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Ilyushin Il-18D | 1991
- Owner: POTKC (View all images and albums)
- Uploaded: Mar 01 2020 07:53 AM
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- Album Georgian Airways
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Airline - Georgian Airways
Aircraft - Ilyushin Il-18D | 4L-57286
Delivered to Sovnaravia, 1973
Transferred to Georgian Airways, 1991
Stored at Tbilisi Shota Rustaveli International Airport, 1996
Scrapped at Tbilisi Shota Rustaveli International Airport, 2003
Livery - Standard 1991
Country - Georgia
Georgian Airways was founded in 1991, after the collapse of the Soviet Union, to serve as the flag carrier of newly-independent Georgia. Upon its formation, the government of Georgia owned 50% plus one share of the new airline, with the rest being controlled by private investors. The fleet consisted of two Ilyushin Il-18Ds, six Antonov An-24Bs, and five Tupolev Tu-154Ms, all taken over from the Caucasus division of Sovnaravia (the Soviet Union's enormous rapidly disintegrating national airline). One of the Il-18s is shown here in Georgian Airways' 1991 livery, which was essentially the Sovnaravia livery with the Soviet branding painted over with Georgian Airways' name and a Georgian flag on the tail.
Quite nice. Just a little detail: in the 90s the flag was different, the Five Cross flag is from 2004 onwards.
Nice!
Quite nice.
Thanks!
in the 90s the flag was different
Oh damn I forgot about that...let's just say that the original Kingdom of Georgia flag (basically the same as the current one) was used cause it looks much better on the tail than the weird 90s one 
yes very good
yes very good
Thank you!
Oh damn I forgot about that...let's just say that the original Kingdom of Georgia flag (basically the same as the current one) was used cause it looks much better on the tail than the weird 90s one
Lol that's a very good way around it 
