Tupolev Tu-204

The Tupolev Tu-204 is a twin-engined, medium-range, narrow-body jet airliner designed by Tupolev and built by Aviastar-SP at Ulyanovsk, with the Tu-214 version built by the Kazan Aircraft Production Association. It was developed for Aeroflot as the replacement for the Tupolev Tu-154 trijet and was meant to be broadly equivalent to the Boeing 757, with slightly lower range and payload. The baseline single-class cabin seats 210 passengers, and two- or three-class layouts seat 164 to 193. The design uses fly-by-wire controls, a glass cockpit and supercritical wings with winglets, and its wings resist ice well enough that it needs no wing anti-icing system. Power comes from two Aviadvigatel PS-90 or Rolls-Royce RB211 engines. The first certificate was issued in 1994 and the type was introduced in 1995. The family grew to include cargo, combi and quick-change versions, the shortened Tu-204-300 and the upgraded Tu-204SM. Only 86 had been built by December 2019, though Russia later planned larger Tu-214 production.