Ilyushin IL-62M Malév Hungarian Airlines
| Model manufacturer: | Herpa |
| Order code: | 573047 |
| Scale: | 1:200 |
| Material: | Combined (Metal / Plastic) |
| Weight: | 1.2 kg |
| Registration number: | HA-LIA |
| Dimensions: | 26.6 cm |
| Air company: | Malév Hungarian Airlines |
| Aircraft manufacturer: | Ilyushin |
Product description
High-quality metal model of the civil aircraft Ilyushin IL-62M Malév Hungarian Airlines. It is a detailed and precisely processed model based on a real aircraft.
For two months, from August to September 1991, Hungary's Malév leased an Ilyushin IL-62M from the then Czechoslovak CSA, which even received its own Hungarian registration, HA-LIA, for this short period. Due to the delayed delivery of a Boeing 767, the airline was forced to sign an agreement with CSA for the use of its OK-JBJ-registered Ilyushin for 200 flight hours – a total of ten flights between Budapest and Tokyo – including flight and ground crew, in order to be able to honor contracts already negotiated with Japanese tour operators. In the end, only a mere three flights to Japan were operated. The IL-62 also remained the only four-engine jet in Malév's fleet – therefore making this aircraft and its limited edition model release, a genuine rarity in many respects.
