Ilyushin Il-96-300 · CU-T1717 · Cubana de Aviación

Ilyushin Il-96-300 illustration in Cubana de Aviación livery Illustrative image; it may differ from the actual aircraft.

Ilyushin Il-96-300

IL96-74393201005Unknown
RegistrationCUCU-T1717
OperatorCubana de Aviación
2operators
0incidents
0accidents
0logbook years
0photos

Ilyushin Il-96-300. Has operated for Aeroflot - Russian Airlines and Cubana de Aviación.

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Technical data

ManufacturerIlyushin
MSN74393201005
VerificationPending check against the official civil register

The model · Ilyushin Il-96

Figures for the Il-96-300 variant, the most representative of the family · it is 53% the length of a football pitch

Length55.4 m182 ft
Wingspan60.1 m197 ft
Height17.6 m58 ft
Range11,000 km5,940 NMWith a typical passenger load
Cruise speed850 km/h459 ktMach 0.80
Service ceiling12,000 m39,370 ftIt flies above Everest (1.4 times its height)
Maximum take-off weight250,000 kg551,155 lb
Maximum payload133,000 kg293,214 lbIts 262 passengers with baggage would weigh about 26.2 t; the rest is fuel and cargo
Typical capacity262 passengersUp to 300 in a high-density layout
Endurance12 h 56 minAt cruise speed, non-stop

With its 11,000 km range, from Moscow it could fly non-stop as far as:

The type first flew in 1988 (38 years ago) · About 30 units built · Still in production

Figures for the type, not for this particular aircraft: each variant and each configuration changes something. They are shown in both systems used in aviation.

Flight logbook

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Aircraft chronology

Jul 13, 1993
Delivered to Aeroflot - Russian Airlines as RA-96008.
Aug 31, 2014
Transferred to Cubana de Aviación
Transferred to Cubana de Aviación.

Operators

1993-07-13
Registration RA-96008
2014-08-31
Registration CU-T1717

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BibTeX

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  title        = {{Ilyushin Il-96-300 · CU-T1717 · Cubana de Aviación}},
  publisher    = {Fundación Poderia},
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  date         = {2026-10-10},
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  urldate      = {2026-10-17},
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Wikipedia

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