This is former DDR-FSA. It was manufactured in Mar'89 and delivered to Marxwalde air base in Apr'89. It was allocated serial 144 in the East German Air Force. It became 11+01 on 3 Oct'90 within the Luftwaffe and flew as such up to Jun'96. It was ferried without titels to Vnukovo on 21 Feb'00. It was reregistered RA-85092 with MVM trading on 25 Sep'00 and canx the same date and leased to Iran as EP-MBL with Iran Air Tour. The Tu-154M was reregistered again to EP-MCE with Iran Air Tour on 24 Jun'05. On 3 May'08 it was first reported as EP-EKC with Eram Air. Seen stored at Tehran since jan'12.

This is former DDR-FSA. It was manufactured in Mar'89 and delivered to Marxwalde air base in Apr'89. It was allocated serial 144 in the East German Air Force. It became 11+01 on 3 Oct'90 within the Luftwaffe and flew as such up to Jun'96. It was ferried without titels to Vnukovo on 21 Feb'00. It was reregistered RA-85092 with MVM trading on 25 Sep'00 and canx the same date and leased to Iran as EP-MBL with Iran Air Tour. The Tu-154M was reregistered again to EP-MCE with Iran Air Tour on 24 Jun'05. On 3 May'08 it was first reported as EP-EKC with Eram Air. Seen stored at Tehran since jan'12.

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Catching the last rays of sunshine on a nice summer evening.

On final approach to Glasgow's Runway 23 on a summer holiday charter flight from Bourgas.

On a holiday charter flight against a less than summery sky !! Arriving at Glasgow from Bourgas.

About to touch down on Glasgow's Runway 23, carrying out a summer holiday charter flight from Bourgas.

Still in basic Balkan colours, on a Hemus Air summer charter flight to Glasgow from Bourgas.

Heading for touchdown on Glasgow's Runway 23 to complete a summer holiday charter flight from Bourgas.

This 154 was built in September 1992 and delivered to Baikalavia but in 1992 it went to Air Great Wall as B-2628. The plane joined Aeroflot - Russian Airlines in April 2005 and is pictured lined up on rw23L for departure back to Sheremetyevo (SVO). From around October 2010 the plane was flying for the Russian Ministry of the Interior and in April 2016 it was transferred to Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs and it may still be current with the organisation.

Operated in VIP configuration by the 235th Government Flight Unit. Visit in connection with the Bush-Gorbachev Malta Summit of December 1989. Re-registered RA-85658 by 1993; transferred to Rossiya in 1994.