List of Antonov An-124 operators

Here are the current Antonov An-124 as of 2025.

Current operators

A Volga-Dnepr An-124-100

An-124 of Antonov Airlines at Long Beach Airport. Cargo: composite parts for Airbus A350 XWB.

An-124 of Maximus Air Cargo at Brno–Tuřany Airport

As of 2025, 26 An-124s are in commercial service, 12 are operated by the Russian military^[1]

 Russia

• Russian Aerospace Force (12)

•Volga-Dnepr (12, with 3 on order)^[2]

 Ukraine

•Antonov Airlines (7)^[3][4]

 United Arab Emirates

•Maximus Air Cargo (1) An-124-100 variant^[3]

Military

 Russia

• Russian Aerospace Forces – 12 in service, 14 in reserve.^[5] In 2008, a contract was signed with Aviastar-SP for modernization of 10 aircraft by 2015.^[6] As of December 2019, at least 11 aircraft were modernized. 2 on order.^{[7][8][9][10][11][12]}
  • 12th Military Transport Aviation Division
    • 566th Military Transport Aviation Regiment – Seshcha air base, Bryansk Oblast^[13]
  • 18th Military Transport Aviation Division^[14]
    • 235th Military Transport Aviation Regiment – Ulyanovsk Vostochny Airport, Ulyanovsk Oblast^[15]
  • 224th Air Detachment of Military Transport Aviation – Migalovo, Tver Oblast

Former military operators

 Soviet Union

• Soviet Air Force – aircraft were transferred to Russian and Ukrainian Air Forces after the dissolution of the Soviet Union.

Civil

Antonov AN124 landing at SJO Airport

A Volga-Dnepr An-124-100

AN-124 of Antonov Airlines at Long Beach Airport. Cargo: composite parts for Airbus A350 XWB.

As of late 2020, 20 An-124s were in commercial service.^[1]

 Russia

• Volga-Dnepr (12, with 3 on order) ^[3][2]

 Ukraine

• Antonov Airlines (7)^[3][4]

An-124 of Maximus Air Cargo at Brno–Tuřany Airport

 United Arab Emirates

• Maximus Air Cargo (1), An-124-100 variant built in 2003^[3]

Former civil operators

 Libya

• Libyan Arab Air Cargo – had 2 aircraft in service as of 2013;^[3] 1 seized by Ukraine in 2017,^[16] and 1 destroyed on ground by shelling at Mitiga International Airport in June 2019.^[17]

 Russia

• Aeroflot Russian International Airlines – retired from fleet in 2000
• Ayaks Cargo (Ayaks Polet Airlines)
• Polet Flight – ceased operations 2014
• Rossiya Airlines – retired from fleet
• Transaero Airlines – retired from fleet
• Titan Cargo – company ceased operations 2002
• TransCharter Titan Cargo – ceased operations 2003

 Soviet Union

• Aeroflot Soviet Airlines – transferred to the Russian Aeroflot fleet

 United Kingdom

• Air Foyle (in partnership with Antonov Design Bureau) – joint venture dissolved 2006
• HeavyLift Cargo Airlines (in partnership with Volga-Dnepr Airlines) – ceased operations 2006

 Ukraine

• Antonov AirTrack – ceased operations

References

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