Antonov An-124

The Antonov An-124 Ruslan (Ukrainian: Антонов Ан-124 "Руслан") (NATO reporting name: Condor) is a strategic airlift jet aircraft. It was designed by the Antonov design bureau in the Ukrainian SSR, then part of the Soviet Union (USSR). Until the Boeing 747-8F, the An-124 was, for thirty years, the world's highest aircraft gross weight production cargo airplane and second heaviest operating cargo aircraft, behind the one-off Antonov An-225 (a greatly enlarged design based on the An-124). The An-124 remains the largest military transport aircraft in the world.

During development it was known as Izdeliye 400 (Product #400) in house, and An-40 in the West. First flown in 1982, civil certification was issued on December 30th, 1992. In July 2013, twenty-six An-124s were in commercial service with ten on order.

Variants

 * An-124 Ruslan: Strategic heavy airlift transport aircraft.
 * An-124-100: Commercial transport aircraft.
 * An-124-100M-150: Commercial transport version fitted with Western avionics
 * An-124-102: Commercial transport version with an EFIS flight deck
 * An-124-115M: Planned new variant with EFIS based on Rockwell Collins avionic parts
 * An-124-130: Proposed version
 * An-124-135: Variant with one seat in the rear and the rest of the cargo area (approx. 1,800 square feet) dedicated to freight
 * An-124-150: New variant with increased payload (150 tonnes)
 * An-124-200: Proposed version with General Electric CF6-80C2 engines, each rated at 59,200 lbf (263 kN)
 * An-124-210: Joint proposal with Air Foyle to meet UK's Short Term Strategic Airlifter (STSA) requirement, with Rolls-Royce RB211-524H-T engines, each rated 60,600 lbf (264 kN) and Honeywell avionics—STSA competition abandoned in August 1999, reinstated, and won by the Boeing C-17A.
 * An-124-300: Variant ordered by the Russian Air Force with new avionics, a new improved braking system and a payload of 150 tonnes.

Users

 * Libya
 * Libyan Arab Air Cargo
 * Libyan Air Force
 * Russia
 * Aeroflot Russian International Airlines
 * Ayaks Cargo (Ayaks Polet Airlines)
 * Polet Airlines
 * Rossiya Airlines
 * Russian Air Force
 * Transaero Airlines
 * Volga-Dnepr
 * Soviet Union
 * Aeroflot Soviet Airlines
 * Soviet Air Force
 * Ukraine
 * Antonov Airlines
 * Ukrainian Air Force
 * United Arab Emirates
 * Maximus Air Cargo
 * United Kingdom
 * Air Foyle
 * Antonov AirTrack
 * HeavyLift Cargo Airlines
 * Titan Cargo
 * TransCharter Titan Cargo

Related Development

 * Antonov An-225 Miriya

Comparable Aircraft

 * Airbus Beluga
 * Boeing 747-400F
 * Boeing 747-8F
 * Boeing C-17 Globemaster III
 * Bombardier CC-204 Titan
 * Ilyushin Il-106/PAK VTA
 * Lockheed C-5 Galaxy