New Video Shows Last Flight of An-225 'Mriya,' the World’s Largest Airplane

Air charter company 26Aviation honors the destroyed one-of-a-kind airlifter.

Tuesday, August 23, 2022 at 11:32 AM ET

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A new video features the final flight of what had been the world’s largest airplane, the Antonov An-225 Mriya. [Courtesy: 26Aviation]

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The Antonov An-225 *Mriya*, the world's largest airplane, was destroyed during Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
Its final mission, on February 4, 2022, was a humanitarian cargo flight from China to Denmark, arranged by London-based air charter company 26Aviation.
Originally designed in the Cold War era to carry the Soviet space shuttle, the 33-year-old, six-engine *Mriya* (Ukrainian for "dream") was later transformed into a commercial cargo transport.
Plans are reportedly underway to rebuild *Mriya* using an existing unfinished second airframe, though the project's certainty is limited amidst the ongoing conflict.

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London-based air charter company 26Aviation released a tribute video Tuesday, showing “the last ever” flight of the Antonov An-225 Mriya, just weeks before the world’s largest airplane was destroyed during Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

“On February 4th, 2022, Mriya flew its last mission,” says the video, which was posted on 26Aviation’s YouTube channel. “26Aviation arranged the final charter flight captured in the following footage.”