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Bizjet Operators Benefit as Russia Keeps Tu-134

More than 30 of the model remain in service worldwide.

Kosmos-Air's Tu-134UBL takes off at the close of RUBAE 2019. (Photo: Vladimir Karnozov)

By Vladimir Karnozov

September 12, 2019

A handful of charter and corporate operators still fly Tupolev Tu-134 regional jets outfitted with VIP interiors. They will benefit from the Russian Air and Space Force’s recent decision to keep the type’s special-mission derivatives in service through to 2023. To be able to keep its aging jets intact, the military has talked the Kremlin into instructing local industry to provide repair and overhaul services on the type’s vital systems until the model's retirement.

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