The world's largest cargo aircraft AN-225 Myria was landed here for a stopover on the way to Australia from Turkmenistan and the aircraft of Antonov Airlines of Ukraine has touched down at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport early on Friday for a 24 hour halt.
The flying behemoth, which holds almost 240 world records, is powered by six supercharged turbo-fan engines which is operated by a six-man crew, and lifts a mammoth of 640 tonnes of MTOW with the Maximum Takeoff Weight.
The Hyderabad airport was chosen for the halt based on several factors, such as runway length, ground maneuvering area, technical facilities, air traffic density and proximity to the trans-continental air route and the landing of AN-225 Myria is a testimony to our robust infrastructure, technical expertise and operational efficiency.
Antonov with Reliance Group submitted the joint proposal for the creating of passengers regional aircraft and today they have brought the largest aircraft to India to make the Indian side confident that Antonov is capable and a reliable partner.
