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

[ketko]

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.















Thanks for having a look.

Regards, Keishi.

[Mayi757]

Beautiful Russian planes, thanks for sharing.

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

[moose135]

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

[jerslice]

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

[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?

[MarkLawrence]

Great shots!! Thanks for sharing!!

[Mayi757]

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?

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)