Bourkhan and “Bandit”: Forbes named the most expensive planes of Russian billionaires

Forbes has compiled a rating of the most expensive aircraft of Russian billionaires. The first line was taken by the Airbus A340 of businessman Alisher Usmanov. In total, rich Russians own up to 500 business jets, but some of them have had to part with their planes in the last year due to problems caused by US sanctions.

More. Forbes names the Airbus A340 of the head of USM Holdings, Alisher Usmanov, as the most expensive aircraft - its cost is estimated at $ 150 million. The Bourkhan liner, named after Usmanov's father, is the largest among all aircraft participating in the Russian rating. True, the demand for it is falling sharply due to high fuel consumption.

In second place is the Boeing 767 of Evraz co-owner Roman Abramovich, worth $120 million. For the black stripe near the cockpit, this airliner received the nickname "Bandit". Typically, such an aircraft is bought by those who travel with a large number of accompanying persons - more than 60 people can be on board.
The third place was occupied by the Airbus A319 of the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Evraz Alexander Abramov, whose value is estimated at $85 million. The liner was created specifically for business flights, it can accommodate 19 VIP passengers.
The top ten richest business jets also included the Airbus A319 of State Duma deputy Andrey Skoch and his family (cost - $71 million), Airbus A320 of the general director of the Ural Mining and Metallurgical Company Andrey Kozitsyn ($67 million), Gulfstream G650ER of the Chairman of the Board of Directors of MMK Viktor Rashnikov ($65 .5 million), Gulfstream G650 of the founder of Magnit Sergey Galitsky ($60 million), Airbus A319 of the chairman of FC Monaco Dmitry Rybolovlev ($60 million), Boeing 737 BBJ of the president of the Areti group of companies Igor Makarov ($58.8 million) and other.

Sanctioned billionaires were forced to sell their business jets. Oleg Deripaska had to abandon three Gulfstream G650s after Credit Suisse and Raiffeisen Bank terminated their leasing contracts. As a result, the jets were put up for sale at $30 million each. Crocus Group owner Aras Agalarov was forced to urgently repay a $20 million loan to the American bank Stonebriar Commercial Finance, in which his Gulfstream 650 was pledged. Suleiman Kerimov (Boeing BBJ2 and Bombardier Global Express XRS) and Boris Rotenberg (Bombardier Global). Gennady Timchenko also found himself in a difficult situation - Gulfstream simply stopped fulfilling contractual obligations to him and supplying spare parts.

Liana Faizova