Technical data
Type	Tu-234 Tu-204-300
Function	Passenger short-route	Passenger long-route
Year	2001?
Crew	2
Engines	216110kg PS-90P*
Length	40.2m
Height	13.9m
Wingspan	40.88m
Wing area	182.4m²
Empty weight	54000kg
Loaded weight	103t	86t
Wing Load (kg/m²)	564	471
Thrust to Weight	0.31	0.37
Cruise Speed	850km/h
Airstrip demand	1600m	2050m
Range	3400km	9250km
Service Ceiling	21600m
Payload
Fuel	34000l
Cabin size LxWxH	25x3.57x2.16m³
Seats	99 to 166
Cargo	18000kg
Cargo	7*AK-7 containers

Tu-234 (Tu-204-300) by Lev Panovskij ( Tupolev KB)

From The Research Institute of Aviation Industry Economy, courtesy of

Passenger airliner for short, medium and long routes. Variant of Tu-204-100 with shortened by 6m fuselage. High level of automatics allows crew of two operate aircraft on routes up to 9250km. Flight data is displayed on six color monitors. On-board real-time computers perform monitoring of the powerplant, satellite guidance system and other vital aircraft systems.

Development of this airliner began in early 90's. First airframe was under assembly at Uljanovsk Aviastar factory, but construction was frozen in 1996 at almost 100% readiness. In early 2000 preparations to the first flight were renewed, and first flight is planned for the end of the year or early 2001

The second Tu-234 was converted from the Tu-204-100 prototype in 1995, but was never flown.

Since the Tu-234 is a variant of already certified Tu-204-100, certification may be carried out by shortened program - just 50 flight-hours.

Ground trials started in 1994. First demonstrated on public at MAKS'95 Airshow.

Predecessors	Modifications
Tu-204-100	Tu-204-320

References	Links
...	Tu-204, Tu-214, Tu-224 and Tu-234 Tu-204-300 (Tu-234) Tu-234 project re-activated Tu-234 data 10,000,000 rubles for Tu-134