Ilyushin Il-18
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Two aircraft have shared the designation Ilyushin Il-18.
The first was a propeller-driven airliner of 1946 based on the B-29 Superfortress. After a year of test flights, the programme was abandoned.
The second Il-18 (NATO reporting name: Coot) is a large turboprop airliner resembling the Lockheed L-188 Electra.
As one of the best known Russian aircraft, it is also one of the most popular and long lasting, first flying in 1965.
Seating 100 to 120 passengers, its operating economics are such that many are still in service in Cuba, Siberia and by some operators in the Middle East.
Military versions have also been developed, like the Il-20 Coot-A ELINT, radar reconnaissance version, and the Il-22 Coot-B airborne command post aircraft, plus the Il-24 ELINT version. The Il-38 is the maritime reconnaissance, anti-submarine warfare version.
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Military Operators
Civil Operators (Past And Present)
- Aeroflot - Russia/Soviet Union,
- Aerocaribbean - Cuba,
- Air Guinee - Guinea
- Air Koryo - North Korea
- Air Mali - Mali
- Anikay Air - Kyrgyzstan
- ASTAir - Russia
- Bulkan Bulgarian - Bulgaria
- CAAC - China
- CSA - Czechoslovakia
- Cubana - Cuba
- Daallo Airlines - Djibouti
- Egyptair/United Arab Airlines - Egypt
- Expo Aviation - Sri Lanka
- Ghana Airways - Ghana
- GVG Airline - Russia
- Irbis Aero - Kazakhstan
- Interflug - East Germany
- Lviv Airlines - Ukraine
- Lot - Poland
- Malev - Hungary
- NPP-MIR - Russia
- Phoenix Aviation - United Arab Emirates
- Royal Afghan Airlines - Afghanistan
- Tabso
- Tarom - Romania
- Tretyakovo Airlines - Russia
- Vietnam Airlines - Vietnam
- Yemen Airways - Yemen
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