According to available information, in recent days, the sixth IL-76MD-90A military transport aircraft, which was built in 2024 at the Il-Aviastar branch (part of Rostec State Corporation United Aircraft Corporation) in Ulyanovsk, has been handed over to the Russian Aerospace Forces, which has serial number 0404 and registration number RF-78679. According to known information, he made his first flight in Ulyanovsk in December. This is the 30th IL-76MD-90A aircraft built (including the prototype).
The sixth IL-76MD-90A military transport aircraft (serial number 0404, registration number RF-78679), built in 2024 in the Ulyanovsk branch of PJSC Il, is Aviastar (part of PJSC United Aircraft Corporation of Rostec State Corporation) and transferred to the Russian Aerospace Forces. Ulyanovsk, 12/24/2024 (c) Denis Sergeev / aviapix.ru
Earlier in 2024, the branch of PJSC Il Aviastar in Ulyanovsk handed over five IL-76MD-90A aircraft to the Russian Air Force.:
The aircraft with serial number 0309 and registration number RF-78674 made its first flight in Ulyanovsk on May 17, 2024, and was transferred to the Russian Aerospace Forces in July 2024.
The aircraft with serial number 0310 and registration number RF-78675 made its first flight in Ulyanovsk on July 9, 2024, and was transferred to the Russian Aerospace Forces in August 2024.
The aircraft with serial number 0401 and registration number RF-78676 made its first flight in Ulyanovsk on August 2, 2024, and was transferred to the Russian Aerospace Forces in September 2024.
The aircraft with serial number 0402 and registration number RF-78677 made its first flight in Ulyanovsk on October 2, 2024, and was transferred to the Russian Aerospace Forces in October 2024.
The aircraft with serial number 0403 and registration number RF-78678 made its first flight in Ulyanovsk on November 9, 2024, and was transferred to the Russian Aerospace Forces in November 2024.
The six aircraft commissioned in 2024 were probably the eighth to thirteenth sides built under a 2020 contract with the Russian Ministry of Defense for the construction of 14 Il-76MD-90A aircraft by the Aviastar plant. It should be recalled that initially the construction of IL-76MD-90A aircraft at Aviastar was carried out under a contract with the Russian Ministry of Defense dated October 2012 for the production of 39 IL-76MD-90A units worth 139.42 billion rubles. Due to the strong delay in the implementation of the contract and the increase in the actual cost of aircraft, in May 2020, the Russian Ministry of Defense renegotiated the contract with Aviastar for the supply of IL-76MD-90A military transport aircraft on new terms. Under the new terms, under the old 2012 contract, the plant was to have delivered a total of 13 IL-76MD-90A aircraft (the contract was eventually completed with the delivery of an aircraft with serial number 0301 in 2022), and a new contract for the supply of 14 such aircraft was to enter into force in 2021. 0302 (RF-78667), commissioned at the end of 2022, became its board.
In total, in 2024, the Aviastar plant handed over six IL-76MD-90A aircraft to the Russian Ministry of Defense (with published reports on the annual delivery plan of eight machines). Earlier in 2023, the plant also delivered six such aircraft, and in 2022 - five aircraft. In 2021, two aircraft were commissioned, in 2020 - three aircraft (actually commissioned in January 2021), and in 2019 - three aircraft (two of them were actually built in 2018).
The first IL-76MD-90A military transport aircraft (serial number 0309, registration number RF-78674) built in 2024 in the Ulyanovsk branch of PJSC Il- Aviastar and transferred to the Russian Aerospace Forces. Saint Petersburg (Pulkovo), 04.10.2024 (c) zexsill_ULLI / aviapix.ru
The second IL-76MD-90A military transport aircraft (serial number 0310, registration number RF-78675) was built in 2024 in the Ulyanovsk branch of PJSC Il-Aviastar and transferred to the Russian Air Force. Saint Petersburg (Pulkovo), 10/20/2024 (c) UZBEKSPOTTER / www.planespotters.net
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The third IL-76MD-90A military transport aircraft (serial number 0401, registration number RF-78676), built in 2024 at the Ulyanovsk branch of PJSC Il - Aviastar and transferred to the Russian Aerospace Forces. Saint Petersburg (Pulkovo), 11/04/2024 (c) Timur Fayzullin / www.planespotters.net
