Bandit plane. Forbes found the planes that Abramovich, Usmanov, Fridman, Prokhorov and other Russian billionaires fly. Abramovich Roman Arkadievich: biography
Roman Abramovich is the most discussed and most popular Russian oligarch among the common people, and by no means because he is a particularly generous philanthropist or eager to get into politics. It's just that the tabloid press most often writes about Abramovich, and it is his life and achievements that are most interesting to follow, since Roman Arkadievich himself gladly shares the details of his life with journalists. The fabulous wealth of Abramovich has long been the talk of the town, and some jokes about him can be counted for several dozen. On the eve of the 47th birthday of the Russian Croesus, which he celebrates on October 24, we will look at his most expensive "toys"
Personal football club
Long before Roman Abramovich became the full owner of the British Chelsea FC, this news was exaggerated in the press. The public was perplexed: why should a Russian oligarch buy a bourgeois football team, what is Abramovich going to do with this acquisition? Many thought the news of the Chelsea purchase was a hoax until Abramovich formally bought the club's shares for £140m in 2003 and began investing heavily in the club. Analysts say that maintaining a team of this level is not at all a profitable business, however, Abramovich did not buy it to earn money - this is his own, pocket club, an expensive hobby that only a few in this world can afford
Yacht Eclipse
At the time of her launch (2009), this snow-white beauty was considered the largest private vessel in the world, but now she is in second place in the ranking. Luxurious luxury cabins can accommodate up to 36 passengers. Abramovich often throws business receptions for his friends at the Eclipse
Plane "Bandit"
Personal Boeing 767-33A / ER Abramovich dubbed Bandit because of the presence of a black strip under the cockpit for pilots, evoking associations with a bandit armband. The oligarch bought it in 2004 for personal needs. According to Izvestia, the interior decoration of the salons cost Abramovich $10 million, and mahogany and natural gilding were used as finishing materials.
Premium fleet
Abramovich treats cars like a secular lady treats fur coats - he does not change them like gloves, but if he replenishes his fleet with new cars, then this will be the most expensive, most status car. So, in the garage of Roman Arkadievich there is a frisky horse Ferrari FXX limited edition, there are only three dozen such machines worldwide
Black armored limousine Maybach 62, and not one, but two - the second will come in handy in case the first one runs out of gas. The cost of one such vehicle is $1.3 million.
Also in the Abramovich car collection there are several “simpler” horses:
Luxurious kupeshka Porsche Carrera GT
Recently recognized as one of the most unprofitable cars in the world Bugatti Veyron
Another representative of the racing family - Ferrari 360
Italian sports car of stunning design - Maserati MC12 Corsa
Also in the huge garage of Abramovich you can find all sorts of Rolls-Royces, Mercedes, Lexuses - the oligarch does not even consider such a trifle
Castle and other real estate
No particularly royal blood would certainly refuse to live in the castle-villa Chateau de la Croe, located on the Cote d'Azur. Previously, this villa belonged to the Windsor dynasty, the ruling royal dynasty in Great Britain. Journalists calculated that the acquisition and arrangement of the castle cost Abramovich approximately $40 million.
When Abramovich gets bored with the Riviera, he goes skiing to America. There, in the prestigious resort of Aspen, where all the cream of the Western showbiz rests, he bought a cozy house with a view of the mountains.
Well, when from time to time Abramovich calls in the capital of our Motherland, he stops at his residence near Moscow. It can be assumed that on December 21 last year he met there: after all, according to rumors, the oligarch’s villa near Moscow is equipped with a personal bunker in case of a nuclear war or some kind of cataclysm
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Boeing 767-300 of Roman Abramovich
Roman Abramovich (center) and Eduard Rossel (right)
The billionaire will prefer to talk about the details of doing business, he may not hide the brand of his expensive car. But he will probably keep silent about a private jet. The hype in this matter is useless. The movement of the oligarchs by their own air transport is their own business. Legally, such flights are equated to a charter. Several times, entrepreneurs stuttered in front of government officials that it would be nice for them, people so significant for the country's economy, to replace the permissive procedure for using airspace with a notification one. But so far there is no result. So in the new rules, which will come into force on November 1, only private aviation flying no higher than 300 meters will be allowed to use the notification procedure one hour before departure. Maybe later they will remember the billionaires. Their planes are designed for high altitudes and serious speeds.taboo theme
The fleet of personal aircraft of Russians, in principle, is not large. There are even fewer planes from the business aviation sector. Any car can become a business jet - there would be money. But usually it is understood as a small VIP-class jet aircraft, most often foreign-made with a limited number of seats, no more than 19. According to experts of the Business Aviation Club, one of the largest domestic sellers of business and administrative aircraft, there are just over 450 real owners of business jets in Russia. So are wealthy people, according to rating of billionaires "F.", not much more. “Feel free to take the top half of the list - these persons probably own planes,” one of the magazine's interlocutors noted. - But this is an absolutely taboo topic for discussion. No one knows more or less reliable data about the owners of aircraft.A personal plane is like a beacon. Not everyone can afford it. And big money, as you know, do not like close attention. It is no coincidence that almost all boards are not directly owned by those in whose interests they "work", but are registered to commercial structures. Wealthy Russians prefer to remain in the shadows and are in no hurry to take up the initiative of the authorities, which allowed registration in the name of an individual, which was not allowed a few years ago.
The owners of air transport are also some politicians and artists. It is believed that Philip Kirkorov there is an American Cessna Citation III. "United Russia", a member of the State Duma Committee on Labor and Social Policy Grigory Anikeev honestly indicated in the tax return owning a Falcon 2000 Ex Easy. The governor of the Kaliningrad region, Georgy Boos, also did not hide the fact that in 2009 he purchased a small jet for 9 seats. And recently, the presidential squadron also acquired foreign aircraft from the administrative Falcon category at a price of $50 million apiece. A French heavy jet class car is five times more economical in terms of direct costs for a flight of a heavy liner Il-96-300. For example, the flight of the president or prime minister from Moscow home - to St. Petersburg - will cost the treasury 80-90 thousand rubles instead of 450-460 thousand.
Both home and office
On jets, mega-level entrepreneurs who can buy several winged cars move around the country and the world - Oleg Deripaska, Mikhail Prokhorov, Viktor Vekselberg. Roman Abramovich owns not so much a jet as an aircraft that is usually used in commercial aviation - the Boeing 767-300. Such liners are in the fleets of all major airlines, including Aeroflot and Transaero. Judgments about the exact number of boards in private ownership are only approximate. For example, how many Cessnas are used in a country is known from planespotters (people whose hobbies are photographing and counting aircraft). They recorded about 40 ships of this manufacturer with different registration numbers at the airports. Of these, at least two dozen belong to unnamed private owners.The fleet of firms involved in the organization of VIP transportation consists mainly of jets. According to various sources, there are several dozen such companies in the country. By the way, having your own board Vladimir Lisin sources do not confirm, assuring that the billionaire No. 1 uses the services of a VIP airline based in Vnukovo-3. But, as a rule, the clientele of leased aircraft is different. “Their services are used by about 4.5 thousand people - businessmen who either do not want to buy an aircraft, or do not fly often enough to have their own board,” says Sergey Morozov, president of the Business Aviation club. In any case, these are people who are ready to pay about 30-40 thousand euros for a flight to Europe. For billionaires, in this case, comfort is important, they have a certain level of requests. “If they resort to the services of such companies, then each time it will turn out to be a new, unusual aircraft with other people's flight attendants, perhaps an inconvenient layout,” the expert explains. “Your plane is a plane for yourself, like a house and an office at the same time.”
Without terrorists
The theme of increasing prestige at the expense of the aircraft as an expensive toy remained in pre-crisis times. There is a need, of course. But the majority of entrepreneurs, having played enough in status in previous years, use jets for their intended purpose - for business. According to the calculations of the Business Aviation Club, before the start of the crisis in 2008 in the Moscow zone, the number of business aviation flights reached 150–200 per day, which is comparable to regular flights over the same period.One of the reasons wealthy people get their own planes is because of the difficult routes. “Let's say you need to visit Moscow, London, Nice, Athens and St. Petersburg in a short time,” says Sergey Morozov. “No major scheduled airline can do this.” Often, the destination can not be reached at all by an ordinary plane. According to a study conducted in 2009 by Galaxy And Mass Assembly in conjunction with the National Business Aviation Association, up to 80% of business jet flights are to airports where there is no regular schedule or it is limited to two or three flights served by small turbine vessels.
But even if we are talking about flights to centers with a developed aviation infrastructure, there are difficulties with connecting flights in different cities, a lot of time is spent on the usual pre-flight check-in, baggage screening, early arrival at the airport, usually remote from the settlement. A personal plane does not have to be parked at a large airfield, and it will wait for a delayed passenger for as long as necessary. Here the restriction is connected only with the rest time of the crew.
It is known that the president of Avangard Bank, Kirill Minovalov, independently pilots his Cessna. His business interests are in the malting and glass business. The entrepreneur often negotiates with partners in Europe, where he flies from Moscow in an hour (including time zones). During the day he holds several meetings in different cities or even EU countries, and in the evening he returns to Russia. A convincing example of how having an airplane allows you to effectively manage your own time. Another important reason to use a personal aircraft is absolute and controlled security, when the entrepreneur is sure that there are no terrorists on board.
The crisis is not a hindrance
“We must remember that any owner of a business jet does not fly alone, but together with managers and security,” recalls BCS analyst Sevastyan Kozitsyn. “If such a person used a scheduled or charter aircraft, he would have to buy half the cabin for his team.”If you do not take the top of the “golden” billionaires, then the Russian fleet of jets consists of corporate aircraft that are used primarily in the interests of legal entities, Oleg Panteleev, head of the analytical service of the Aviaport.ru agency, is sure: “When we talk about the personality of Roman Abramovich, it is clear that his Boeing is a car for one, but if we mean pragmatic businessmen like Oleg Deripaska, then he will not spend money on maintaining the aircraft only for his own personal needs.
For such entrepreneurs, their own board becomes an investment in improving business efficiency and communication capabilities of the company. Therefore, the oligarchs continue to buy aircraft, despite the crisis. “It is true that since 2008 there has been a drop in demand both in terms of leasing and acquiring aircraft. According to my estimate, there was a drop of more than 50%,” says Petr Koshelev, commercial director of Jet-2000, which offers management and rental services for business jets. For example, one large company selling jets reported that in 2009 it did not carry out a single deal for the sale of aircraft. Many cars were put up for sale, but no one was interested in them. Although the aircraft on the secondary market could be purchased at a discount of 20-50%. Thus, according to experts, co-owners of Sibir Energy Shalva Chigirinsky and Mirax Group Sergei Polonsky unsuccessfully tried to get rid of their own ships. On the other hand, Lev Leviev, an Israeli businessman who owns AFI Development in Russia, was successful: he sold his Bombardier Global 5000 for $46 million. The situation is similar in the primary market. According to the American jet manufacturer Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation, in the second half of last year, not a single order was received from Russia, while the company usually sold up to a dozen aircraft to Russian oligarchs annually.
However, the recovery of the market for such exclusive services has already begun: the demand for the secondary market is slowly but surely increasing, followed by the primary market, experts say. If we talk about the intensity of flights on jets, according to Sergey Morozov, it has already approached the pre-crisis level: “Entrepreneurs, of course, have become more economical, but I would say - within the framework of a certain trend, because everyone around is saving, but the flight statistics of our club say about the other - they fly, as before.
Airplane piece
In this, domestic businessmen do not differ from foreign ones. The activity of business aviation flights in the EU countries also almost approached the level of 2009, calculated in Eurocontrol, only in April the intensity again decreased by 34% yoy due to the eruption of the Icelandic volcano. But the level of purchases of jets has not fully recovered. According to the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA), in the first quarter of 2010, world deliveries of this type of aircraft amounted to 164 units, which is 14.1% lower than in the same period last year. True, the foreign market is much more saturated with jets than the Russian market - about 13 thousand private jets are registered in the USA alone. Of course, not all of them belong to residents: due to liberal legislation, the ships of many foreigners are registered in the States, including a significant part of the 450 aircraft owned by Russians.Ranking of business jet owners
Place
A person
Status
State assessment, $ billion
Aircraft brand
Primary market price, $ mln*
Roman Abramovich
Millhouse Capital owner , Chairman of the Duma of Chukotka
17,00
Boeing 767-300
Suleiman Kerimov
Owner of Nafta Moskva , member of the Federation Council
14,50
Boeing 737-7BJ/W BBJ
50–52
Gulfstream G-V
David Yakobashvili
Co-owner of Wimm-Bill-Dann
0,53
Gulfstream G550
Bombardier Challenger 604
26–28
Mikhail Prokhorov
President of Onexim Group
17,85
Gulfstream GV-SP
Falcon 900 EX
28–30
Shalva Chigirinsky
Ex-co-owner of Sibir Energy
0,17
Gulfstream G550
Rustam Tariko
Chairman of the board of directors and owner
Bank "Russian Standard"1,60
Boeing 737-7BJ/W BBJ
50–52
Andrey Skoch
Co-owner of Metalloinvest,
State Duma deputy
2,45
Airbus A319-115CJ
Mikhail Fridman
The main owner and chairman of the supervisory board of Alfa Group
14,30
Bombardier Global Express
Oleg Deripaska
CEO and owner of "Basic Element"
13,80
Gulfstream GV-SP
Sergei Pugachev
Owner of the United Industrial Corporation, member of the Federation Council
2,40
Falcon 2000 Ex Easy
Gulfstream IIB
Grigory Anikeev
Member of the State Duma from United Russia
n.a.
Falcon 2000 Ex Easy
Vagit Alekperov
President and co-owner of Lukoil
10,65
Falcon 900EX
28–30
Yak-142 (remake of Yak-42)
2–2,5
Alexey Mordashov
CEO and main owner
Severstal10,00
Bombardier Challenger 604
26–28
Vladimir Potanin
President of Interros
9,95
gulfstream
25–33
Vladimir Bogdanov
CEO of Surgutneftegaz
0,12
Gulfstream IV-SP
25–31
Vladimir Evtushenkov
Chairman of the Board of Directors and main owner of AFK Sistema
6,50
Embraer-135BJ Legacy
23–25
Igor Makarov
Major shareholder of Itera
19,70
Embraer-135BJ Legacy
23–25
Viktor Vekselberg
Chairman of the Supervisory Committee
and the main owner of Renova8,35
Bombardier BD-700 Global Express
22–24
Kirill Minovalov
President and owner of Avangard Bank
0,56
Cessna 750 Citation X
Igor Vozyakov
Collector and philanthropist (former top manager of Transneft)
n.a.
Learjet 60
19–20
Despite the financial difficulties, businessmen in no country are ready to give up the use of personal aircraft. Hundreds of thousands of wealthy, but impoverished foreigners are moving around the world on business flights. Therefore, even more actively than before, a form of joint ownership of a ship is developing abroad. This is the so-called "partial ownership", not "private": the customer pays part of the cost of the aircraft and receives priority and cheaper freight for this for a certain period of time. “This option is close to the fractional ownership scheme, when a person buys not an aircraft, but a certain number of flight hours on it, which allows him to optimize his own expenses,” says Oleg Panteleev. For example, in Europe fractional ownership is about 10% of the private aviation market. Naturally, such a co-owner does not fully bear the cost of maintaining the car, which can reach 3-5% per month of the cost of the car. In Russia, pooling aircraft purchases is not very popular - there are still many who are able to buy an entire aircraft.
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Billionaire Roman Abramovich came in first place in the ranking of businessmen who own private jets, compiled by the magazine "Finance"
Abramovich bought the airliner in 2004, he planned to turn the aircraft into a headquarters, recalls RIA Novosti. According to eyewitnesses, the interior of this aircraft can only be compared with the equipment of the aircraft of US President Barack Obama. So, Abramovich's liner is equipped with an anti-missile system worth $1.5 million.
The second place in the list of the owner of air transport is occupied by the owner of Nafta Moskva, a member of the Federation Council Suleiman Kerimov . He owns three aircraft: a $50-52 million Boeing 737-7BJ/W BBJ, a $35 million Gulfstream G-V, and a $55 million Gulfstream G550. The third place is occupied by the co-owner of Wimm-Bill-Dann David Yakobashvili , which owns a $26-28 million Bombardier Challenger 604 and a $45 million Gulfstream GV-SP.
Also among the owners of private jets is the president of the Onexim group Mikhail Prokhorov , he has two aircraft: a $45 million Gulfstream GV-SP and a $28-30 million Falcon 900 EX. Chairman of the Board of Directors and owner of Russian Standard Bank Rustam Tariko has a Boeing 737-7BJ/W BBJ for 50-52 million. State Duma deputy, co-owner of Metalloinvest Andrey Skoch owns an Airbus A319-115CJ worth about $50 million.
The main owner and chairman of the supervisory board of Alfa Group Mikhail Fridman there is Bombardier Global Express for $48 million. Ranked tenth owner of the United Industrial Corporation, member of the Federation Council Sergei Pugachev owns two aircraft: a $25 million Falcon 2000 Ex Easy and a $10 million Gulfstream IIB.
According to experts, there are just over 450 owners of business jets in Russia. A business jet is understood as a small VIP-class jet aircraft, most often foreign-made with no more than 19 seats. According to experts, it is not customary to discuss the issue of aircraft ownership by the Russian business elite. At the same time, almost all such aircraft are most often registered to commercial structures.
According to rumors, the owners of air transport are also some politicians and artists. Yes, at Philip Kirkorov , according to some reports, there is an American aircraft Cessna Citation III. United Russia, Member of the State Duma Committee on Labor and Social Policy Grigory Anikeev indicated on his tax return that he owns a Falcon 2000 Ex Easy aircraft. Governor of the Kaliningrad Region George Boos also admitted that in 2009 he purchased a plane with 9 seats.
As for the planes on which President Medvedev travels, as it became known, foreign planes of the Falcon category were recently purchased for the presidential squadron at a price of $50 million apiece. The French heavy jets are five times more economical than, for example, the domestic IL-96-300.
According to the magazine, entrepreneurs capable of buying several winged cars move around the world on jets - Oleg Deripaska, Mikhail Prokhorov, Viktor Vekselberg .
The fleet of firms involved in the organization of VIP transportation consists mainly of jets. According to various sources, there are several dozen such companies in the country. According to sources, the richest man in Russia Vladimir Lisin does not own a private jet, but uses the services of a VIP airline based in Vnukovo-3. However, as a rule, the clientele of leased aircraft is different - their services are used by about 4.5 thousand businessmen who do not want to purchase an aircraft or do not fly very often. So, for a flight to Europe, these people are ready to pay about 30-40 thousand euros.
One of the reasons wealthy people buy their own planes is because of the complicated routes, when you have to visit several places in a limited time. So, the president of the bank "Avangard" Kirill Minovalov pilots his own Cessna aircraft and thus effectively manages his time negotiating with partners in Europe. He is in the malting and glass business. According to statistics, up to 80% of business jet flights are made to airports where there is no regular schedule or it is limited to two or three flights.
Another problem that rich people solve by purchasing an aircraft is safety. After all, any owner of a business jet does not fly alone, but together with managers and security. If a businessman used a scheduled or charter aircraft, he would have to buy half the cabin for his team.
The Russian jet fleet for the most part consists of corporate aircraft, which are used primarily in the interests of legal entities. For such entrepreneurs, their own board becomes an investment in improving business efficiency and communication capabilities of the company, experts say.
However, not all wealthy people are doing well. Some are forced to sell their planes. Last year, many cars were put up for sale, but no one was interested in them. So, the co-owners of Sibir Energy unsuccessfully tried to get rid of their own ships Shalva Chigirinsky and Mirax Group Sergei Polonsky . Israeli businessman Lev Leviev , which owns AFI Development in Russia, nevertheless sold its Bombardier Global 5000 for $46 million.
Anton Verzhbitsky
If you combine the private jets of Russian billionaires into one company, you get a major carrier, the second in terms of the number of aircraft after Aeroflot, with a fleet of more than 250 aircraft. In total, the Russians own up to 500 business jets, and most of them are registered abroad. Sanctions against Russian businessmen adopted by the US Treasury on April 6, 2018 ruined the life of billionaires and launched a wave of sales.5. Airbus A320
Year of issue: 2008
Estimated owner: Andrey Kozitsyn
Country of registration: Austria
Assessed value: $67 000 000The plane and its unique livery with gold patterns and a bird on the tail went to the Russian billionaire from the previous owner, the Saudi Saad Group, the bankrupt billionaire Maan al-Sanea. The plane was relocated from Saudi Arabia to Yekaterinburg Koltsovo Airport. The plane can often be seen in European cities - Verona, Vienna and Paris. Also, this Airbus often visits the cities where the Ekaterinburg hockey club "Avtomobilist" holds its games, sponsored by the UMMC (Andrey Kozitsyn is a co-owner of the company). Sometimes the hockey team itself flies to them.
Forbes analyzed what the participants in the list of the richest Russians prefer to fly on. According to the publication, most often the technique of famous people in business is very recognizable: billionaires like to stand out with the color of their vehicle or an unusual registration number.
For example, Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich prefers to fly a Boeing 767-300ER with the number P4-MES. This 11-year-old aircraft can often be seen in different parts of the world: Nice, Salzburg, Saint Martin, Tel Aviv. The rich geography is explained by the capabilities of the Boeing 767-300ER, registered on the island of Aruba. The ER prefix in the modification of this vessel means an increased flight range, which allows you to make non-stop flights over a distance of up to 11 thousand kilometers. Such an airliner can accommodate up to 245 passengers, its length is 54.9 meters, its wingspan is 47.6 meters, and the catalog value of the aircraft is $191.5 million. Among spotters (lovers of photographing aircraft), the ship received the nickname "Bandit" for the characteristic black stripe near the cockpit, reminiscent of dark glasses. A 1:500 scale model of the "Bandit" is even sold in souvenir shops.
Plane of Roman Abramovich Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Alfa Group Mikhail Fridman often flies in his Mi-171 helicopter with the number RA-25777. A very unusual vehicle, if only for the reason that this helicopter has an interesting color and a lucky number ending in three sevens. Probably Fridman flies on this helicopter to his recreation center in the Tver region. According to the manufacturer, the maximum flight range of such a vessel is 600-800 kilometers, depending on the configuration, cruising speed is 230 kilometers per hour, and the catalog price is $10 million.
Helicopter of Mikhail Fridman The owner of the Onexim group, co-owner of OK Rusal, Mikhail Prokhorov, prefers to fly on a 6-year-old Airbus A319 with M-RBUS number. This is a large liner with dynamic coloring and the callsign Silver Arrows. According to Airbus specifications, the aircraft is 33.8 meters long, has a wingspan of 35.8 meters, seats up to 156 passengers, and has a list price of $88.6 million. However, the interior of the liner, most likely, was specially redesigned for the needs of the client.
Mikhail Prokhorov's plane The Airbus A319 aircraft with M-KATE registration, which Russian businessman Dmitry Rybolovlev flies, a few years ago attracted the attention of journalists, primarily British ones. Reporters tried to figure out if the plane with such a talking registration had anything to do with Kate Middleton, wife of the Duke of Cambridge, Prince William. However, it is most likely that the A319 received such registration in honor of Rybolovlev's daughter, Katerina. The aircraft belonged to Sophar Property Holding BVI, which Uralkali acquired while still under Rybolovlev's control. After the sale of Uralkali, the entrepreneur bought Sophar's assets from Sophar.
Dmitry Rybolovlev's plane Member of the Board of Directors of OAO NOVATEK, Gennady Timchenko, prefers to fly his Gulfstream G650 with the number OH-GVV. This aircraft is capable of making a non-stop flight over a distance of 12,964 kilometers and taking on board up to 18 passengers. In August last year, the businessman complained to the press that, due to sanctions, Gulfstream could not sell him new aircraft and service those already purchased. Thus, he is forced to request charter flights when he needs to fly somewhere.
The plane of Gennady Timchenko Oleg Tinkov, chairman of the board of directors at Tinkoff Credit Systems, prefers to travel aboard a Falcon 900LX with an M-TINK registration, according to photos from his social media account. A recognizable feature is the coat of arms on the tail of the aircraft, the same one that Tinkoff Bank customers see on cards and official documents. According to the manufacturer, this type of aircraft has a wingspan of 21.38 meters, can accommodate up to 19 passengers, can fly non-stop over a distance of up to 8,890 kilometers, for example, fly from Moscow to Tokyo. The cost of the aircraft on the market is 20-32 million dollars, depending on the condition, modification and configuration.
Oleg Tinkov's plane The founder and main shareholder of USM Holdings, Alisher Usmanov, flies a 6-year-old Airbus A340-300 with M-IABU number. Usmanov's liner is the largest among all the aircraft of the participants in the rating of the richest Russians. The liner is called Bourkhan (it is believed that in honor of the father of Alisher Usmanov), and its registration can be deciphered as “I, Alisher Burkhanovich Usmanov (I, Alischer Burchanovich Usmanov). According to Airbus, the flight range of aircraft of this type is up to 13.7 thousand kilometers, the wingspan is 60.3 meters, the length is 63.69 meters, the capacity is up to 440 passengers in a single-class configuration, the catalog price in 2011 was 238 million dollars, now the plane has already been taken out of production.
Alisher Usmanov's plane Businessman Suleiman Kerimov had many planes - from Boeing to Gulfstream, as the businessman repeatedly told Forbes. The new vessel that Suleiman Kerimov seems to prefer to travel on now is a three-year-old Boeing 737-800 with registration VP-BBZ. Like all other aircraft of Mr. Kerimov, this aircraft is registered and maintained by Gama Aviation and has a memorable color scheme.
The plane of Suleiman Kerimov
Raspberry Reply
Why hasn’t he bought the mainland for himself yet ... private.
And from the inhabitants to take a tax for the use.
Lana Reply
You might think. he alone lives like this, from the mighty of this world
Semen Reply
