An Antonov An-124-100 cargo aircraft operated by Ukraine’s Antonov Airlines flew over Kyiv on July 11, 2025, before landing ...

The Ukrainian-made Antonov An-124 Ruslan became the world's new largest cargo plane after Russia destroyed the beloved An-225 Myria last year. Business Insider Subscribe Newsletters ...

The Antonov An-225 Mriya was the biggest plane to ever take to the skies. ... It flew on its maiden voyage on December 21, 1988, taking off from the factory aerodrome in Svyatoshyn, ...

Canada has initiated court proceedings to seize a Russian Antonov An-124 "Ruslan" transport aircraft, Ukraine's Deputy Prime Minister Olha Stefanishyna said on May 6. The aircraft, owned by ...

The sheared nose cone of the Antonov An-225 cargo plane towers over pilot Yevhen Bashynsky. Ukraine says it will rebuild the giant aircraft after it was destroyed as Russia’s full-scale invasion ...

There is nothing on Earth or in the air quite like the Antonov An-225. Dwarfing a Boeing 747 and out-lifting a U.S. Air Force C-5A Galaxy, it can haul an expeditionary force into combat, or carry ...

Antonov officials say another An-225 was partially built -- but abandoned in the 1990s because of a lack of funds. The current plan is to use what they already have as the basis for a new plane.

Today’s Top Pick is a 1991 Antonov An-2 Turbine Amphibian. The Antonov An-2, a Russian design dating to 1947, has been a common sight in Soviet and former Soviet countries for decades.

The Antonov An-124 was a heavy-lift strategic military transport the Soviets built in 1982. This aircraft was similar to the U.S.'s Lockheed C-5 Galaxy and was the basis of the An-225.