The Antonov An-124 was a heavy-lift strategic military transport the Soviets built in 1982. This aircraft was similar to the U.S.'s Lockheed C-5 Galaxy and was the basis of the An-225.

The USSR's Antonov An-124 From 1982 to 1988 and from 2022 to present, the Antonov An-124 airlifter has been the largest transport aircraft flying. The one-off Antonov An-225 was also built.

The Antonov An-225 Mriya—once the world’s largest aircraft —lies in pieces in an airport northwest of Ukraine’s capital city, Kyiv. Heavily damaged during fierce fighting between Russian ...

The Antonov An-225 Mriya is the heaviest aircraft ever built, with a maximum takeoff weight of 640,000 kg. The Airbus A380 is the second-heaviest aircraft globally, with a maximum takeoff weight ...

My InsiderThe world's largest airplane, the Antonov An-225 "Mriya," was destroyed in February 2022 after Russia's attack on Hostomel Airport near Ukraine's capital of Kyiv. Ukraine has been busy ...

The sheared nose cone of the Antonov An-225 cargo plane towers over pilot Yevhen Bashynsky. Ukraine says it will rebuild the giant aircraft after it was destroyed as Russia’s full-scale invasion ...

Antonov officials say another An-225 was partially built -- but abandoned in the 1990s because of a lack of funds. The current plan is to use what they already have as the basis for a new plane.

The Antonov An-225 Mriya, the world’s largest cargo plane, destroyed in the Battle of Antonov Airport during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, stays in a ruined hangar in Hostomel, Kyiv ...

Now, Antonov is planning on resuming to build the second An-225 that was stored since 1994, when it was decided to stop its construction following the fall of the Soviet Union.

Ukrainian aircraft manufacturer Antonov Company has completed all urgent restoration work on the An-225 Mriya, the world's largest aircraft, and will resume it after the end of hostilities. Source ...

The Antonov AN-225, which was destroyed in the early stages of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, will be rebuilt to the tune of $500 million, its manufacturer has announced.

Antonov officials say another An-225 was partially built — but abandoned in the 1990s because of a lack of funds. The current plan is to use what they already have as the basis for a new plane.