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In March 1970, Aeroflot had amassed a route network that was 600,000 kilometres (370,000 miles) long, a quarter of which covered international destinations. At this time, the carrier had agreements with 59 countries but it only served 54 of them, including 55 destinations.
The Aeroflot Flight 112 air crash was an aviation disaster involving a passenger Lisunov Li-2 aircraft operated by Aeroflot, which occurred on 2 January 1965 near the village of Darvaza (which does not exist anymore), Turkmen SSR. The crash resulted in the deaths of 24 people, making it the largest aviation disaster in the history of Turkmenistan.
Aeroflot Flight 418 was an international passenger flight operated by a Tupolev Tu-154 A, registered CCCP-85102, that was operating the second leg of a scheduled Luanda – Malabo – N'Djamena – Tripoli – Moscow passenger service. The plane crashed on into a mountain near Malabo Airport on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea on 1 June 1976.
Today Qantas remains the de facto flag carrier of Australia as well as the country’s largest airline and one of its best known brands globally. 4. Aeroflot. Aeroflot was the largest airline in ...
Abroad, the airline was known as Aeroflot Soviet Airlines. In 1976, Aeroflot carried its 100 millionth passenger. Its flights were mainly concentrated around the Soviet Union, but the airline also had an international network covering five continents: North and South America, Europe, Africa and Asia.
ČSA Flight 540 – On 20 August 1975, an Ilyushin Il-62 operated by Czechoslovak national airline Czechoslovak Airlines flying to Tehran was stopping in approach to Damascus International Airport in clear weather condition when it crashed and burst into flames, 17 km from the airport. Only two people survived.
The 1985 Aeroflot Antonov An-12 shoot down occurred on November 25, 1985, in Angola during the Angolan Civil War and South African Border War.An Aeroflot Antonov An-12BP cargo aircraft operated by the Soviet Air Force flying from Cuito Cuanavale to Luanda was shot down, allegedly by South African Special Forces, and crashed approximately 43 kilometres (27 mi) east of Menongue in Angola's ...
The Aeroflot fleet, excluding that of subsidiaries, comprises the following aircraft, including 112 Airbus planes and 59 Boeing planes. [2] As a result of International sanctions during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the company has ordered over 300 Russian-made jets and plans on making the Yakovlev MC-21 its flagship plane, [1] [2] with deliveries expected to start in 2025 or 2026.