MOSCOW, January 1 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's flagship air carrier Aeroflot [RTS: AFLT] said Tuesday it had completed the operation of Tu-134 aircraft.
The Aeroflot board approved February 15, 2007 a program to gradually replace the airline's Tu-134 planes with modern aircraft.
The last flight by a Tu-134 aircraft was performed on December 31 from Russia's western exclave of Kaliningrad to Moscow, Aeroflot said.
All 14 Tu-134 planes in the Aeroflot fleet will be replaced by new-generation aircraft, especially the promising Russian SuperJet-100 short-range plane, which has been developed by the Sukhoi design bureau and whose delivery is expected to begin in late 2008, and medium-range A319 and A320 airbuses, the Russian air carrier said.
The Tu-134 plane, which seats 76 passengers, came into serial production in 1967. It flies to distances of up to 3,000 kilometers (1,864 miles).
Founded in 1923, Russian Aeroflot accounts for 51% of Russia's international air traffic and 12% of domestic flights.
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