Voronezh Aircraft Production Association

Coordinates: 51°38′N 39°15′E / 51.633°N 39.250°E / 51.633; 39.250

Voronezh aircraft production association
Open joint-stock company
Industry Aircraft
Founded March 1, 1932 (1932-03-01) Voronezh, Soviet Union
Headquarters Tsiolkovsky 27, Voronezh, Russian Federation
Key people
 General manager: Dmitry Prishvin
Products Airplanes
Revenue Increase RUB 12.5 billion (2014)[1]
Number of employees
 5,853 (June 2013)
Parent UAC[2]
Website vaso.ru

Voronezh Aircraft Production Association (Russian: ПАО «Воронежское акционерное самолётостроительное общество», translit. Voronezhskoye Aktsionernoye Samoletostroitelnoe Obshestvo, abbreviated as VASO) is one of the largest aircraft production plants in Russia.

History

Founded in 1932 in Voronezh (as Voronezh Aviation Plant, branch registry number 18). In 2007, VASO became part of the state-owned United Aircraft Corporation (UAC). Notable planes built here are the An-148, Tu-28, Tu-144, Il-86, Il-96, Il-28, ANT-25, TB-3, IL-2, Tu-16 and others.

In July 2009, UAC said it will invest 5 billion rubles ($162 mln) in the modernization of VASO's facilities. According to UAC, VASO will build 5 An-148 passenger aircraft in 2009, 18 in 2010, 36 in 2011, and 50 planes would be made annually from 2013 onwards.[3]

Currently, the aircraft plant creates two new aircraft, Wide-body aircraft IL-96 400M and IL-112

Ownership structure

  • JSC “Ilyushin Interstate Aircraft-Building Company” (30,0% of the shares)
  • JSC “Ilyushin Aviation Complex” (27,1% of the shares)
  • Private shareholders (42,9% of the shares)[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Выручка ВАСО в текущем году выросла на четверть". 12 November 2014.
  2. ↑ "Список аффилированных лиц". e-disclosure.ru. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
  3. ↑ "Russia's UAC to invest $160 mln in An-148 manufacturer". RIA Novosti. 2009-07-28. Retrieved 2009-07-28.
  4. ↑ "JSC "Voronezh Aircraft Manufacturing Company"". United Aircraft Corporation. Retrieved 2009-07-28.
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