A Red Wings Tu-204-100 on final approach | |
Role | Narrow-body jet airliner |
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National origin | Soviet Union/Russia |
Manufacturer | Aviastar SP (Tu-204 series) Kazan Aircraft Production Association (Tu-214) United Aircraft Corporation (Tu-214) |
Design group | Tupolev |
First flight | 2 January 1989; 35 years ago |
Introduction | 23 February 1996 with Vnukovo Airlinesbetter source needed] |
Status | In service, in production |
Primary users | Red Wings Airlines Air Koryo Cubana Airlines Aviastar-TU Rossiya (Historical) |
Produced | 1990 –present |
Number built | 89 as of December 2015 |
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Maximum speed | 913 km/h (Mach 0.86) | |
Range fully loaded | 2,500 km | |
Range with max fuel | 3,900 km | |
Service ceiling | 12,100 m |
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Between 1970 and December 2016 there were 110 serious incidents involving the Tu-154, including 73 hull losses,
with 2,911 fatalities.
In October 2020 ALROSA, the last Russian passenger airline to operate this aircraft, retired its last remaining Tu-154
In January 2010 Russian flag carrier Aeroflot announced the retirement of its Tu-154 fleet after 40 years, with the last scheduled flight being Aeroflot Flight 736 from Yekaterinburg to Moscow on 31 December 2009.