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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London-based 26Aviation released a tribute video commemorating the Antonov An-225 *Mriya*'s final mission on February 4, 2022, just weeks before the world's largest airplane was destroyed during Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Known as "Mriya" (Ukrainian for "dream"), this 33-year-old, six-engine transport was originally built to carry the Soviet space shuttle Buran and later served as a record-setting commercial cargo lifter.
Its last flight, arranged by 26Aviation, involved transporting humanitarian cargo from Tianjin, China, to Billund, Denmark.
Despite its destruction, plans are "in motion" and supported at a high political level to rebuild *Mriya* using an existing unfinished second airframe, though prospects remain uncertain amidst the ongoing war.

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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.”