Delivered new to Cargolux in March '99 (LX-NCV). In October 2011 to Silkway Airlines. From January 2017 until November 2018 SW Italia (I-SWIB). Returned as Silkway West Airlines in December 2018.

Unique: An Il-76 with only one history line: manufactured in 1994 but was only delivered ten years after completion. Its first registration was 4K-AZ40 and this - likewise its owner - did not change up to date (Jan'21)

This '93 built Il-76 was delivered to Aeroflot as CCCP-76844, was transferred to Tashkent Aircraft Production Association (TAPO) as UK-76844 in Nov'95. It further flew with Krylo (as UK-76844) and Inversija (as YL-LAR). Silk started to operated the Il-76 from Dec'04 as 4K-AZ26 and was seen as such at Kabul. It returned to TAPO but was stored at Tashkent-Vostochny following the closure of the factory. Reported as 76844 without titels and then... possibly as 27695 with the Chinese Air Force from Apr'19: making it look like '27695' in bluish grey c/s with light grey undersides, military roundels.

Delivered new to Silk Way in August, 2015