Aircraft Industries

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2022: Omnipol bought Aircraft Industries

At the end of April 2022, the sale of aircraft manufacturer Aircraft Industries to another Czech company Omnipol was announced. The site of the latter says that the asset was bought from a Russian, but his name is not called.

Aircraft Industries, the largest manufacturer of civilian transport aircraft in the Czech Republic, returns to Czech ownership after 14 years. On April 21, 2022, the Russian owner and Omnipol Group agreed to sell a 100% stake in Aircraft Industries to the Czech company OMPO Holding, the company said.

At the end of April 2022, the sale of aircraft manufacturer Aircraft Industries to another Czech company Omnipol was announced. The site of the latter says that the asset was bought from a Russian, but his name is not called.

According to Kommersant, before concluding a deal with Omnipol, the owner of Aircraft Industries was Ostov LLC, located in Verkhnyaya Pyshma, Sverdlovsk Region. Its sole founder is the general director of UMMKandray Kozitsyn.

A RBC source close to the Czech manufacturer confirmed that the Russian company controlled Aircraft Industries. UMMC transferred 5600 shares of the Czech company to Ostov, the nominal value of one share - 20,000 kroons, at the exchange rate at the time of the transaction - about 336 million rubles per stake. Aircraft Industries has Kunovice Airport.

The goals of the deal at Omnipol were the rescue of Aircraft Industries in a difficult economic situation, the stabilization of its activities and the maintenance of production capacities. Aircraft Industries CEO Ilona Plshkova said this agreement will provide a reliable and safe environment to maintain the company's performance.

Aircraft Industries manufactures the L-410 and L-410NG aircraft. According to the Federal Air Transport Agency as of mid-February 2022, 39 L-410 aircraft were operated by ten Russian airlines. Among them are Gazprom Avia, Khabarovsk Airlines, Kamchatka Aviation Enterprise, KrasAvia (Krasnoyarsk Territory), Komiaviatrans, etc. According to the Aircraft Industries website, over 50 years more than 1.2 thousand copies of the L-410 have been produced in several modifications (by April 2022). Aircraft Industries has Kunovice Airport.^[1]

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