Even the crisis did not force large entrepreneurs to abandon personal aircraft. Although they are expensive to maintain, flying businessmen value their comfort more than money.
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 notifying. But so far there is no result. So in the new rules, which will come into force on November 1, it will be allowed to use the notification procedure one hour before departure only private aviation flying no higher than 300 meters. Maybe later they will remember the billionaires. Their planes are designed for high altitudes and serious speeds.
taboo theme
Fleet personal aircraft Russians, in principle, are not great. More fewer planes from the business aviation industry. 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 parks 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 big scheduled airline won't be up to the task." 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 locality. 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 the Jet-2000 airline, 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
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Place |
A person |
Status |
State assessment, $ billion |
Aircraft brand |
Primary market price, $ mln* |
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Roman Abramovich |
Millhouse Capital owner , Chairman of the Duma of Chukotka |
17,00 |
Boeing 767-300 |
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Suleiman Kerimov |
Owner of Nafta Moskva , member of the Federation Council |
14,50 |
Boeing 737-7BJ/W BBJ |
50–52 |
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Gulfstream G-V |
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David Yakobashvili |
Co-owner of Wimm-Bill-Dann |
0,53 |
Gulfstream G550 |
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Bombardier Challenger 604 |
26–28 |
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Mikhail Prokhorov |
President of Onexim Group |
17,85 |
Gulfstream GV-SP |
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Falcon 900 EX |
28–30 |
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Shalva Chigirinsky |
Ex-co-owner of Sibir Energy |
0,17 |
Gulfstream G550 |
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Rustam Tariko |
Chairman of the board of directors and owner |
1,60 |
Boeing 737-7BJ/W BBJ |
50–52 |
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Andrey Skoch |
Co-owner of Metalloinvest, State Duma deputy |
2,45 |
Airbus A319-115CJ |
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Mikhail Fridman |
The main owner and chairman of the supervisory board of Alfa Group |
14,30 |
Bombardier Global Express |
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Oleg Deripaska |
CEO and owner of "Basic Element" |
13,80 |
Gulfstream GV-SP |
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Sergei Pugachev |
Owner of the United Industrial Corporation, member of the Federation Council |
2,40 |
Falcon 2000 Ex Easy |
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Gulfstream IIB |
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Grigory Anikeev |
Member of the State Duma from United Russia |
n.a. |
Falcon 2000 Ex Easy |
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Vagit Alekperov |
President and co-owner of Lukoil |
10,65 |
Falcon 900EX |
28–30 |
|
|
Yak-142 (remake of Yak-42) |
2–2,5 |
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Alexey Mordashov |
CEO and main owner |
10,00 |
Bombardier Challenger 604 |
26–28 |
|
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Vladimir Potanin |
President of Interros |
9,95 |
gulfstream |
25–33 |
|
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Vladimir Bogdanov |
CEO of Surgutneftegaz |
0,12 |
Gulfstream IV-SP |
25–31 |
|
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Vladimir Evtushenkov |
Chairman of the Board of Directors and main owner of AFK Sistema |
6,50 |
Embraer-135BJ Legacy |
23–25 |
|
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Igor Makarov |
Major shareholder of Itera |
19,70 |
Embraer-135BJ Legacy |
23–25 |
|
|
Victor Vekselberg |
Chairman of the Supervisory Committee |
8,35 |
Bombardier BD-700 Global Express |
22–24 |
|
|
Kirill Minovalov |
President and owner of Avangard Bank |
0,56 |
Cessna 750 Citation X |
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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.
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, on prestigious resort Aspen, where all the cream of Western show business rests, he bought a cozy house with a mountain view
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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Mark Cuban, founder of broadcast.com, purchased a Boeing 767-277 for the Dallas Mavericks basketball team he owns. This aircraft is equipped with specially designed seats to provide maximum comfort for taller players.
Roman Abramovich made his fortune mainly during the privatization of Russia's oil industry. But abroad, he is known primarily as the owner of the Chelsea football club. His personal Boeing 767, which is serviced at London's Luton Airport, 51 km from London, is painted rather inconspicuously in contrast to the interior. Inside, the aircraft is trimmed with natural gold and mahogany.
Despite the fact that the Boeing 767 is a rather large aircraft, Abramovich became the owner of the newest giant, the Aerobus A-380. Abramovich was one of the first to order this aircraft at the Le Bourget air show. The plane will be delivered to its owner only in 2011, then after the re-equipment it will cost $400 million. For Abramovich, it will be equipped with several living rooms, a meeting room and luxurious apartments. This is the largest passenger airliner, which could initially accommodate 380 passengers.
Donald Trump's Boeing 727-23 was originally owned by American Airlines but was later purchased by D.J. Aerospace, one of the companies of the American billionaire. Light leather armchairs, gold-plated seat belt buckles, an art gallery, special soft lighting and personal attendants are all geared towards the most comfortable journey for Donald Trump and his guests. The Trump emblem on board is over a meter high, 9 meters wide and crafted from 23 carat gold leaf.
This Boeing 747-430 belongs to the ruler of Brunei, Haji Hassanal Bolkiah, one of the richest men in the world, who is also known for having one of the most amazing car and art collections. This plane is the most expensive private jet - its interior is trimmed with pure gold, real expensive leather and real crystal. The cost of this aircraft is over $120 million. The ruler of Brunei also owns 2 Aerobus A-340s and a new Boeing 767.
Actor John Travolta is a licensed pilot for Qantas, which allows him to fly passenger airliners such as the Boeing 707. By the age of 54, Travolta has flown more than 5,000 hours, owns 5 aircraft, including: a Boeing 707, two LearJet 24Bs, a Gulfstream 2, and a Canadian CT-114, which is usually used to train military pilots. combat rules and figures aerobatics. His residence in Jamboleira, Florida, has a 2 km long runway and taxiway leading directly to the house.
A English photographer Nick Glace has been photographing the interiors of African dictators for about 3 years. The photographer does not name their names, but, according to rumors, they were, for example, the king of Swaziland, the president of Nigeria and the head of Zimbabwe. However, the Russian oligarchs and their boss Putin I have no less impressive flying palaces.
Photographs of the interiors of aircraft of African rulers were presented at the English Brighton Festival. Nick Glace, who spent about 3 years on these shots, admitted that he initially took about 3 months to agree on permissions to shoot each of the objects. However, then Glace showed the previous picture to one of the African kings. He immediately agreed to shoot his flying palace - "to show the world that his plane is no worse than his neighbor." In addition, the next dictator received exclusive information about the aircraft of his rival in flashy luxury. In the future, Glace used this tactic.
While most black Africans were dying of poverty and disease, their rulers trimmed their planes with literally gold. King Mswati III of Swaziland explained the reasons for such flashy luxury in 2002: “A luxury aircraft is needed to increase the prestige of the state and attract foreign investment.” This plane and its decoration cost the king 300 million dollars.
Glace says the cheapest aircraft (including trim) he shot was about $100 million. But most often the devices cost 300-400 million dollars. They got off with gold, skins, and Impressionist paintings worth several million dollars hung on their walls. According to Glace, the main routes of African dictators were flights to Europe, mainly to France, Switzerland and England. The planes flew back, clogged with haute couture clothes, works of art and expensive wines.
However, this way of life of the rulers of Africa is considered the norm there. As in other underdeveloped and colonial countries, flashy wealth increases the prestige of the dictator and the people's love for him. This is how, for example, the mansion of Zimbabwe dictator Mugabe looks like:
This mansion in the capital Harare cost the dictator $300-400 million. It was designed by the French and built by the Moroccans. It is worth recalling that in Zimbabwe, 90% of the citizens of this country live below the poverty line, the economy is practically absent, and inflation has broken a world record, exceeding 1,000,000% per year.
However, the plane of the Russian co-ruler Vladimir Putin I is in no way inferior in luxury aircraft African dictators. Earlier it was reported that in 2001 the British company Diamonite Aircraft Furnishings Ltd won a tender for the right to execute the interior of the presidential aircraft Il-96. The total cost of the Russian board number 1 can reach 300 million dollars (ie, like King Mswati III of Swaziland).
But Mswati III himself and Putin were interrupted by the “businessman” subordinate to the latter (appointed by the owners of British offshore companies to this role) Roman Abramovich.
He had two planes at the time. One is an old Boeing-737, adapted for working flights between Chukotka, Moscow and London (now, according to rumors, this aircraft has been sold). In addition, he has a Boeing-767. After finishing the interior, installing bathtubs, plasma panels and other equipment necessary in flight, the cost of buying this flying palace exceeded $ 1 billion. Handy Abramovich even installed an anti-missile system on the plane.
In 2010, Abramovich already owned 4 aircraft.
(One of the rare pictures of Abramovich on the plane; the main belonging of Russian wealth - Carpet - is in place)
(This photo shows Abramovich boarding his Boeing 737)
(And this is Abramovich's Boeing-767 at the Austrian Innsbruck airport)
(Another Abramovich plane is the Falcon; this photo shows the arrival of the “businessman” in Manchester for the FA Cup semi-final match between his Chelsea club and Blackburn Rovers)(Photos of Abramovich's planes are taken from airliners.net; thanks to Russian photographer Mitya Aleshkovsky for the tip on the gallery of the "oligarch's" flying palaces)
In total, the Russian "oligarchs" own about 450 aircraft. Some acquisitions were symbolic. So, the now disgraced Mikhail Khodorkovsky used to also fly on an exclusive plane. His choice fell on the fashionable Gulfstream-5. According to rumors, Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin appreciated this choice and purchased the aircraft of the former "oligarch".
(But once Abramovich was a simple Soviet guy ...)
Private investor Roman Abramovich - Boeing 767-300ER, number P4-MES
Boeing, on which Roman Abramovich moves, can often be seen in photographs of spotters (fans to photograph aircraft) 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 11-year-old vessel means an increased flight range, which allows non-stop flights up to 11,000 kilometers.
According to Boeing, such an airliner can accommodate up to 245 passengers, its length is 54.9 meters, its wingspan is 47.6 meters, and the catalog price is $191.5 million. reminiscent of dark glasses. A 1:500 scale model of the "Bandit" is even sold in souvenir shops.
Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Alfa Group Mikhail Fridman - Mi-171, number RA-25777
A very unusual vehicle, if only for the reason that it is a helicopter in an interesting color and with a happy registration number ending in three sevens. Mi-171 plows the sky in the interests of Alfa-Aero LLC, which was part of Alfa-Bank, probably on this helicopter he flies 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.
Chairman of the Board of Directors of AFK Sistema Vladimir Yevtushenkov - Boeing 737-7FY, number P4-AFK
“An airplane is a vital necessity, of course, [I] have it, and it’s stupid to refuse something that makes life and work easier,” the entrepreneur said in an interview with Vedomosti at the end of 2013. AFK Sistema operates several aircraft, and Yevtushenkov most likely has been on board an eight-year-old Boeing 737-7FY with a VIP-configuration cabin. The fact that this liner belongs to AFK Sistema is indicated not only by its registration (P4-AFK), but also by the company logo printed on the tail of the liner.
Mikhail Prokhorov, owner of the Onexim group - Airbus A319, number M-RBUS
In the spring of last year, the Main Military Prosecutor's Office of Russia found out the circumstances of the order of the aircraft of the Russian Ministry of Defense, which flew to the Seychelles: it turned out that the aircraft was chartered by the Onexim Group company for 740,000 rubles. The media wrote that Mikhail Prokhorov took models and musicians to the islands: the Time Machine group and singers Potap and Nastya Kamensky.
The billionaire's other vehicle is known to have been leased for a longer period, an almost six-year-old Airbus A319 registered with Global Jet Luxembourg. This big liner with dynamic coloring and callsign Silver Arrows. According to Airbus specifications, the length of such an aircraft is 33.8 meters, the wingspan is 35.8 meters, it can accommodate up to 156 passengers, and the catalog value is $88.6 million. However, the interior of the liner, most likely, was specially redesigned for the needs of the client.
Private investor Dmitry Rybolovlev - Airbus A319-133, M-KATE number
An Airbus A319 registered as M-KATE 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. It turned out that the handsome liner is associated with Russian businessman Dmitry Rybolovlev: the media suggested that the A319 received such a 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.
Chairman of the Board of Directors of Russian Standard Bank Rustam Tariko - Boeing 737-7BC, number VP-BRT
Rustam Tariko flies on a thirteen-year-old Boeing 737-7BC, registered in Bermuda under the number VP-BRT (RT, as you might guess, are the businessman's initials). The side is decorated with ornate patterns, and on the tail are painted a bear and an eagle, the same ones that are on the label of vodka or the sign of the Russian Standard bank. Wingspan - 34.3 meters, length - 33.6 meters, maximum flight range - up to 6000 kilometers. The price of a similar type, according to the catalog, is $78.3 million. The BC prefix in the model indicates that a special division of Boeing Business Jet, which creates liners for corporate and private clients, took part in the work on the aircraft.
Member of the Board of Directors of Novatek OJSC Gennady Timchenko - Gulfstream G650, number OH-GVV
The man, one of the ten richest people in Russia, was known in business aviation not only as a passenger, but also as a very active player. This was until the spring of 2014, when the Volga Group sold its stake in the private air carrier Airfix Aviation Oy to an unnamed investor. As follows from the registry entries, the company carried out maintenance of the Gulfstream G650 with registration OH-GVV, on which, most likely, Gennady Timchenko preferred to travel (the 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 in an interview with ITAR-TASS that, due to sanctions, Gulfstream could not sell him new aircraft and service those already purchased. Thus, he is forced to ask charter flights when he needs to fly somewhere.
Chairman of the Board of Directors of Tinkoff Credit Systems Bank Oleg Tinkov - Dassault Falcon 900LX, number M-TINK
Businessman Oleg Tinkov prefers to travel aboard a Falcon 900LX with an M-TINK registration, according to photos of his account in in social networks. A recognizable detail is the coat of arms on the tail of the plane, 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, accommodates up to 19 passengers, can non-stop flights at a distance of up to 8890 kilometers, for example, to fly from Moscow to Tokyo. The cost of the aircraft on the market is from $20 million to $32 million, depending on the condition, modification and configuration.
Alisher Usmanov, founder and main shareholder of USM Holdings - Airbus A340-300, number M-IABU
The liner of Alisher Usmanov is the largest among all the aircraft of the participants in the rating of the richest Russians. The businessman, who has been ranked first for four years in a row (he is on the 2015 list), prefers to fly the wide-body Airbus A340-300 with M-IABU registration. The aircraft is 6.5 years old.
According to Airbus, the flight range of aircraft of this type is up to 13,700 kilometers, the wingspan is 60.3 meters, the length is 63.69 meters, the capacity is up to 440 passengers in a single-class layout, the catalog price in 2011 was $ 238 million, now the aircraft already out of production. 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).
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
