Lost Potential: A TU-204-100 Wishlist

The Tupolev Tu-204 was robbed of a Tu-154 style production run by the collapse of the Soviet Union, which is a real shame as it appears to be a decent aircraft broadly in line with Western contemporaries at the dawn of the 90s. In the end although the aircraft has had a 30-year production run only around 90 aircraft were made. Even so, the type has appeared in a surprising number of liveries which we’ll hopefully be seeing on NG Models releases soon.

[NOTE: this hope from 2021 has been partially realised but there have been many gaps. The wishlist has been updated to include production up to mid-2026.]

Tupolev

Anthony Noble (GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2 ), via Wikimedia Commons
RA-64027 Tupolev TU-204-120 Sirocco Aerospace
RA-64501 Tupolev TU-214 Tupolev Design Bureau
Avia Star, Tu-204

Aviastar-Tu Airline Ops

RA-64021 Tupolev Tu-204 AviaStar-Tu BSL 290502

Russian Airlines

Air Force / Biz Customers

RA-64056 Tupolev 204 RUSAIR

Cairo Aviation

SU-EAG, Air Cairo Cargo Tupolev Tu-204-120C, OST

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