Aeroflot IL-96-300 and Tu-154 retirement

[phantom]

Last IL96 service is currently scheduled on 24OCT09. Most of Tupolev Tu154 last service is also ser for 24OCT09. Starting 25OCT09 (see exception when noted):


IL96 service on the following routes to be replaced by 767-300ER
Moscow - Delhi
Moscow - Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky
Moscow - Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk

IL96 service on the following routes to be replaced by A330
Moscow - Bangkok

Tu154 on the following routes to be replaced by A320
Moscow - Anapa
Moscow - Krasnodar
Moscow - Mineralnye Vody
Moscow - Norilsk (A319)
Moscow - Perm SU823/824, EFF 01DEC09 (SU821/822 already with 320)
Moscow - St. Petersburg (current service is mixed Tu154 and A319)
Moscow - Simferopol (Tu154 scheduled on Day 6 in Summer 09, to be replaced by A319)
Moscow - Ufa (Tu154 on SU891/892 to be replaced by A320, others are A320)

Note some other routes are being progressively replaced by Airbus or Boeing aircraft in Summer 09.

Credits to airlineroute.blogspot.com

[Boudewijn van Oirschot]

What a shame... But I already expected it..

Do you know if the planes are going to be withdrawn or move to another company?

[phantom]

I have no idea buth i think they are moving to other companies.

[Sky]

Anybody any idea what kind of aircraft will fly to Tbilisi once they will come back? (If they come back)

[js51672]

Is the Il96 potential to be a cargo plane? Or will it only be seen in a museum soon?