This 134 was originally delivered to CSA in July 1977, becoming part of CSA - Czech Airlines in January 1993 and is pictured taxying out to rw18 for departure back to Prague (PRG). The plane flew the last ever Tu-134 flight for the airline from Belgrade (BEG) to PRG on 7th December 1997, after which it was delivered to Hemus Air as LZ-TUJ in mid-1998. The plane also had a lengthy six-year lease period with Albanian Airlines, returning to Hemus in May 2004. In September 2005 it was sold to a buyer in Kazakhstan, ferried to Almaty (ALA) and scrapped for spares in 2006.
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