 Sukhoi Superjet 100s in July 2017 during the

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. One month later, the airliner then approved plans to purchase additional 6 new Boeing 777-300ER to significantly strengthen the long-haul capabilities of its fleet, with deliveries of the aircraft scheduled from 2Q 2018 to 1Q 2019. This is followed by another order of 100 Sukhoi Superjet 100 planes, made on 10 September 2018. In addition to the orders, Aeroflot started to phase out its

s in October 2019, in anticipation of bringing the Airbus A350s into service. A few months later, Aeroflot took in its first A350 XWB, being the first airline in the

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and

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to do so. Due to sanctions as a result of the 2022 invasion of Ukraine, aircraft Leasing firms such as

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and

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have terminated leases of Aeroflot's fleet and attempt to repossess its fleet. ACC Aviation Vice President Viktor Berta said "repossessing aircraft could prove challenging, especially if Russian aviation authorities and airlines do not cooperate with lessors." As of July 2022, Aeroflot ended its own

operations as these had all gradually been transferred to subsidiary

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RIA Novosti RIA Novosti (russian: РИА Новости), sometimes referred to as RIAN () or RIA (russian: РИА, label=none) is a Russian state-owned domestic news agency. On 9 December 2013 by a decree of Vladimir Putin it was liquidated and its asse ...

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Air Transport World ''Air Transport World'' (''ATW'') is an online and print trade publication covering the global air transportation industry. It is owned by Informa and is a sister publication to '' Aviation Week'', the ''Aviation Daily'' and ''MRO Digest'', whic ...

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Flight International ''Flight International'' is a monthly magazine focused on aerospace. Published in the United Kingdom and founded in 1909 as "A Journal devoted to the Interests, Practice, and Progress of Aerial Locomotion and Transport", it is the world's oldes ...

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The New York Times ''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid ...

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The Associated Press The Associated Press (AP) is an American non-profit news agency headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1846, it operates as a cooperative, unincorporated association. It produces news reports that are distributed to its members, U.S. newspa ...

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, date=12 October 1985 , pages=62, 67 , url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1985/1985%20-%202826.html , archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6EHrd2yvQ?url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1985/1985%20-%202826.html , archive-date=8 February 2013 , url-status=live * {{allow wrap, {{cite journal , title=Commercial aircraft of the world{{--Aviaexport (page 67) , journal=Flight International , url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1985/1985%20-%202827.html , archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6EHrIKpaD?url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1985/1985%20-%202827.html , archive-date=8 February 2013 , url-status=live {{cite journal, title=Russian carriers may lease 737s , journal=

, date=16–22 June 1993 , page=18 , url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1993/1993%20-%201465.html , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130523131054/http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1993/1993%20-%201465.html , archive-date=23 May 2013 , url-status=live {{plainlist, * {{allow wrap, {{cite journal, title= Commercial airliners directory – Ilyushin Design Bureau (page 49), journal=

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Flight Flight or flying is the process by which an object moves through a space without contacting any planetary surface, either within an atmosphere (i.e. air flight or aviation) or through the vacuum of outer space (i.e. spaceflight). This can be a ...

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hope to operate their own jet aircraft on the Tokyo-Moscow service, which is at present operated with Aeroflot aircraft (Tu-114) and flight crews. , url-status=live {{cite press release , title=Milestone Boeing 767-300ER Delivered to Aeroflot – Russian International Airlines , publisher=Boeing , date=1 October 1999 , url=http://www.boeing.com/news/releases/1999/photorelease/photo_release_991001a.html , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130602140139/http://www.boeing.com/news/releases/1999/photorelease/photo_release_991001a.html , archive-date=2 June 2013 , url-status=dead , access-date=9 February 2013 {{cite news, title=Missing certificate causes Aeroflot to postpone Boeing 777 operations , first=Polina , last=Borodina , publisher=

, date=31 January 2013 , url=http://atwonline.com/aircraft-engines-components/news/missing-certificate-causes-aeroflot-postpone-boeing-777-operations- , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130203205257/http://atwonline.com/aircraft-engines-components/news/missing-certificate-causes-aeroflot-postpone-boeing-777-operations- , archive-date=3 February 2013 , url-status=live {{cite journal, title=New Tu-144 engines reported , journal=Flight International , date=4 August 1979 , url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1979/1979%20-%202821.html , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130523131852/http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1979/1979%20-%202821.html , archive-date=23 May 2013 , access-date=20 October 2012 , url-status=live {{Cite news, title= Other News – 01/03/2008, publisher=

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, date= 15 January 2010, url= http://atwonline.com/aircraft-engines-components/news/other-news-01142010-0114, archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120606153410/http://atwonline.com/aircraft-engines-components/news/other-news-01142010-0114, archive-date= 6 June 2012, url-status= dead, access-date= 13 July 2012, quote= Aeroflot announced the retirement of its last Tu-154. The aircraft flew for the final time on 31 December from Yekaterinburg to Moscow Sheremetyevo, according to

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, date= 19 February 2007, url= http://atwonline.com/aircraft-engines-components/news/other-news-02162007-0218, archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120606153331/http://atwonline.com/aircraft-engines-components/news/other-news-02162007-0218, url-status= dead, archive-date= 6 June 2012 {{cite news, title=PARIS: Aeroflot cancels 787 order , first1=Oliver , last1=Clark , location=Paris , publisher=

, date=16 June 2015 , url=http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/paris-aeroflot-cancels-787-order-413714/ , url-status=dead , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150617120200/http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/paris-aeroflot-cancels-787-order-413714/ , archive-date=17 June 2015 {{Cite news, title=PICTURE: Aeroflot tests first A330 on local route ahead of Asia entry , first=David , last=Kaminski-Morrow , agency=Air Transport Intelligence news , publisher=

, date=10 December 2008 , url=http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2008/12/10/319988/picture-aeroflot-tests-first-a330-on-local-route-ahead-of-asia-entry.html , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025010810/http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/picture-aeroflot-tests-first-a330-on-local-route-ahead-of-asia-entry-319988/ , archive-date=25 October 2012 , url-status=live {{cite news, title=Price of Aeroflot Airbus Purchase Revealed as $3.1Bln , url=http://www.themoscowtimes.com/business/article/price-of-aeroflot-airbus-purchase-revealed-as-31bln/487140.html , newspaper=

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, date=18 December 1996 , url=http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/supersonic-resurrection-10365/ , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130523134818/http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/supersonic-resurrection-10365/ , archive-date=23 May 2013 , access-date=20 October 2012 , url-status=live {{Cite journal, date=24 January 1963 , title=Air Commerce... – Tu-114 Moscow—Havana , journal=

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External links

Current Aeroflot fleet
Aeroflot Lists of aircraft by operator