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What we compareAeroflotIlyushin
Country in archiveRussiaRussia
Founded1923January 13, 1933
FounderLeon Trotsky (credited with the idea of Dobrolyot)Sergey Ilyushin
HeadquartersMoscow, Moscow, RussiaMoscow, Moscow, Russia
Name originAeroflot is a Russian word meaning "air fleet". The name was officially adopted on 25 March 1932 for the entire Soviet Civil Air Fleet, and it was not taken from a person or a place.The bureau is named after its founder, Sergey Vladimirovich Ilyushin. Its aircraft carry the prefix Il- (Ил-), taken from the first letters of his surname. Ilyushin is a design bureau and manufacturer rather than an airline, and it is listed in the airlines section of the archive.
HighlightsTu-104, Tu-114, Tu-144, Airbus A320 family, Airbus A330Il-2, Il-62, Il-76
Earliest archived brand logo19231933
Latest archived logo20051933
Archived logo assets82

Logo dates are archive labels; symbols dated before a brand's founding are excluded from its earliest-logo date. Asset counts include all archived variants, not just redesigns. A dash means a value is unavailable.

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