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How Yakovlev built the aircraft families that define its reputation

Yakovlev coverage spans short-haul Soviet passenger jets across 1 Airchive families, balancing active fleets with historically important retired types.

This manufacturer page clusters 1 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 Yakovlev aircraft by family first, which keeps airliner lineage readable instead of scattering it across disconnected model pages.

Families

Programs in scope

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Yakovlev Yak-42 family

The Soviet trijet intended to replace earlier short-haul types with better field performance and more modern systems.

First flight

1975

Seating

96 to 120

Forum pulse

60

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Range band

1,350 nm

Notable operators

Aeroflot · Saratov Airlines · KrasAir

No manufacturer-wide editorial stories are attached yet. The manufacturer directory is still live as a lineage map across active and historical aircraft families.