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Republic of Gambia sells VIP Il-62M to Belarus

The Republic of Gambia (Banjul) has sold its only Il-62M, formerly used for government flights, to Belarus's Rada Airlines (RDA, Minsk National), for which it will be the third unit of the type.

EW-564TR (msn 1356234), previously registered in the Gambia as C5-RTG, was ferried on August 8 from Banjul via Djerba to Vitebsk for pre-induction maintenance, Skyliner Aviation has reported. The ch-aviation fleets history module shows the Gambian government had operated the jet since 2005 and retired it in 2018. The aircraft was acquired by the now-deposed strongman kleptocrat Yahya Abdul-Aziz Jammeh who ruled the West African state from 1994 to 2017. In an effort to recover some of the funds Jammeh looted from The Gambia prior to leaving for exile in Equatorial Guinea, the new Barrow regime auctioned off the national VIP fleet which, aside from the Il-62, included a B727-100 and a Bombardier Challenger 601. To date, the B727 and Challenger are believed to be mothballed at Banjul airport.

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Rada Airlines begins Il-62 freighter operations

Rada Airlines (RDA, Minsk National) has commenced cargo operations using a pair of Il-62M freighters. Skyliner Aviation indicates EW-450TR (cn 4546257), formerly DDR-SET with East Germany's Interflug (Berlin Schönefeld), was recently seen in service between Odesa and Turkmenbashi.

According to the ch-aviation aircraft database, Rada is one of the few remaining operators of the type left in the world, the others being: 223rd Flight Unit (CHD, Moscow Chkalovsky), Air Koryo (JS, Pyongyang), Ukraina Air Enterprise (UKN, Kyiv Boryspil), Korean People's Air Force (Pyongyang), Republic of Gambia (Banjul), SLO Rossiya (RSD, Moscow Vnukovo), Sudanese Air Force (Khartoum) and Voyennaya Transportnaya Aviatsiya (RFF, Moscow Chkalovsky).