Kazan Aviation Plant named after S.P. Gorbunova

2023: 83.6 billion rubles allocated for modernization of Kazan aircraft plant

Kazan Aviation Plant (KAZ, a branch of Tupolev JSC) will be modernized for 83.6 billion rubles. This was announced on June 22, 2023 by Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin at a meeting on aircraft production in Kazan.

According to him, the company will receive about 41.8 billion rubles from the National Welfare Fund (NWF). Managing Director of Tupolev Vadim Korolev clarified that 13 billion rubles will be spent on the purchase of machining machines, 4 billion rubles - on the manufacture of automated lines for the final assembly workshop.

Kazan Aviation Plant

The largest amount of 22.7 billion rubles is expected to be allocated for the construction and reconstruction of more than 100,000 square meters. m of new workshops. This is a center for machining, final assembly, warehousing, "he explained.

According to Korolev, the decisions made will increase the plant's capacity by 3.6 times until 2027. By that time, KAZ will be able to produce 20 TU-214 aircraft a year. The plant should produce 10 liners each from 2025. As Mikhail Mishustin noted on June 22, 2023, "the demand for such equipment is now much higher."

Based on what we saw and discussed today, I hope that the Kazan plant will cope with a large volume, "the head of government said. Tu-214 is a reliable car, so all pilots say, "he stressed.

Vadim Korolev said that the Tu-214 aircraft meets modern civil aviation requirements and has a high degree of production localization - 87%.

The confirmed need for Tu-214 aircraft today is up to 150 units for the period up to 2032. Of which there are firm contracts for 20 aircraft, agreements of intent have been signed for 67 aircraft and there are applications from potential customers for 61 aircraft, - said the managing director of Tupolev[1]

2019: Large-scale reconstruction of the Kazan aircraft factory will cost more than 33 billion rubles

More than 33 billion rubles have been allocated for the large-scale reconstruction of the Kazan Aviation Plant for the modernization of strategic aviation aircraft, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov said in January 2019.

"For these purposes, the enterprise was allocated more than 33 billion rubles," Minnikhanov said on Wednesday at a meeting in Kazan.

He recalled that in January 2018, with the participation of Russian President Vladimir Putin, a contract was signed for 10 deeply modernized Tu-160M2 vehicles. "This is without exaggeration a significant event for our enterprise," the head of the republic noted.

November last year, the Tu-160M2 aircraft was transferred to the flight test station," Minnikhanov said.

He also noted that "work continues on the Tu-22M3M, which made its first flight on December 28, 2018."

The President of the Republic stressed that large-scale reconstruction and technical re-equipment at the Kazan Aviation Plant "are being implemented thanks to the support of the Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Russia today within the framework of the federal target program." "They are aimed at solving the task set by the country's leadership - the modernization of strategic aviation," Minnikhanov said, assuring that Tatarstan "is ready to continue to assist in the continuation of this work."

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