Aero Vodochody

AERO Vodochody AEROSPACE a.s.
Akciová společnost
Industry Aerospace, arms Industry
Predecessor Aero – továrna létadel
Founded February 25, 1919 (1919-02-25)
Headquarters Odolena Voda, Central Bohemian, Czech Republic
Area served
 Worldwide
Key people
 Giuseppe Giordo (president and CEO)
Products Aircraft, helicopter, aircraft parts
Owners Penta Investments
Number of employees
 1,683[1] (December 31, 2013)
Website www.aero.cz
Aero Vodochody L.159A ALCA – Advanced Light Combat Aircraft
Aero L-39 Albatros of the Breitling Jet Team

Aero Vodochody (commonly referred to as Aero; Vodochody is a location) is a Czech (previous Czechoslovak) aircraft company, active from 1919, notable for producing the L-29 Delfin, L-39 Albatros, L-59 Super Albatros, and the L-159 Alca military light combat jet.

After the fall of the communist government in Czechoslovakia (1989) and in the rest of Central Europe, the company lost a major portion of its main market in jet trainers. Sales of military aircraft declined in the early 1990s in Eastern Europe as well as in NATO countries where the entry of a new producer was obviously unwanted. Aero was controlled for several years, 1998 to 2004, by Boeing.[2]

At the end of October 2006 Aero Vodochody was privatized once again. A Czech-Slovak investment group Penta Investments bought it for roughly 3 billion CZK.[3][4]

Currently, Aero Vodochody produces the Sikorsky S-76, center wing box for the Alenia C27, door subassemblies for the Embraer 170 and Embraer 190, cockpit for the UH-60, gun bay doors for the F/A-18 Super Hornet, subassemblies and parts for the Airbus A320 family, fixed leading edge kits for the Boeing 767,[5] and the L-159 advanced light combat aircraft.[6]

Aero is also likely to upgrade the runway at its Vodochody Airport near Prague to international airport standards which would serve mainly the low-cost air-carriers and charter flights heading to Prague.[7]

Aircraft

Pre-World War II

Post World War II

In development

References

  1. ↑ Aero Vodochody AEROSPACE a.s., Annual report 2013, page 54
  2. ↑ http://www.aero.cz/en/about-us/about-aero/history/
  3. ↑ http://www.aero.cz/en/about-us/about-aero/company-profile/
  4. ↑ http://www.aero.cz/en/about-us/about-aero/history/
  5. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on July 18, 2011. Retrieved 2010-10-27.
  6. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on March 8, 2010. Retrieved 2010-02-26.
  7. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on January 13, 2010. Retrieved 2009-12-31.
  8. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on March 6, 2015. Retrieved 2015-03-04.
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