Voronezh Aircraft Production Association
Ilyushin Il-96 Wide-body
VASO in English, ВАСО Ilyushin Il-96 Wide-body
Role Widebody jet airliner
National origin USSR
Design group Ilyushin
Built by Voronezh Aircraft Production Association
First flight 28 September 1988; 35 years ago
Introduction 29 December 1992 with Aeroflot
Status In low-rate production; in service
Primary user Cubana
Produced 1992–present
Number built 33 as of October 2023
Developed from Ilyushin Il-86
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History Voronezh Aircraft Production Association
Ilyushin Il-96 Wide-body
The Ilyushin Il-96 (Russian: Илью́шин Ил-96) is a Russian four-engined jet 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 four high-bypass Aviadvigatel PS-90 two-shaft turbofan engines.
t was first flown in 1988 and certified in 1992. In June 2005, the Volga-Dnepr Group signed a 15-year financial agreement with Ilyushin Finance Corporation (IFC) to take delivery of two new-build Il-96-400T aircraft, to be operated by Volga-Dnepr's subsidiary AirBridge Cargo. The first was due to have been delivered in late 2006.
Design
The Ilyushin Il-96 is a shortened, long-range, and advanced technology development of the Soviet Union's first widebody airliner, the Ilyushin Il-86. It features supercritical wings fitted with winglets, a glass cockpit, and a fly-by-wire control system. The basic Il-96-300 is equipped with modern Russian avionics integrating six multi-function colour LCD displays, inertial and satellite navigation systems, and a Traffic Collision Avoidance System (including mode "S"). It allows the airplane to be operated with two crew members. The avionics correspond to modern requirements on international routes in Europe and North America (RNP-1) and allow navigation and landing under ICAO CAT III/A conditions. The Il-96 is offered in three main variants: the Il-96-300, Il-96M/T and Il-96-400.
Il-96-400
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The Il-96-400 is similar to the Il-96M, but features Russian avionics and engines. It is powered by four Aviadvigatel PS-90A1 turbofans and can carry up to 436 passengers. Typical two-class configuration will have 386 passengers. Range with 315 passengers in a three-class configuration is about 10,000 km. A special version, dubbed Il-96-400VT, was reported on Friday 19 March 2010 by the Wall Street Journal to bid on the US$40 billion Air Force Tanker Program contract. In February 2013, Cubana signed a deal for the order of three 350-seater Ilyushin Il-96-400s.[
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Voronezh Aircraft Production Association
Ilyushin Il-96 Wide-body
Voronezh Aircraft Production Association
Ilyushin Il-96 Wide-body
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Cockpit crew 3 Seats (3/2/1-class) 237/263/300 Cargo capacity 25 t Length 55.35 m (181 ft 7 in) Wing 60.12 m (197 ft 3 in) span, 350 m2 (3767.9 ft²), 30° sweep Fuselage 6.08 m (19.94 ft) diameter, 5.70 m (18.70 ft) cabin width Height 17.55 m (57 ft 7 in)
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In February 2017, it was announced that Russia's United Aircraft Corporation had signed a contract with its subsidiary Ilyushin Aviation Complex for the development of a new version of Ilyushin Il-96-400 wide-body passenger airliner to compete with the Boeing 777-9 and Airbus A350-1000.
IIyushin II-96
Wide-body passenger
By January 2020, the first test-flight airframe was in final assembly and the wing and fuselage were joined, to be finished at the end of 2020 before a first flight in 2021
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Projected double-deck version of Il-96 for 550-600 passengers and powered by Kuznetsov NK-93 propfan engines. Following flight tests in 2007 the engines were removed and the aircraft was not developed further.
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