Komsomolsk-on-Amur Aircraft Plant

Komsomolsk-on-Amur Aircraft Plant (KnAAZ; Russian: Комсомольский-на-Амуре авиационный завод); based in Komsomolsk-on-Amur in the Russian Far East, is the largest aircraft-manufacturing company in Russia.[3]

Komsomolsk-on-Amur Aircraft Plant
IndustryAerospace industry
Founded1927 (1927)
HeadquartersKomsomolsk-on-Amur
ProductsCommercial and military aircraft
Revenue80,000,000,000 Russian ruble[1] (2014) 
320,000,000 Russian ruble (2011) 
Number of employees
13,500[2] (2011) 
ParentSukhoi (UAC)
Websitewww.knaapo.ru
KnAAPO Antonov An-12, Moscow, 2005

The company is among Khabarovsk Krai's most successful enterprises, and for years has been the largest taxpayer of the territory.[4]

In 1999 and 2001 the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs and the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of RF granted KnAAPO the title "best Russian enterprise".[3]

Production

The company currently produces Su-27SM/SKM fighters, Su-30MK2 multirole fighters, Su-33 and Su-27KUB shipborne fighters, and Be-103 amphibians, among others.[5] The assembly line for all versions of the new Sukhoi Superjet 100 is located at the company's facilities. Together with Novosibirsk Aircraft Production Association (which focuses on component production), the company is expected to produce 70 Superjet airframes by 2012.[3][5] KnAAPO will also manufacture Sukhoi Su-57 in the future[6]

The plant uses Dzyomgi Airport as a testing and delivery airfield.

Ownership

Shareholders of KnAAPO (JSC):[3]

  • United Aircraft Corporation (25.5% of the shares)
  • “Sukhoi Company“ JSC (74.5% of the shares)
  • KnAAPO (JSC) owns 5.41% of the shares of Sukhoi Design Bureau (JSC)

References
  1. http://www.nationaldefense.ru/includes/periodics/defense/2013/1230/134612262/detail.shtml.
  2. http://newskhab.ru/?p=13027; archive date: 20 January 2013; retrieved: 18 January 2013; archive URL: https://www.webcitation.org/6DocqtH1C?url=http://newskhab.ru/?p=13027.
  3. "JSC "Komsomolsk-on Amur Aircraft Production Association named after Yu.Gagarin"". Archived from the original on 2009-01-31. Retrieved 2009-02-07.
  4. Komsomolsk-on-Amur Aircraft Manufacturing Association
  5. KNAAPO
  6. Russia's next-generation warplane to make maiden flight in 2009
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