Ilyushin Il-114

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The Ilyushin Il-114 (Russian Илью́шин Ил-114) is a twin-engine turboprop, short-haul regional airliner developed by the Ilyushin design bureau. The programme was launched in June 1986 by the Soviet Ministry of Aviation Industry and first flew on 29 March 1990. Initial plans envisioned the production of up to one-hundred aircraft per year, taking place in the Uzbek SSR. While development was initially expected to be straightforward, work was complicated by organisational and financial problems caused by the dissolution of the Soviet Union as well as the crash of a prototype aircraft. Serial production began in 1992 at the Tashkent Aircraft Production Association. However, following the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the loss of skilled labour, and poor financial state of both Russia and Uzbekistan, aircraft were built at a laggard rate, unable to compete with foreign aircraft such as the ATR 72. The last aircraft was produced in 2012 due to the bankruptcy of the plant, with a total of...

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