----- Original Message ----- From: "David Ross" <damiross2@attbi.com> > You do mean that hte IL-96 is used by russian officials and not that the > IL-86 is not a widebody, right? Yeah, the first one ;-) The Il-96 is in the service of Putin Airlines (Rossiya - Russia State Transport) and flies the Pres. and his people around from here to there. There are no VIP Il-86s (that I know of) so I doubt officials would use the aircraft on a regular basis for official business. They Il-86 is for the most part down out in a 350Y configuration.