Kazan Helicopters

Kazan Helicopters
	Kazan Helicopters
Native name	Казанский вертолётный завод
Founded	1940; 85 years ago
Headquarters	Kazan, Russia
Revenue	$377 million (2016)
Operating income	−$29.2 million (2016)
Net income	$1.94 million (2016)
Total assets	$1.02 billion (2016)
Total equity	$418 million (2016)
Parent	Russian Helicopters

Kazan Helicopters, Joint Stock Company is a Russian helicopter manufacturing company based at Kazan, Republic of Tatarstan. It is one of the largest helicopter manufacturers in the world.^[2]

Its products include the Mil Mi-8 and Mil Mi-17 helicopters.^[2] It is the only producer of the military version of the Mi-17 helicopter.^[3] It also produces Mil Mi-38 helicopters, as well as its own models, the Kazan Ansat and Kazan Aktai.^[4]

History

Kazan Helicopter plant was founded on September 4, 1940. It launched production of Mi-1 helicopters in 1951; it was the first serial production of helicopters in USSR. The plant has produced the first national exported helicopter – Mi-4, and the most popular helicopter – Mi-8. The total flight time of helicopters made by Kazan Helicopters exceeds 50 million hours. Kazan Helicopters has delivered over 12000 Mi-4, Mi-8, Mi-24, Mi-17, Ansat helicopters (and their modifications) to 100 countries of the world.^[5]