Alrosa May 2018: end of the last commercial Tu-154 in Russia

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https://www.ruaviation.com/news/2018/4/4/11152/

Alrosa airline to replace its Tu-134B and Tu-154M aircraft with Boeing 737-700

Wednesday April 4, 2018 02:06 MSK

Alrosa airline who owned by the homonymous diamond-mining company replenished its fleet with a Boeing 737-700 airplane.
This reported by airline press-service.

"The first flight on this aircraft was carried out at the end of March
on the route Moscow - Sochi and back, transported almost 200 passengers" -
said the airline's general director Andrei Gulov.

The new aircraft will operate scheduled and charter routes.

Another Boeing 737-700 will be arrive by the end of April, the Alrosa reported.

Boeing 737-700 will replace fleet of obsolete Soviet-built Tu-134B and Tu-154 aircraft.

Previously, the fleet of the airline "Alrosa" was consisted of two Tu-154M and one Tu-134.
Alrosa airline remained the only commercial operator of Tu-154 aircraft in Russia.

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In October 2018 Alrosa will retire its last Tu-134. We are putting together a tour combining a flight in this aircraft along with flying in Tu-154M, An-24, An-28 to name but a few!

from https://www.ianallantravel.com/aviation ... -airlines/