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https://atwonline.com/airframes/russian ... 134-flightRussian carrier operates last commercial Tu-134 flight
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, registration number RA-65693, was manufactured in 1980.
It will be delivered to the aerospace museum in Novosibirsk.
Alrosa announced plans to ground Soviet-built plane more than a year ago
as the type's operating costs and fuel consumption have increased compared to modern-built aircraft.
Alrosa is based at Mirny, Yakutia and Moscow Domodedovo International Airport.
The airline connects several destinations in Yakutia and
operates scheduled and charter flights from different Russian cities
such as Krasnoyarsk, Sochi, Anapa, Novosibirsk and Yekaterinburg.
https://www.flightglobal.com/news/artic ... um-458375/
https://www.flightglobal.com/news/artic ... um-458375/21 May, 2019
Russian carrier Alrosa is set to operate its final flight with a Tupolev Tu-134 on 22 May 2019,
as it transfers its single example to Novosibirsk.
The airline had listed its final commercial flights with the type
as the 6R541 and 6R542 outbound and return services between Mirny and Irkutsk
on 18 and 20 May 2019.
It states that the flight from Mirny to Novosibirsk, designated 6R693, will take place on 22 May 2019.
“After completing its final flight the aircraft will be transferred to the aviation history museum,”
the airline adds.
The Tu-134 (RA-65693) will join another Alrosa aircraft, a Tu-154M (RA-85684),
which was handed to the museum,
located at Novosibirsk’s Tolmachevo airport, in September 2018 last year.
This museum also features a Tu-154M (RA-85628) and Ilyushin Il-86 (RA-86097)
formerly operated by S7 Airlines.
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