On November 6, 2025, an Ilyushin Il-76TD bearing the registration XT-ABL (Burkina Faso) took off from Tashkent Eastern (Vostochny) Airport, heading to Fujairah, UAE. According to preliminary information, the aircraft has been acquired by Batot Air.
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As reported by russianplanes.net, this Il-76TD had been stored since November 2006. It's story began in January 1992, when it performed its first flight as СССР-76831, built and operated by TAPOiCh (Tashkent Aviation Production Association named after V. P. Chkalov). In 1993, it was leased to Uzbekistan Airways and re-registered as UK76831, under which it flew for another 13 years.
Now, after nearly two decades of silence, this legendary heavy transport aircraft has come back to life. It is one of the last two remaining Il-76s on the grounds of the former Tashkent Aviation Production Association (TAPOiCh) — once a proud symbol of Soviet and Uzbek aviation engineering.
🛫 Welcome back to the skies, Ilyusha! Wishing you safe flights and clear skies ahead!