Xinjiang Airlines took delivery of all three IL-86s exported by Russia. This is the second one delivered in 1993 and after the merger into China Southern Airlines, the big jet was returned to Russia (RA-86143) in 2003. After flying for Kras Air and Tatarstan, it was stored at Moscow until broken up by the end of 2010.

Flying on the spacious IL-86 was always a pleasure. Boarding is through a baggage storage area and up a staircase to the cabin floor. This one was delivered to China in 1993 and sold to Kras Air 10 years later. Stored at DME after use by Tatarstan and Kazan, still in basic CXJ colours, but scrapped 2013