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Tupolev coverage spans Soviet and Russian passenger jetliners from early jet age to post-Soviet service across 5 Airchive families, balancing active fleets with historically important retired types.
This manufacturer page clusters 5 current and historic jet families under a single lineage view so crawlers and readers can move from maker to family to variant without URL duplication or taxonomy drift.
Airchive groups Tupolev aircraft by family first, which keeps airliner, supersonic passenger jet lineage readable instead of scattering it across disconnected model pages.
Families
One of the world’s first successful jet airliners and the aircraft that put the Soviet Union into scheduled jet service almost immediately after Britain.
First flight
1955
Seating
50 to 100
Forum pulse
60
Range band
1,700 nm
Notable operators
Aeroflot · CSA
The compact Soviet short-haul jetliner that became a fixture across Eastern Bloc and domestic Aeroflot networks.
First flight
1963
Seating
72 to 84
Forum pulse
60
Range band
1,700 nm
Notable operators
Aeroflot · Interflug · CSA · Balkan
The Soviet trijet that became the backbone of medium-haul passenger flying across a vast geography.
First flight
1968
Seating
150 to 180
Forum pulse
60
Range band
2,850 nm
Notable operators
Aeroflot · LOT · Rossiya · UTair
The post-Soviet twinjet family built to modernize Russian narrowbody service while carrying forward familiar Tupolev dimensions and mission logic.
First flight
1989
Seating
170 to 210
Forum pulse
56
Range band
3,600 nm
Notable operators
Red Wings · Rossiya · Tupolev flight test
The Soviet supersonic transport whose brief passenger life still gives it a near-mythic position in jet-age history.
First flight
1968
Seating
120 to 140
Forum pulse
86
Range band
3,500 nm
Notable operators
Aeroflot