Aeroflot to phase out Tu fleet by 2010

Sukhoi’s RRJ project, which it is developing with help from Boeing, is central to the government’s plans to revive domestic civil aviation, haunted by its post-Soviet image and funding problems

Oh Thanks Steve still cant find anything on the net.:o

While progress can’t be stopped, I would have hoped for it to take a bit longer. Imagine your airport in ten years time: boeing, boeing, airbus, boeing, airbus, embraer, airbus, airbus, boeing, airbus, embraer, airbus…… 🙁

Dont forget KLM Fokker’s 😉

James

.Btw, if anybody wants to see old Aeroflot liners go to Domodedovo airport. Whole crowds of Il-62, Il-86 and Tu-154 there.

Or get the Soviet Airliners dvd from Avion Video with the rarther excellent photo of a Balkan Tu-154M approaching GLA on the cover. I’d love to meet that snapper and buy him a beer !! 😀 :dev2:

http://www.avionvideo.com/products.asp?action=display&ch=dvd&sel=W036&id=Current%20Programme

While progress can’t be stopped, I would have hoped for it to take a bit longer. Imagine your airport in ten years time: boeing, boeing, airbus, boeing, airbus, embraer, airbus, airbus, boeing, airbus, embraer, airbus…… 🙁

Sorry, I thought we’d already got to that stage.:diablo: :diablo:

Reason it is not selling is due to them not being offered by leasing companies, since they consider the plane too big a risk. Few airlines buy their planes outright.

Lets face it the Tu 204 is a white elephant, it’s not even selling well in the CIS

The 204 didn’t really “fail”, just nobody bought them, mostly for financial reasons.

I wouldn’t bet on Aeroflot buying large numbers of A320. That is all so political here. Maybe if some Russian outfit accquires a substantial share in EADS, then they might buy more 320, otherwise I’d say that the 204 is still a realistic option, esp for domestic services alongside the Superjet 100.

Btw, if anybody wants to see old Aeroflot liners go to Domodedovo airport. Whole crowds of Il-62, Il-86 and Tu-154 there.

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204 not selling hence bein a commercial failure. I am not saying the aircraft is a failure initself, if it was it wouldnt have been flying with operators such as DHL.

Have Aeroflot lost any Tu-154s recently? It’s a bit of a red herring to bring up the old safety record thing, especially when you consider that around 1000 Tu-154 have been built.

We don’t say that the B737 for example is unsafe do we, do we?

Well i think quite a few 154s have been lost over the time. 1000 Tu-154s and over 6000 737s. You cannot compare accident rates like that.

Oh hope one pops into LHR one last time:( Whats an Sukhoi RRJs they make motobikes dont they?:p

James

Sukhoi’s RRJ project, which it is developing with help from Boeing, is central to the government’s plans to revive domestic civil aviation, haunted by its post-Soviet image and funding problems

The 204 didn’t really “fail”, just nobody bought them, mostly for financial reasons.

I wouldn’t bet on Aeroflot buying large numbers of A320. That is all so political here. Maybe if some Russian outfit accquires a substantial share in EADS, then they might buy more 320, otherwise I’d say that the 204 is still a realistic option, esp for domestic services alongside the Superjet 100.

Btw, if anybody wants to see old Aeroflot liners go to Domodedovo airport. Whole crowds of Il-62, Il-86 and Tu-154 there.

Quiet agreed but there safety records, specially the 154 are not helping Aeroflots image in any given way. Not to say they have a good image in the first place, but bringing in Western jets seems like the only thing to do specially after the TU 204 failed.

Have Aeroflot lost any Tu-154s recently? It’s a bit of a red herring to bring up the old safety record thing, especially when you consider that around 1000 Tu-154 have been built.

We don’t say that the B737 for example is unsafe do we, do we?

While progress can’t be stopped, I would have hoped for it to take a bit longer. Imagine your airport in ten years time: boeing, boeing, airbus, boeing, airbus, embraer, airbus, airbus, boeing, airbus, embraer, airbus…… 🙁

Try hitching a ride from Moscow to London on a Suzuki RRJ !!! 😮 :diablo:

Well I dont if that has the range or what a Suzuki RRJ is.:rolleyes: 😀

James

Oh hope one pops into LHR one last time:( Whats an Sukhoi RRJs they make motobikes dont they?:p

James

Try hitching a ride from Moscow to London on a Suzuki RRJ !!! 😮 :diablo:

Sukhoi RRJs. .

Oh hope one pops into LHR one last time:( Whats an Sukhoi RRJs they make motobikes dont they?:p

James

As much as I’m all for progress, I have to say the aviation world will be a less interesting place with the decline of the Soviet classics. Much like the decline of the British classics, Tridents, Comets, VC-10’s etc.

I had the good fortune to observe an Aeroflot Tu-154, gleaming in it’s new livery as we taxied right past at Kiev last Autumn. Lot’s of head’s up against the windows looking at it. I can’t see the reaction being quite the same for an A320 somehow…

Quiet agreed but there safety records, specially the 154 are not helping Aeroflots image in any given way. Not to say they have a good image in the first place, but bringing in Western jets seems like the only thing to do specially after the TU 204 failed.

As much as I’m all for progress, I have to say the aviation world will be a less interesting place with the decline of the Soviet classics. Much like the decline of the British classics, Tridents, Comets, VC-10’s etc.

I had the good fortune to observe an Aeroflot Tu-154, gleaming in it’s new livery as we taxied right past at Kiev last Autumn. Lot’s of head’s up against the windows looking at it. I can’t see the reaction being quite the same for an A320 somehow…

NO…!!!! 🙁 🙁 🙁 🙁 🙁 🙁

All good for Aeroflot, how many SU RRJ’s do they have on order?