Russian Carrier Retires Last Tu-134 After Final Commercial Flight

Polina Montag-Girmes May 21, 2019
Credit: Alrosa Airline
MOSCOW—Russia’s Alrosa Airline on May 20 operated its final flight using the Tupolev Tu-134B, the last of the type used in Russia for scheduled commercial passenger service. The aircraft carried 70 passengers from Alrosa’s base in Mirny, Yakutia Republic, to Irkutsk in Eastern Siberia. The Tu-134B...
Polina Montag-Girmes

Polina joined the Air Transport World team in 2011, covering Russian and the Commonwealth of Independent States. She studied journalism at Moscow State University and worked as a journalist for Russian business and airline publications since 2000.

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