The public joint stock company Ilyushin Aviation Complex, operating as Ilyushin () or as Ilyushin Design Bureau, is a

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, founded in 1933 by Sergey Vladimirovich Ilyushin. Soviet/Russian nomenclature identifies aircraft from Ilyushin with the prefix "Il-" (). Ilyushin has its head office in

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History

Ilyushin was established under the

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. Its operations began on 13 January 1933, by order of P. I. Baranov, People's Commissar of the Heavy Industry and the Head of the Main Department of Aviation Industry. In 1970, the position of chief designer was taken by G. V. Novozhilov. In 2006, the Russian government merged Ilyushin with

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, Irkut,

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under a new company named

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. In July 2014, it was reported that Ilyushin and

Myasishchev V. M. Myasishchev Experimental Design Bureau (Экспериментальный Машиностроительный Завод им. В. М. Мясищева) or OKB-23, founded in 1951 by MGB UdSSR Vladimir Mikhailovich Mya ...

would merge to form the United Aircraft Corporation business unit Transport Aircraft.

Subsidiaries and divisions

Aviation Industries Ilyushin is a subsidiary established in 1992 to act as Ilyushin's marketing and

customer service Customer service is the assistance and advice provided by a company to those who buy or use its products or services, either in person or remotely. Customer service is often practiced in a way that reflects the strategies and values of a firm, and ...

arm. Ilyushin Finance Co is a dedicated leasing and finance subsidiary that provides financial services for Ilyushin as well as other manufacturers.

Awards

* 1942 — Order of Lenin * 1944 — Order of the Red Banner * 1969 — Order of the Red Banner of Labour * 1983 — Order of the October Revolution

Directors

* CEO from December 1995 to May 2014 — Viktor Vladimirovich Livanov; * CEO since May 2014 — Yuri Mikhailovich Yudin; * CEO since September 2014 — Sergey Alekseevich Sergeev; * CEO since April 2015 — Sergey Vladimirovich Velmozhkin; * CEO from May 2017 to April 2019 — Aleksey Dmitrievich Rogozin; * CEO since April 2019 — Yuri Vladimirovich Grudinin; * Managing Director since June 2020 — Sergey Yarkov.

Shareholders

* PJSC United Aircraft Corporation — 8.99 % of shares * JSC United Aircraft Corporation — Transport Aircraft — 78,49% of shares * Private investors — 12,52% of shares

References

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