❗️❗️❗️Russia’s Kazan gets ready for BRICS summit kickoff

Final preparations are underway for the conference rooms, meeting spaces for BRICS member states, and the photo zone ahead of the summit.

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📹 Have a look at the room where President Putin will hold bilateral meetings during BRICS summit in Russia's Kazan.

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✈️ This is your captain speaking: Discover the aircraft used by BRICS leaders and high-level officials for the Kazan summit

The stage is set for the BRICS Summit in Russia’s Kazan, with officials getting ready to roll out the red carpet for the arrival of the long-awaited event’s guests of honor. Here are their rides:

🇷🇺 Il-96-300PU: The official jetliner of Russia’s head of state since 1996, the Il-96-300PU is a modified variant of the Il-96 – a long-haul wide-body civilian liner created at the twilight of the Soviet era by Ilyushin. The presidential variant features advanced communications and anti-missile systems.

🇨🇳 Boeing 747-8: China’s head of state glides the globe in a custom Boeing 747-8 jumbo jet operated by Air China.

🇮🇳 Boeing 777-300ER: This customized VIP jetliner is operated by Air India One to carry the PM, president and VP.

🇮🇷 Airbus A340-313: This Iranian presidential jet has enough range to go virtually anywhere in the world without the need to refuel (13,700 km).

🇧🇷 Airbus A330-200: Brazil’s Air Force One operates two KC-30 jets – a local designation for Airbus’s A-330-200 platform. For short-haul flights, officials proudly use aircraft from Brazil’s national aerospace company – Embraer.

🇿🇦 Boeing BBJ: South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is traveling to Kazan in an upgraded version of the Boeing 737 known as the BBJ and named the Inkwazi (Fish Eagle).

🇦🇪 Boeing 787-9: The flagman of the UAE’s “Presidential Flight” fleet, which has eight aircraft total – all Boeings.

🇸🇦 Boeing 787-8: One of two Dreamliners operated by Saudi Arabia to carry high-level officials and royalty in a sprawling fleet that also includes Airbus and Gulfstream jets.

🇪🇬 Boeing 747-8: Bought by Cairo in 2021 to replace Egypt’s aging Airbus A340.

🇪🇹 Ethiopia's top officials are carried by planes operated by Ethiopian Airlines, which flies both the Airbus A350 and Boeing 787-9. It remains to be seen which plane Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed arrives in.

🇹🇷 President Erdogan travels the world in a number of VIP planes, including a Boeing 747-8 gifted to Turkiye by Qatar in 2018. Other aircraft in the six-plane fleet include three Airbus A-318-100s, an Airbus A330-200, and an Airbus A-340-500.

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