Photo by : Cor van Gent

Between the years 1973 to 1980, in total, nineteen Yak-40 were purchased by Poland. This example was delivered to the Polish AF in April 1979 and is pictured taxying out for departure. After being withdrawn from service the plane is now on display at the Muzeum Sil Powietrznych (Polish AF museum) at Dęblin.

This 134 was originally delivered to the Ukraine directorate of Aeroflot as CCCP-65765 in June 1979. After the disintegration of the Soviet Union it was noted at Kiev (KBP) with and all wihite tail. In January 1993 it was registered UR-65765 and started flying for Avialini Ukrayiny (titles in Ukranian script are on the port side of this plane). The plane was leased to South Airlines as UR-SAL from November 2004 and eventually retired in February 2010 and stored at Odessa (ODS). It still wears in storage a fake Aeroflot colour scheme and 'CCCP-65632' registration that were applied for a film.

This 134 was originally delivered to the Soviet Government in July 1984 as CCCP-6553 and was the aircraft that brought Mikhail Gorbachov back from the Crimea to Moscow after the August 1991 coup. The plane then flew for Korsar from June 1992 and was re-registered as RA-65553 in this time. It then operated from the Russian Government (with Aeroflot scheme) until 22nd July 1994 when it transferred to Rossiya and is pictured taxying in at Warsaw (WAW). From May 2011 it was transferred to the Russia State Transport Company and from April 2016 to Rosgvardiya. It is possibly still active today.

This 154 was delivered to LOT in January 1990 and is pictured taxying out for departure at Okęcie on what would transpire to be its second last day of operations for the airline. The following day would mark its last LOT flight and it would then fly for Aeroflot as RA-85810. However, this second life was short lived as the frame was scrapped at Sheremetyevo (SVO) in June 2010.

This 734 was originally delivered to Sabena in May 1989 and is pictured taxying to stand after arriving from Brussells (BRU). The plane went to Mondair as CH-RDA in July 2002 and then joined Air Horizons as F-GRNV from April 2004 until November 2005. The frame was then placed with KrasAir as EI-DNT from june 2006 but was retired from the fleet in September 2008, stored at Domodedovo (DME) and subsequently scrapped..