Cuban flag carrier Cubana has received its first VIP-configured Ilyushin Il-96-300 around two months later than scheduled due to financing issues. Russia’s decision to ground its Il-96 fleet for two ...

Russian authorities are hoping to improve the commercial potential of the Ilyushin Il-96 family after completing ‘hot and high’ tests with a Cuban-operated example of the type in Ecuador. The tests ...

As President Javier Milei's Argentina deepens its allegiance to the United States, Cuba's flag carrier Cubana lifted this week its regular service between Buenos Aires and Havana after fuel suppliers ...

Cuba’s state-owned Cubana de Aviacion airline took delivery of its second Tupolev Tu-204SE freighter, built at the Russian Ulyanovsk-based Aviastar plant. Cubana became the largest foreign operator of ...

The Kremlin agrees to provide most of the funding to resuscitate Cuba’s airliners. The first Cubana Ilyushin Il-96-300 rolls out of VASO's assembly hall in Voronezh, Russia, in 2005. (Photo: Vladimir ...

Experience the Aeroflot Ilyushin IL-96 flight from Moscow to Istanbul in 2014. The IL-96 prototype first flew in 1988, was certified in 1992, and Aeroflot began passenger service in 1993. The boarding ...