Voronezh Aircraft Production Association (VASO in English, BACO in Russian, Воронежское акционерное самолётостроительное общество, literally ''Society of Voronezh Joint-Ownership Aircraft Builders'') is one of the largest aircraft production plants in
Russia
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.
History
Founded in
1932
Events January
* January 4 – The British authorities in India arrest and intern Mahatma Gandhi and Vallabhbhai Patel.
* January 9 – Sakuradamon Incident: Korean nationalist Lee Bong-chang fails in his effort to assassinate Emperor Hir ...
in
Voronezh
Voronezh ( rus, links=no, Воро́неж, p=vɐˈronʲɪʂ}) is a city and the administrative centre of Voronezh Oblast in southwestern Russia straddling the Voronezh River, located from where it flows into the Don River. The city sits on ...
(as Voronezh Aviation Plant, branch registry number 18). In 2007, VASO became part of the state-owned
United Aircraft Corporation
, former_name = OJSC United Aircraft Corporation (2006–2015)
, type = Public, PJSC
, traded_as =
, industry = Aerospace, defense
, predecessor = Ilyushin, Irkut, Mikoyan, Sukhoi, Tupolev, Yakovlev
, founded =
, founder = Vladimir P ...
(UAC).
Notable planes built here are the
An-148 (never was commercially built, failed),
Tu-28 (until 1970),
Tu-144
The Tupolev Tu-144 (russian: Tyполев Ту-144; NATO reporting name: Charger) is a Soviet supersonic passenger airliner designed by Tupolev in operation from 1968 to 1999.
The Tu-144 was the world's first commercial supersonic transport ai ...
(16 were made in 1967-1983),
Il-86 (built until the end of the USSR),
Il-96 (still in production with less than 1 unit per year),
Il-28 (ended in 1970),
ANT-25 pre-WWII plane),
TB-3(WWII plane),
Il-2 (WWII plane),
Tu-16
The Tupolev Tu-16 (NATO reporting name: Badger) is a twin-engined jet strategic heavy bomber used by the Soviet Union. It has been flown for almost 70 years, and the Chinese license-built Xian H-6 remains in service with the People's Liberati ...
(was built in the middle of the 20th century, retired during USSR) and some 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.
Between 2008 and 2015, it produced some parts for an Airbus A320 and the A380.
In 1993, the aircraft plant started to develop two new updates to old Soviet models, the
wide-body aircraft
A wide-body aircraft, also known as a twin-aisle aircraft, is an airliner with a fuselage wide enough to accommodate two passenger aisles with seven or more seats abreast. The typical fuselage diameter is . In the typical wide-body economy c ...
Il-96-400M and
Il-112V. However, the yearly revenue of the plant is lower than the average price of one wide-body airliner.
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)
Notes
References
External links
Official website of VASO
Voronezh aircraft production association
{{United Aircraft Corporation
1932 establishments in the Soviet Union
United Aircraft Corporation
Vehicle manufacturing companies established in 1932
Companies formerly listed on the Moscow Exchange