How the Tu-154M fits into the Tu-154 story
Tu-154M is the representative branch of the Tupolev Tu-154 family, capturing the improved late branch that dominated the family’s final passenger decades.
This page isolates the Tu-154M branch of the Tupolev Tu-154 family, focusing on the engines, service entry, seating, range, and mission role that justify a dedicated variant page while keeping the family history on the canonical parent URL.
Service entry
1984
Seating
158 to 180
Range
2,850 nm
Variant history
Why it branches from the family
The Tu-154M is treated as the representative branch because it captures the improved late branch that dominated the family’s final passenger decades.
Variant pages stay intentionally narrower than the family page so differences in cabin, engines, mission, and market role remain clear without duplicating the full program history.
Fact rows
Reference snapshot
- Engines
- Soloviev D-30KU-154
- Type data
- Service entry
- 1984
- Operator records
- Typical seating
- 158 to 180
- Operator layouts
- Range
- 2,850 nm
- Planning data
Return to the family page
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