List of Antonov An-124 operators
As of April 2026, 15 Antonov An-124s are in commercial service. 13 more are operated by the Russian military, of which 4 are with the 224th Flight unit.[1]
Current operators
Military operators
- Russian Aerospace Forces – 13 in service, 13 in reserve. In 2008, a contract was signed with Aviastar-SP for modernization of 10 aircraft by 2015.[2] As of December 2019, at least 11 aircraft were modernized. 2 on order.[3][4][5][6][7][8]
- 12th Military Transport Aviation Division
- 566th Military Transport Aviation Regiment – Seshcha air base, Bryansk Oblast[9]
- 18th Military Transport Aviation Division[10]
- 235th Military Transport Aviation Regiment – Ulyanovsk Vostochny Airport, Ulyanovsk Oblast[11]
- 224th Air Detachment of Military Transport Aviation – Migalovo, Tver Oblast
- 12th Military Transport Aviation Division
Civil operators
- Volga-Dnepr (7 of which 2 are parked, out of an original fleet of 12)[12][13]
- Antonov Airlines (7 of which 3 are parked)[14][15]
- Maximus Air Cargo (1) An-124-100 variant built in 2003[14]
Former operators
Military operators
- Soviet Air Force – aircraft were transferred to the Russian and Ukrainian Air Forces after the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
Civil operators
- Libyan Arab Air Cargo – had 2 aircraft in service as of 2013;[14] 1 seized by Ukraine in 2017,[16] and 1 destroyed on ground by shelling at Mitiga International Airport in June 2019.[17]
- Aeroflot Russian International Airlines – retired from fleet in 2000
- Ayaks Cargo (Ayaks Polet Airlines)
- Polet Flight – ceased operations 2014
- Rossiya Airlines – retired from fleet
- Transaero Airlines – retired from fleet
- Titan Cargo – company ceased operations 2002
- TransCharter Titan Cargo – ceased operations 2003
- Aeroflot Soviet Airlines – transferred to the Russian Aeroflot fleet
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- Air Foyle (in partnership with Antonov Design Bureau) – joint venture dissolved 2006
- HeavyLift Cargo Airlines (in partnership with Volga-Dnepr Airlines) – ceased operations 2006
- Antonov AirTrack – ceased operations
References
- ↑ Villamizar, Helwing (26 December 2021). "Today in Aviation: Maiden Flight of the Antonov An-124". Airways Magazine. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
- ↑ "Петр Бутовски об Ан-124 "Руслан"" [Peter Butovskaya about AN-124 "Ruslan"] (in Russian). bmpd.livejournal.com. 9 May 2013. Archived from the original on 16 November 2013. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
- ↑ ""Авиастар-СП" успешно выполнил гособоронзаказ на модернизацию шести самолетов Ан-124-100 "Руслан"". armstrade.org. 24 November 2014. Archived from the original on 5 January 2015. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
- ↑ "Modernization of another An-124-100 "Ruslan" completed". engineeringrussia.wordpress.com. 13 July 2015. Archived from the original on 14 January 2019. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
- ↑ "Именной Ан-124-100 "Руслан" "Олег Антонов" совершил ознакомительный полет после модернизации". armstrade.org. 21 December 2017. Archived from the original on 24 November 2018. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
- ↑ "ЦАМТО / Новости / "Авиастар-СП" продлил ресурс летной годности и передал в эксплуатацию самолет Ан-124-100 "Руслан"". Archived from the original on 16 June 2019. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
- ↑ "ЦАМТО / Новости / "Авиастар-СП" продлил ресурс летной годности очередному самолету Ан-124-100 "Руслан"". Archived from the original on 10 September 2019. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
- ↑ "ЦАМТО / Новости / Продлен ресурс летной годности очередного самолета Ан-124-100 "Руслан"". Archived from the original on 21 December 2019. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
- ↑ "566th Solnechnogorskiy Red Banner order of Kutuzov Military-Transport Aviation Regiment". ww2.dk. Archived from the original on 4 June 2018. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
- ↑ "В ВКС России восстановлена 18-я военно-транспортная авиационная дивизия". bmpd.livejournal.com. 1 December 2017. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
- ↑ "В Ульяновске восстановлен 235-й военно-транспортный авиационный полк". bmpd.livejournal.com. 3 December 2017. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
- ↑ "Fleet in Flight Radar". Archived from the original on 25 September 2017. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
- ↑ "Fleet in Flight Radar". Retrieved 5 April 2026.
- 1 2 3 "World Airliner Census". Flight International, 16–22 August 2013.
- ↑ "Some of the biggest planes in the world were in Kiev at the time of the invasion, see what they are". The Goa Spotlight. Archived from the original on 2 March 2022. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
- ↑ "Ukraine to auction Libya's An-124 Ruslan if Libya fails to pay $1.2 million of debt for aircraft servicing". en.interfax.com.ua. 13 October 2017. Archived from the original on 23 June 2019. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
- ↑ "5A-DKN hull-loss incident". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 16 September 2020.