I took this plane from London to Havana. Efficient plane. No luxury of course but it was good. Flight was just perfect.

That plane is so quiet! It's the quietest plane I've seen here on KZfaq. Thank you for sharing!!

Wow that plane looks incredibly spacious! Quite beautiful to see her in flight so thanks for sharing!

Great airplane 💪👍

As a safety card collector, I've just freezed when you show the "safety card collection" onboard. Nice video!

The II96 is a beautiful plane!

Come on people. The plane looks OK, flies OK and all agree it has never crashed. I like her and I would like to fly in her. Its better to keep using aircraft which do the job safely than scrapping them. It gets my vote.And I wouldn't be surprised that it can operate from a rough strip too.If so I hope there is one near me if I am in an earthquake Zone and the runways are declared inop.

I would've loved to see this plane around the world flying passenger service more. Thank you for sharing this.

I've flewn with this plane twice from Moscow to Bangkok. As a passenger I found it very spacious. Better than the 777.

GREAT AND BEAUTIFUL FLYING ARROW CONGRATULATIONS ILYUSHIN

I Love this Airplane!!!❤👍

Beautiful aircraft. Surprisingly very quiet on take-off can't say that about a Boeing 777. Perhaps though on par with a 787 in terms of quietness. VERY spacious cabin configuration and the isles look far wider then many of the "heavies" i've flown on. All around a great flight thank you for sharing this rare gem.

Such a wonderful plane , such a wonderful direction 🥃

Fantastic airplanes. True Soviet engineering and made with feeling!

Great looking aircraft!!

Exelent flight. One of the best planes with a very good safety record.

Muy buen video del ala, nunca había visto un detalle tan específico del ala derecha, admirable!!!!!. Ahora a por la izquierda!!!!.

A very smart looking plane!

The IL-96 is back in production. Cubana has an an order for 3 of the modernized IL-96 400M. The new version has improved engines and new wings. I wouldn't be at all surprised to see Aeroflot purchase the new version. They have returned to buying Russian with large orders for Sukhoi SSJ-100's and the Irkut MC-21. Other possible markets are China, Iran, South East Asian countries and Central America. The SSJ-100 has currently flown by a Mexican Airline.

Brilliant video! You got a really nice wing view on a Il-96. You're super lucky to fly on it because it's a rare plane since not much airlines have it on their fleet nowadays. If I have a chance, I will fly on a Il-96 surely. Thanks for sharing your amazing trip report! Guess what? I immediately subscribe your channel for more interesting trip report about rare planes, well-done!

I actually like this plane. Quiet and spacious, what not to like.

НА ВСЕХ ИЗВЕСТНЫХ САМОЛЕТАХ ИЗВЕСТНЫХ МАРОК ЛЕТАЛ И ТОЛЬКО НА ЭТОМ АЭРОБУСЕ У МЕНЯ УШИ НЕ ЗАКЛАДЫВАЛО.... МОЛОДЦЫ СПАСИБО СОВЕТСКОМУ СОЮЗУ

Absolutely amaizing and hanks for sharing. Love from Jet Sppoting Melbourne team.

Good lucky for the Passenger !

good video !:) the il 96 seem quiet , not a lot of noise on board :)

IK this doesn't have anything to do with the video but, I'm so glad I got to live 8 years in Cuba it was so good, the places are so gorgeous, and the people are so nice! If you plan on going to Cuba, if you're trying to get the full experience visit "Pinal del Rio" and 'The Havana". Trust me the people are real nice to tourists.

Watched a few of these IL 96 videos now. There's something about them that looks so roomy inside.

I have flown on this aircraft a couple of times from Gatwick to Havana and back again and it was very comfortable. Unfortunately Cubana no longer fly to airports in England, so I don't expect I will get another opportunity.

La Cubana de aviacion és un orgulho ao Pueblo cubano ❤️

Looks great on the outside, i really love the sharp nose/ front area.

Kinda looks like an A340 and like the A340, has a spotless (As in no fatalities) record. Nice!

Seems a really quiet aircraft. Thanks.

AWESOME impressions of this RARE beauty, thx for sharing! what a dirty window *grrrr

Such a great aircraft, wish they flew more

And what in-flight experience did I get to see? Seats, lots of wing and a reading light?

I like the Ilyushin Il-96 plane.

thanks for sharing your jurney

beautiful

Nice to see this Russian beauty!!! Awesome footage

Отличное видео. Жаль, что я не успел полетать на нем :(

Belo equipamento 🇷🇺

This is really great !!! nice video!

Great video! Thank you.

what was the cost to fly from Cayo Coco to Havana????

Nice Airplane 👍

This the special Ilyushin IL-96, POS Variant.

Летал именно на этом самолете из Москвы в Ханой и обратно в 2008 году. Попали в сильную турбулентность над Гималаями. Трясло так, что весь корпус скрипел, а я не удержал стаканчик с горячим чаем и пролил на себя. Было реально страшно, но всё обошлось.

Superb - sights one doesn't see too often any more! And you got the oldest bird, from the early 1990s. A wonderful experience, I am sure.

AN IL-96-300 for a Cayo Coco to Havana run. No wonder Cubana is having problems.

Excelente video felicidades

I really want to fly it...

Cool birdie!

Muito legal essa aeronave tem gente que fala que é antiga não é segura

This Board (Moiseev) flew in the direction Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky - Moscow! I flew it!!!

Beautiful song of the engines Sonoview

This plane used to fly for Aeroflot, pretty sure as the body and engine paint is the same. The last IL96 Aeroflot flight was in 2014. So common, ppl. This plane is not so bad

As I understand it, the Ilyushin 96 was an answer to the first three wide-body aircraft the US produced in the late sixties, though more contemporary with the Airbus A-300. Four engines needed for the workload of the DC-10, and Lockheed 1011 it was meant to go against. That this plane also flies to Toronto explains its presence in the Cubana fleet. I would wonder if it was the only wide-bodied aircraft they have?

Looking to fly on her soon, hope to be as lucky as you!. Great video btw.

Uma nave mais segura do mundo

Hey! Do you collect safety cards?

Very nice

Nice video. Subbed.

@aircraft-pictures.net is it possible to book this domestic leg only?

I saw the il 96 in Madrid

But US&EU astronauts travel to Baikonur in Russian plane ( TU-134/204)...they travel to space station ( 70% made in Russia) in Russian Soyuz Rockets...they receive goods through Progress cargo vehicle( made in Russia)..and return to earth in Russian vehicle!...

Silencioso, seguro y alta relación pasajero/kilómetro

Beautiful bird

the engines are surprisingly quiet

Very Nice video! were you allowed to just fly the Cayo Coco- Havana sector?or did you originate in Buenos Aires?

Awesome Video Dude! The IL-96 is just a beauty :)) Where do you book the flight? I will be in HAV in May 2017 and i am really really interested to book the flight ex Cayo Coco to HAV. But on the website of cubana i was not able to find any flights to or from cayo coco .. :(

Are there really vents on the back of every seat?

Very nice video,браво

excellent video

my plane from havana to buenos aires...my first fly 😘😘

i came to the comment section for some good ol' american hatred over anything Russian. i am fairly dissapointed. come on american patriots, you can do better, give us a laugh

Cu-1717 it's a former Aeroflot ra-96008 I flight one on it from Moscow to Krasnoyarsk, and it perfect, and more comfortable than 777-300 or 737-800 there is a please at least between seats and it's one of the safety airplane in the world

Still a better landing than Ryanair 🤷🏻‍♂️

The best soviet aircraft ever? This cabin design is so big that it looked so much bigger than Boeing’s Sky Interior and Airbus’ AIRSPACE. But it doesn’t have IFE or advanced LED lighting so it reduce the comfort by a bit.

I love everything about Russian.. Beautiful country, good looking and sweet people..I hope one day I could set my foot on Russian land..

Pretty sure it would be a lot more efficient if they used an AN-158 instead on this leg and the il-96 went straight back to Havana or where ever

Cubana also flies from/to NK!

Летели 1 раз именно в этом самолёте в 2012-м. Он тогда имел бортовой номер RA-96008. Впечатления от того полёта самые тёплые. А теперь сердце кровью обливается. Спасибо кубинцам, что сохранили его имя собственное "Я.Моисеев".

This video was not about the inflight experience. It was about looking at the wing of the plane through the window.

this aircraft model could be a beast with some western avionics and pieces. i'm pretty sure that civil russian made planes can crush western planes in the future, but america block their markets to have the monopole; that's why the russian companies don't invest much in that kind of branch of aviation. what a shame. russian planes can make a trip more affordable and put in serious troubles the western constructors.

Why a few passengers from CCC to HAV on that flight since HAV is Cubana’s hub - what I mean is that many passengers always fill many airliners to be full on way to their main hub airports? I am curious, I wonder if that Cubana flight was full from EZE to CCC before its way to HAV? I would like to experience on aCubana flight one day especially a Russian made aircraft.

Russian IL-96 Good the best flagman

Я стесняюсь спросить,а куда кубинцы летают на такой дальнемагистральный лайбе? У них крайне ограниченная география! И кто это самолёт из наземников обслуживает? 2-3 человека? Когда наши с ним справиться не могут! Я много лет отлетал в Шереметьево и не помню случая, что б Ил-96 пришел из дальнего рейса без проблем!

Facinating plane - always had a soft spot for Ilyushin's, as the IL-62M was just so effortlessly graceful, beautiful and iconic. The IL-96 has a hint of that in the sheer scale and size of her interior while still being elegant on the outside - but it's a shame to see her looking so tired. She really needs a cabin refresh and a some freshening up on her paint job as well. No doubt she flies fine, I understand Cubana are pretty hot on that, but she just needs some aesthetic TLC.

You know, as an economy passenger -- I'm too poor for business or first class -- I wouldn't mind flying this, if available, to Europe from Washington, DC, where I live, as long as the ticket cost was comparable because I can bring my own entertainment -- books to read and iPad with movies and music -- and I don't mind one small carry-on to stow away under the front seat, in case I'm seated in the middle section where there are no overhead bins. This plane beats B777 or A330 hands down for comfort and perhaps not as pleasant as the interior of B787 but more spacious. And from a passenger's point of view, what does it matter if this plane guzzles fuel like real Russian men drink vodka. With three landing gears in the belly -- more dead weight -- and as many crews in the cockpit to fly, not to mention spare parts that are nowhere to be found for months on end, it's a nightmare for the airlines, but I'm a passenger...

Отличный самолёт, ИЛ-96.

Very interesting. How much did it cost? Wich I guess says who can afford it in Cuba as well.

Wonderful video! Thank you! Why doesn't one aileron didn't lift up with others to act as speed brake on landing? All the others did.

Quisiera algún día poder montar en ese avión inmenso ,Cubana

Was there any safety demonstration?

Great video mate ! Nice channel! 5ubscribed

Nice video! What was the service on board? Did they serve drinks or snacks?

so soft departure

Why do the overhead lockers go straight then bend up towards the back

Holy Headroom, Batman!

Is this just older version, or why there is no passenger lights and air vents? Visually i always like this wide design with smooth nose shape, but isn't that worse on aerodynamics therefor on fuel efficiency?