What kind of plane does Abramovich have? Forbes found the planes on which Abramovich, Usmanov, Fridman, Prokhorov and other Russian billionaires fly. Business and access to the state level

Even the crisis did not force large entrepreneurs to abandon personal aircraft. Although they are expensive to maintain, flying businessmen value their comfort more than money.

Boeing 767-300 Roman Abramovich

Roman Abramovich (center) and Eduard Rossel (right)

Taboo topic

A personal plane is like a beacon. Not everyone can afford it. And big money, as you know, does not like close attention. It is no coincidence that almost all of the aircraft are not directly owned by those in whose interests they “work”, but are registered to commercial entities. Rich Russians prefer to remain in the shadows and are in no hurry to follow the initiative of the authorities, who have allowed registration for individual, which was not allowed just a few years ago.

Some politicians and artists also own aircraft. It is believed that Philip Kirkorova there is an American Cessna Citation III. "United Russia", member of the State Duma Committee on Labor and Social Policy Grigory Anikeev honestly indicated in his tax return owning a Falcon 2000 Ex Easy aircraft. Governor of the Kaliningrad region Georgy Boos also did not hide the fact that in 2009 he purchased a small jet with 9 seats. And recently, the presidential squadron acquired foreign aircraft from the administrative Falcon category at a price of $50 million apiece. The French heavy jet class aircraft is five times more economical in terms of direct costs per flight of the Il-96-300 heavy airliner. Let’s say, a flight for a president or prime minister from Moscow home to St. Petersburg will cost the treasury 80–90 thousand rubles instead of 450–460 thousand.

Both home and office

The fleet of companies involved in organizing VIP transportation consists primarily of jets. According to various sources, there are several dozen such companies in the country. By the way, having its own board Vladimir Lisin sources do not confirm, assuring that billionaire No. 1 uses the services of a VIP airline based in Vnukovo-3. But, as a rule, the clientele of leased aircraft is different. “About 4.5 thousand people use their services - businessmen who either do not want to purchase an aircraft, or who do not fly often enough to have their own board,” says Sergei Morozov, president of the Business Aviation club. In any case, these are people who are willing to pay about 30-40 thousand euros for a flight to Europe. For billionaires in this case Comfort is important; they have developed a certain level of demands. “If they resort to the services of such companies, then each time it will turn out to be a new, unusual plane with foreign flight attendants, perhaps an inconvenient layout,” explains the expert. “Your plane is your own, like a home and an office at the same time.”

No terrorists

One of the reasons why wealthy people buy their own airplanes is difficult routes. “Suppose we need to visit Moscow, London, Nice, Athens and St. Petersburg in a short time,” says Sergei Morozov. “No large scheduled airline can cope with this task.” Often the destination cannot be reached at all by regular plane. According to a 2009 study by Galaxy And Mass Assembly and the National Business Aviation Association, up to 80 percent of business jet flights are to airports that have no regular schedule or are limited to two or three flights served by small turbine aircraft.

But even if we are talking about flights to centers with developed aviation infrastructure, difficulties arise with connecting flights to different cities, a lot of time is spent on routine pre-flight check-in, baggage inspection, early arrival at the airport, usually remote from settlement. A personal plane does not have to be parked at a large airfield, and it will wait for a delayed passenger as long as necessary. Here the limitation is related only to the rest time of the crew.

It is known that the president of Avangard Bank, Kirill Minovalov, independently pilots his Cessna. His business interests are in the malting and glass business. The entrepreneur often negotiates with partners in Europe, where he flies from Moscow in an hour (taking into account time zones). During the day he holds several meetings in different cities or even EU countries, and in the evening he returns to Russia. A convincing example of how having an airplane allows you to effectively manage your time. Another important reason to use a personal aircraft is absolute and controlled security, when the entrepreneur is confident that there are no terrorists on board.

The crisis is not a hindrance

If we do not take the top “golden” billionaires, then the Russian fleet of jets consists of corporate aircraft that are used primarily in the interests of legal entities, Oleg Panteleev, head of the analytical service of the Aviaport.ru agency, is sure: “When we talk about the personality of Roman Abramovich, it is clear “that his Boeing is a car for one, but if we mean pragmatic businessmen like Oleg Deripaska, then he will not spend money on maintaining the plane only for his personal needs.”

For such entrepreneurs, their own board becomes an investment in increasing business efficiency and the company’s communication capabilities. That's why oligarchs continue to buy planes, despite the crisis. “True, since 2008 there has been a decline in demand both in terms of leasing and purchasing aircraft. According to my estimate, there was a drop of more than 50%,” says Petr Koshelev, commercial director of Jet-2000 airline, which offers management and rental services for business jets. For example, in one large company, which sells jets, reported that in 2009 it did not conduct a single transaction for the sale of aircraft. Many cars were put up for sale, but no one was interested in them. Although the aircraft on the secondary market could be purchased at a discount of 20–50%. Thus, according to expert observations, co-owners of Sibir Energy Shalva Chigirinsky and Mirax Group Sergei Polonsky unsuccessfully tried to get rid of their own vessels. But success accompanied Lev Leviev, an Israeli businessman who owns the AFI Development company in Russia: he sold his Bombardier Global 5000 for $46 million. The situation is similar on the primary market. According to the American jet manufacturer Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation, in the second half of last year not a single order was received from Russia, while the company usually sold up to a dozen aircraft to Russian oligarchs annually.

However, the restoration of the market for such exclusive services has already begun: demand in the secondary market is slowly but surely increasing, followed by a gradual revival in the primary market, experts say. If we talk about the intensity of jet flights, according to Sergei Morozov, it has already approached the pre-crisis level: “Entrepreneurs, of course, have become more economical, but I would say - within the framework of a certain trend, because everyone around is saving, but the flight statistics of our club says about something else - they fly as before.”

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Ranking of business jet owners

Despite financial difficulties, businessmen in no country are ready to give up the use of personal aircraft. Hundreds of thousands of wealthy but impoverished foreigners are traveling around the world on business flights. Therefore, the form of joint ownership of a vessel is developing even more actively than before abroad. This is the so-called “partial ownership”, and not “private”: the customer pays part of the cost of the aircraft and receives priority and cheaper freight for a certain period of time. “This option is close to a shared ownership scheme, when a person buys not an airplane, but a certain number of flight hours on it, which allows him to optimize his own costs,” says Oleg Panteleev. For example, in Europe, fractional ownership accounts for about 10% of the private aviation market. Naturally, such a co-owner does not bear the full cost of maintaining the car, which can reach 3–5% per month of the cost of the car. In Russia, buying planes together is not very popular - there are still many who are able to buy an entire plane.

Anton Verzhbitsky

5. Airbus A320

The plane and its unique livery with gold patterns and a bird on the tail were inherited by the Russian billionaire from the previous owner - the Saudi Saad Group of bankrupt billionaire Maan al-Sanea. The plane was relocated from Saudi Arabia to Ekaterinburg Koltsovo airport. The plane can often be seen in European cities - Verona, Vienna and Paris. Also, this Airbus often visits cities where the Yekaterinburg hockey club Avtomobilist, sponsored by UMMC (Andrey Kozitsyn is a co-owner of the company), holds its games. Sometimes the hockey team itself flies for them.

Private investor Roman Abramovich – Boeing 767-300ER, number P4-MES

The Boeing on which Roman Abramovich travels can often be seen in photographs of spotters (those who like to photograph airplanes) in different corners planets: Nice, Salzburg, Saint Martin, Tel Aviv. The rich geography is explained by the capabilities of the Boeing 767-300ER, registered on the island of Aruba. The ER prefix in the modification of this 11-year-old vessel means an increased flight range, allowing non-stop flights of up to 11,000 kilometers.

According to Boeing, such an airliner can accommodate up to 245 passengers, its length is 54.9 meters, its wingspan is 47.6 meters, and its catalog price is $191.5 million. Among spotters, the plane received the nickname “Bandit” for the characteristic black stripe near the cockpit , reminiscent of dark glasses. A 1:500 scale model of the Bandit is even sold in souvenir shops.

Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Alfa Group Mikhail Fridman - Mi-171, number RA-25777

A very unusual means of transportation, if only for the reason that it is a helicopter with an interesting coloring and with a lucky registration number ending in three sevens. The Mi-171 plows the sky in the interests of Alfa-Aero LLC, part of Alfa-Bank; it probably flies this helicopter to its recreation center in the Tver region. According to the manufacturer, the maximum flight range of such a vessel is 600-800 kilometers, depending on the configuration, cruising speed is 230 kilometers per hour, and the catalog price is $10 million.

Chairman of the Board of Directors of AFK Sistema Vladimir Evtushenkov – Boeing 737-7FY, number P4-AFK

“An airplane is a vital necessity, naturally, [I have one], and it’s stupid to give up something that makes life and work easier,” the entrepreneur said in an interview with Vedomosti at the end of 2013. AFK Sistema operates several aircraft, and Yevtushenkov has most likely been on board an eight-year-old Boeing 737-7FY with a VIP cabin configuration. The belonging of this airliner to AFK Sistema is indicated not only by its registration (P4-AFK), but also by the company logo printed on the tail of the airliner.

Owner of the Onexim group Mikhail Prokhorov – Airbus A319, number M-RBUS

Last spring, the Main Military Prosecutor's Office of Russia was looking into the circumstances of the order of the Russian Ministry of Defense aircraft, which flew to the Seychelles: it turned out that the plane was chartered by the Onexim Group company for 740,000 rubles. The media wrote that Mikhail Prokhorov took models and musicians to the islands: the group “Time Machine” and singers Potap and Nastya Kamensky.

Another billionaire's vehicle is also known to be rented for a longer period: an Airbus A319, almost six years old, registered with Global Jet Luxembourg. This big airliner with dynamic coloring and call sign Silver Arrows. According to Airbus specifications, the length of such an aircraft is 33.8 meters, the wingspan is 35.8 meters, it can accommodate up to 156 passengers, and the catalog price is $88.6 million. However, the interior of the aircraft is most likely specially redesigned to suit the client’s needs.

Private investor Dmitry Rybolovlev – Airbus A319-133, number M-KATE

An Airbus A319 with M-KATE registration attracted the attention of journalists, primarily British ones, several years ago. Reporters tried to figure out whether the plane with such a telling registration had anything to do with Kate Middleton, the wife of the Duke of Cambridge, Prince William. It turned out that the handsome airliner is connected with Russian businessman Dmitry Rybolovlev: the media suggested that the A319 received such registration in honor of Rybolovlev’s daughter, Katerina. The plane belonged to Sophar Property Holding BVI, which Uralkali acquired while still under the control of Rybolovlev. After the sale of Uralkali, the entrepreneur bought its assets from Sophar.

Chairman of the Board of Directors of Russian Standard Bank Rustam Tariko - Boeing 737-7BC, number VP-BRT

Rustam Tariko flies on a thirteen-year-old Boeing 737-7BC, registered in Bermuda under the number VP-BRT (RT, as you might guess, are the initials of a businessman). The side is decorated with ornate patterns, and on the tail there is a bear and an eagle, the same as on the vodka label or the sign of the Russian Standard bank. Wingspan - 34.3 meters, length - 33.6 meters, maximum flight range - up to 6000 kilometers. The price of a similar type, according to the catalog, is $78.3 million. The BC prefix in the model indicates that a special division of Boeing Business Jet, which creates airliners for corporate and private clients, took part in the work on the aircraft.

Member of the Board of Directors of OJSC Novatek Gennady Timchenko – Gulfstream G650, number OH-GVV

The man, one of the ten richest people in Russia, was known in business aviation not only as a passenger, but also as a very active player. This was until the spring of 2014, when the Volga Group structure sold a stake in the private air carrier Airfix Aviation Oy to an unnamed investor. As follows from the registry records, the company carried out maintenance of the Gulfstream G650 with registration OH-GVV, on which Gennady Timchenko most likely preferred to travel (the plane is capable of making a non-stop flight over a distance of 12,964 kilometers and carrying up to 18 passengers).

Last August, the businessman complained in an interview with ITAR-TASS that, due to sanctions, Gulfstream could not sell him new aircraft or service those already purchased. Thus he is forced to request charter flights when he needs to fly somewhere.

Chairman of the Board of Directors of Tinkoff Credit Systems Bank Oleg Tinkov – Dassault Falcon 900LX, number M-TINK

Businessman Oleg Tinkov prefers to travel on board a Falcon 900LX with M-TINK registration, as follows from photographs of his account on social networks. A recognizable detail is the coat of arms on the tail of the plane, the same one that clients of Tinkoff Bank see on cards and official documents. According to the manufacturer, an aircraft of this type has a wingspan of 21.38 meters, can accommodate up to 19 passengers, and can fly non-stop flights at a distance of up to 8890 kilometers, for example, fly from Moscow to Tokyo. The cost of the aircraft on the market is from $20 million to $32 million, depending on the condition, modification and configuration.

Founder and main shareholder of USM Holdings Alisher Usmanov – Airbus A340-300, number M-IABU

Alisher Usmanov's airliner is the largest among all the planes participating in the ranking of the richest Russians. The businessman, who held first place in the ranking for four years in a row (he was on the list in 2015), prefers to fly the wide-body Airbus A340-300 with M-IABU registration. The age of the aircraft is 6.5 years.

According to Airbus, the flight range of this type of aircraft is up to 13,700 kilometers, the wingspan is 60.3 meters, the length is 63.69 meters, the capacity is up to 440 passengers in a single-class configuration, the list price in 2011 was $238 million, now the aircraft already out of production. The liner is called Bourkhan (it is believed that in honor of the father of Alisher Usmanov), and its registration can be deciphered as “I, Alisher Burchanovich Usmanov”.

A English photographer Nick Glace spent about 3 years photographing the interiors of African dictators' planes. The photographer does not name their names, but, according to rumors, they were, for example, the king of Swaziland, the president of Nigeria and the head of Zimbabwe. However, the Russian oligarchs and their boss, Putin I, have no less impressive flying palaces.

Photographs of the interiors of African rulers' planes were presented at the English Brighton Festival. Nick Glace, who spent about 3 years on these photographs, admitted that at first it took him about 3 months to approve permission to photograph each of the objects. However, Glace then showed the previous photograph to one of the African kinglets. He immediately agreed to film his flying palace - “to show the world that his plane is no worse than his neighbor’s.” In addition, the next dictator received exclusive information about what his competitor’s flashy luxury aircraft looked like. Later, Glace used precisely this tactic.

While most of the blacks of black Africa were dying of poverty and disease, their rulers literally trimmed their planes with gold. The reasons for such flashy luxury were explained by King Mswati III of Swaziland in 2002: “A luxury aircraft is needed to increase the prestige of the state and attract foreign investment.” This plane and its finishing cost the king 300 million dollars.

Glace says that the cheapest aircraft (including trim) he shot cost about $100 million. But most often the devices cost 300-400 million dollars. They decorated themselves with gold, skins, and on their walls hung Impressionist paintings worth several million dollars. According to Gleis, the main routes of African dictators were flights to Europe, mainly to France, Switzerland and England. The planes flew back filled with haute couture clothing, works of art and expensive wines.

However, this way of life for the rulers of Africa is considered the norm there. As in other underdeveloped and colonial countries, flashy wealth increases the prestige of the dictator and the people’s love for him. This is what, for example, the mansion of Zimbabwe's dictator Mugabe looks like:

This mansion in the capital Harare cost the dictator 300-400 million dollars. It was designed by the French and built by Moroccans. It is worth recalling that in Zimbabwe, 90% of the citizens of this country live below the poverty line, the economy is practically non-existent, and inflation has broken a world record, exceeding 1,000,000% in a year.

However, the plane of Russian co-governor Vladimir Putin I is in no way inferior in luxury to the aircraft of African dictators. It was previously reported that in 2001 the British company Diamonite Aircraft Furnishings Ltd won the tender for the right to complete the interior presidential plane IL-96. The total cost of Russian aircraft No. 1 can reach 300 million dollars (i.e., like that of King Mswati III of Swaziland).

But Mswati III and Putin were interrupted by the latter’s subordinate “businessman” (appointed by the owners of British offshore companies to this role) Roman Abramovich.

At one time he had two planes. One is an old Boeing-737, adapted for business flights between Chukotka, Moscow and London (now, according to rumors, this plane has been sold). In addition, he has a Boeing 767. After finishing the interior, installing bathtubs, plasma panels and other equipment necessary for flight, the cost of purchasing this flying palace exceeded $1 billion. Abramovich's henchmen even installed an anti-missile system on the plane.

As of 2010, Abramovich already owned 4 aircraft.

(One of the rare photographs of Abramovich on an airplane; the main accessory of Russian wealth - the Carpet - is in place)

(This photo shows Abramovich boarding his Boeing 737)

(And this is Abramovich’s Boeing 767 at the airport in Innsbruck, Austria)

(Another Abramovich plane is a Falcon; this photo shows the “businessman’s” arrival in Manchester for the FA Cup semi-final match between his club Chelsea and Blackburn Rovers)

(Photos of Abramovich’s planes were taken from airliners.net; thanks to the Russian photographer Mitya Aleshkovsky for pointing out the gallery of the “oligarch’s” flying palaces)

In total, Russian “oligarchs” own about 450 aircraft. Some acquisitions were symbolic. Thus, the now disgraced Mikhail Khodorkovsky also used to fly on an exclusive plane. His choice fell on the fashionable Gulfstream-5. According to rumors, Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin appreciated this choice and purchased the former “oligarch’s” plane.

(But Abramovich was once a simple Soviet guy...)

A man named Roman Abramovich is known throughout the world. At the same time, his biography contains many contradictory points. Why did he almost end up in jail in 1992? How did Boris Yeltsin's family perceive him? What fortune did the oligarch’s second wife receive after the divorce? And why did he please the population of Chukotka so much? This will be discussed in the article.

Abramovich Roman Arkadievich: biography

The future billionaire was born in Saratov in 1966, on October 24, into a Jewish family - Arkady Nakhimovich and Irina Vasilievna. When the boy was only a year old, his mother died. Soon, as a result of an accident at a construction site, his father also died - the boy was four years old at the time. From that time on, the family of his uncle from Ukhta was involved in raising the future tycoon. After some time, in 1974, Abramovich went to Moscow to live with his other uncle.

After serving in the army in Kirzhach, Roman entered the Ukhta Industrial Institute at the Faculty of Forestry. The young man there demonstrated excellent organizational skills. However, Roman Abramovich never graduated from the university. His biography changed dramatically when, in the late 1980s, he took up entrepreneurship, which soon led him to oil trading.

Criminal case

In 1992, the businessman was suspected of stealing state property and was taken into custody. Then a train with diesel fuel (the total cost of which was 3.8 million rubles), traveling from Ukhta to the city of Syktyvkar on behalf of the AVEX-Komi company, disappeared. Later it turned out that the fuel was delivered to Riga and became the property of the AKV company, whose general director was Roman Abramovich. The entrepreneur’s biography could have turned out differently if he had gone to prison then, but the case was soon closed due to lack of evidence of a crime.

Business and access to the state level

In the 1990s, Abramovich began to communicate closely with Boris Berezovsky and became a member of Boris Yeltsin's house. The president's family invited Roman to move to an apartment in the Kremlin, where they began to call him "Mr. A."

In 1996, the entrepreneur, being the head of the board of directors of the Noyabrskneftegaz joint-stock company, also headed the Moscow branch of Sibneft. In 1999, he was elected as a deputy in the Chukotka AO No. 223. After that, Abramovich registered Sibneft partner companies in the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, which are responsible for the sale of petroleum products and the “black” gold itself.

The businessman was not a member of any Duma faction. He exchanged the Duma in 2000 for the post of governor of Chukotka. According to media reports, Roman donated to the development Autonomous Okrug over 2.5 billion dollars. To this day, Abramovich confidently ranks first in the list of the most generous domestic philanthropists.

The year 2003 in the life of the oligarch was marked by the purchase of English football club Chelsea, which at that time was on the verge of ruin. After this, the entrepreneur actually moved to the UK.

In 2005, Abramovich sold his stake in Sibneft to Gazprom for $13.1 billion.

The businessman repeatedly tried to resign from the post of governor of the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, but each time Russian President Putin convinced him. Vladimir Vladimirovich's biographer, Chris Hutchins, describes in detail the relationship between the president and the oligarch. According to him, they communicated like father and beloved son, while Abramovich addressed Putin as “you”, since he was older than him.

In July 2008, Roman was relieved of his post as governor of Chukotka by President Dmitry Medvedev, who cited Abramovich's personal desire as the reason for his decision. In October 2008, the entrepreneur became chairman of the Chukotka Duma.

Roman Abramovich: biography. Personal life

The billionaire was officially married twice. His first wife, Olga Yuryevna Lysova, was a native of Astrakhan. The second wife of Romana Vyacheslavovna Malandina (after marriage - Abramovich), was a flight attendant by profession. She gave birth to the oligarch five children: three daughters and two sons. In 1992, Anna was born, in 1993, Arkady was born, in 1995, the family was replenished with another child - Sophia, in 2001, Arina was born, and finally, in 2003, Ilya was born. Despite such a number of children, the marriage could not be saved - it broke up in March 2007, when the Chukotka District Court divorced the couple. They independently agreed on how the property would be divided and with whom the children would live. As you know, after the divorce, Malandina received from her ex-husband an amount of $300 million.

Now the businessman is dating designer Daria Zhukova (see photo below). Despite the fact that they are not officially scheduled, in 2009 Daria gave birth to a son to the billionaire. He was named Aaron Alexander. And in April 2013, another daughter of Roman Abramovich, Leia, was born.

Yachts

An entrepreneur owns a huge amount of all kinds of property. He has three luxury yachts, which Western media have dubbed the “Abramovich Fleet”:

• Eclipse is the second longest motor yacht in the world.
• Luna is a 115 meter long sailboat designed for expeditions.
• Sussurro is another yacht of Roman Abramovich, permanently located in Antibes. It is 50 meters long and is used as an escort vessel.

Previously, the billionaire owned other large yachts, but later sold or donated them. The Pelorus vessel went into the possession of David Giffen for $300 million, the Le Grand Bleu yacht was gifted to Evgeniy Shvidler, and the Ecstasea vessel was sold by Roman in 2009 to an unknown buyer.

Air transport

Except water transport, Abramovich owns by air movement. He owns a Boeing 767-33A, known as the “Bandit” due to its distinctive livery. This plane was first ordered by Hawaiian Airlines, but then it canceled the order, and Roman decided to buy Boeing. Another Abramovich aircraft, the A340-313X, was purchased by him in 2008. The entrepreneur also owns three helicopters that service the yachts he owns.

Ground transportation

Among the ground vehicles The oligarch has two armored limousines worth a million pounds each. In addition, Roman is the owner of numerous cars, most of which were made to order and are exclusive models, and a Ducati motorcycle, the fairings of which are painted in the colors of the Russian tricolor with airbrushing in the form of a double-headed

State

As you know, every year Forbes magazine names names on the planet and publishes information about their savings. In accordance with these data, at the end of 2013, Roman Abramovich was in 68th place in the ranking of world billionaires. His fortune at the end of 2014 was estimated at $9.1 billion. The entrepreneur ranks 14th on the list.

Let's talk about what kind of real estate the oligarch has. His property includes:

• a £29 million Kensington penthouse;
• a £28 million West Sussex villa;
• a six-storey cottage in Knightsbridge priced at £18 million;
• a £15 million house in France;
• £40 million house in St Tropez;
• a five-storey mansion in Belgravia, priced at £11 million;
• a dacha in the Moscow region worth £8 million.