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Stay updated on news and developments related to Antonov, a Ukrainian aircraft manufacturing company known for its large aircraft.
Ryanair to order and help build the second Antonov An-225 Mriya
In a bid to respond to the unprecedented demand for the upcoming summer travel season, as the vaccination…
2021-04-01
Antonov to design indigenous heavy strike drone for Ukraine
Antonov met with representatives of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, the state conglomerate Ukroboronprom and other Ukrainian…
2021-02-25
UIA offers flights over Chernobyl and Antonov home base
Ukraine International Airlines is now offering sightseeing flights over the Chernobyl power plant and the Antonov factory, home…
2021-02-18
The weird and short story of twin-fuselage An-225 Mriya
When the Scaled Composites Stratolaunch took off to the skies, some aviation enthusiasts all around the world thought…
2021-02-15
Spaceport, airliner, Putin’s plane: past ideas for second An-225 Mriya
The An-225 Mriya is unique in many aspects: it is the heaviest and arguably the largest operating aircraft…
2021-02-05
Ukraine mulling to complete the second Antonov An-225 Mriya
While the Antonov An-225 Mriya is a one-of-a-kind aircraft, a second frame sits incomplete in Kyiv, Ukraine, after…
2021-02-04
Russia carries out largest Antonov An-124 formation flight ever
As part of a series of training flights, six An-124-100 Ruslan strategic military transport aircraft of the Russian…
2021-01-18
Antonov wins first governmental order in 29 years
A Ukrainian aircraft manufacturing company Antonov received a state order of three Antonov AN-178 military transport aircraft for…
2020-12-30
An-178 takes off: Ukraine to make first Antonov order ever
The Ukrainian government plans to place a much-anticipated order for three new Antonov An-178 planes, the country’s ministry…
2020-12-08
Bumpy story of Baikal, newest Russian bush plane
Attempts to replace Russian utility plane Antonov An-2 were failing since the 70s, but the new LMS-901 Baikal…
2020-12-03
Antonov An-124 suffers runway excursion after emergency landing
Forced to an emergency landing by an engine failure, a Volga-Dnepr Airlines An-124 cargo plane suffered a runway…
2020-11-13
Antonov AN-26 military plane crashes in Ukraine, at least 22 dead
An Antonov AN-26 aircraft crashed in the Kharkov region of Ukraine in the late hours of September 25,…
2020-10-22
Antonov An-225 Mriya returns home for engine check-up
The Antonov An-225 Mriya, the world’s largest operating aircraft, returned to base after two months of an intensive…
2020-10-22
Antonov An-225 Mriya returns to service after month-long checkup
After returning to base for a routine checkup of its six engines that lasted for a month, the…
2020-10-22
Quiz: can you identify these Soviet-built commercial aircraft?
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2020-08-29
Russia reportedly decides on new military freighter design
The Defence ministry of the Russian Federation has reportedly approved the specifications of the new military cargo plane…
2020-08-07
United Nations Antonov An-74 crash in Mali injures eleven people
A transport plane of the United Nations, coming from Bamako with 11 people on board, made a difficult…
2020-08-04