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IL62-Csa-OY-KBN-024

Czech Airlines j.s.c. (abbreviation: ČSA) is the flag carrier of the Czech Republic. CSA is the fifth oldest still operating airline in the world, after Dutch KLM (1919), Colombian Avianca (1919), Australian Qantas (1920), and Soviet/Russian Aeroflot (1923). It was the first airline in the world to fly regular jet-only routes (between Prague and Moscow). CSA was founded on 6 October 1923, by the Czechoslovak government as ČSA Československé státní aerolinie (Czechoslovak State Airlines), after the breakup of the Czechoslovak Federation, the airline adopted its present name in May 1995. The company operated a total of 21 Ilyushin Il-62.

OK-KBN (c/n 4037325, series -M) in classic color scheme is pictured in MXP in January 1993.

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Uploaded on May 15, 2020