Antonov An-24
| An-24 | |
|---|---|
| Volga-Avia Antonov An-24 | |
| General information | |
| Type | Transport aircraft / Turboprop Regional airliner |
| National origin | Soviet Union |
| Manufacturer | Antonov |
| Status | In limited service |
| Primary users | UTair Cargo |
| Number built | 1,367 (including the Chinese Y-7) |
| History | |
| Manufactured | 1959–1979 |
| Introduction date | 1962 |
| First flight | 29 October 1959 |
| Developed into | Antonov An-30 Antonov An-26 Antonov An-32 Xi'an Y-7 Antonov/Taqnia An-132 |
The Antonov An-24 (Russian/Ukrainian: Антонов Ан-24) (NATO reporting name: Coke) is a 44-seat twin turboprop transport/passenger aircraft designed in 1957 in the Soviet Union by the Antonov Design Bureau and manufactured by the Kyiv, Irkutsk and Ulan-Ude Aviation Factories. It was the first of a future family of turboprops by Antonov. The An-30 came next with a cartographic configuration, then the An-26 with a military configuration and the An-32 modernized version. The An-132 was intended to be the next member of the An-24 family, but Saudi Arabia's Taqnia left the project and canceled their orders and the only prototype was destroyed, which led to the project being canceled. A Chinese licensed-built version, the Xi'an Y-7, is heavily based on the An-24, but is not a member of the family.