Vienna & Bratislava 2010/04/06 (Russian president arriving)

Hi all,

made a trip to Vienna and Bratislava yesterday. The main reason was to catch Medvedev arriving in Bratislava.

Hope you like the pictures.

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Thanks for having a look.

Regards, Keishi.

Beautiful Russian planes, thanks for sharing.

Arkia totally destroyed their livery. That's awful, hopefully that paintscheme doesn't make it to the 757s.

Really neat stuff, Keishi! We so rarely get to see Russian iron, it's always a welcome addition!

I drool over that IL-96...man.
Nice stuff and welcome...keep it coming!

Tu-154, Il-62 and Il-96 in one day... I'M IMMENSELY JEALOUS!!


question, is ROSSYA a state-run airline or just a government livery?

Great shots!! Thanks for sharing!!

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Originally Posted by cancidas

Tu-154, Il-62 and Il-96 in one day... I'M IMMENSELY JEALOUS!!


question, is ROSSYA a state-run airline or just a government livery?

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It started out as an airline for government transport but now it also flies as a regular airline (regular pax division have a Russian flag on tail like that IL-96 which carries it despite being a VIP plane). Ironically good 'ol USSR pride Aeroflot is the one which will be privatized.

I believe Rossiya retired the last TU-154s recently, so the regular passenger aircraft are flown with western Boeings and Airbii (yawn)