The Irkutsk Aviation Plant (former plant No. 39) produces military aircraft from the Sukhoi Design Bureau, including fighters for China, India, Malaysia, Venezuela, Algeria and Indonesia. Systems and components for the Airbus concern are produced, a project for the production of a passenger aircraft is under construction. The company included the Irkut Corporation. The Irkutsk Aviation Plant specializes in military and civil aircraft manufacturing, the modernization of military equipment, as well as warranty and post-warranty maintenance of aircraft after sale. Over the past 3 years, the company has consistently demonstrated an increase in production and sales.
Irkutsk Aviation Plant has an active personnel policy. The number of jobs for city residents is increasing annually. One of the objects of pride for their city among residents of Irkutsk is the Irkutsk Aviation Plant. How to get to it, tells anyone oncoming. From the airport there is a bus route number 43.
History of the aircraft factory
In 1932, on the orders of the People's Commissar of Heavy Industry, the construction of an aircraft manufacturing plant No. 125 near Irkutsk was begun. And after 3 years the first-born of the enterprise, the I-14 fighter, which was developed by the department of P. Sukhoi from the Tupolev Design Bureau, took to the sky. In autumn 1941, Moscow Aviation Enterprise No. 39 named after Vyacheslav Menzhinsky was evacuated to the territory. The two plants merged, and from 19.12.1941 the company became known as "Plant No. 39 named after Joseph Stalin." In May 1975, the company received its current name - Irkutsk Aviation Plant. In 1976, the company was awarded the Order of the October Revolution.
Products of the company in Soviet times
Irkutsk specialists collaborated with all design bureaus of the USSR. High-speed SB bombers of the Tupolev Design Bureau, Pe-2 and Pe-3 Petlyakovsky Design Bureau, ER-2 Yermolovsky, TU-2 and TU-16, IL, YAKi, several ANov, MIG-23UB and MIG27, SU-27UB and SU30. All products of the Irkutsk Aviation Plant are 20 types of aircraft and their modifications. In total, until 1992, 6.5 thousand units were produced. Deliveries were made to 37 countries of the world.
The history of the aircraft factory in new Russia
In 1992, the company went through a privatization process. Then - corporatization and registration, and the Irkutsk Aviation Plant (OJSC) appeared in the industry. In 1997, the company received a conclusion on the conformity of the quality of its products to the ISO-9202 standard. And after 10 years, the plant became a division of Irkut Corporation. Contracts were signed for the supply of SU-27-UB and SU-30-MK abroad. Successful fulfillment of obligations opened up wide opportunities for the company in the international market. Contracts were signed for deliveries of military equipment, amphibious aircraft and A-002 gyroplanes abroad until 2015. Today, the company's products are supplied to Russia, India, France, Germany, Algeria and Malaysia.
Accidents of a new time
Since 1992, aircraft released from the stocks of the Irkutsk Aviation Plant suffered 2 accidents. The first occurred in December 1997. The transport aircraft TU-124-100, owned by the Russian Air Force, rose from the runway of the enterprise. The technology failed 3 out of 4 engines. The plane crashed into the area where the employees of the enterprise lived. The accident killed 72 people. On the site of one of the houses a church was erected.
Another disaster occurred in December 2007. The AN-12 cargo plane followed the route Novosibirsk-Irkutsk. On board were 6 crew members and 3 passengers. The plane fell to the warehouses of the Ministry of Defense. All people on board died.
Technical capabilities
Irkutsk Aviation Plant annually technically retrofits tens of millions of dollars. The enterprise has modern equipment, end-to-end technologies are applied, which have numerous unique developments. The manufacturing processes use original methods for processing titanium alloys. Oversized panels are made using shot-impact formatting, high-speed machining, light control, galvanic coating of parts, and much more are used. For three consecutive years, Irkut Corporation was recognized as the best exporter of Russia in the Aircraft Industry nomination. She is one of the leading companies in the industry. The Irkutsk Aviation Plant carries out all stages of work on the creation of aircraft: design, preparation of production facilities, manufacturing, testing and maintenance of equipment throughout its life cycle.
The future of the Irkutsk aircraft building enterprise
The company is gradually diversifying its products, focusing on the civilian aircraft industry. To date, a project is underway to produce the MC-21 trunk aircraft. He is destined to replace the TU-154. Work on the project 2 KB - Yakovleva and Ilyushin. It is with this aircraft that the Irkutsk Aviation Plant and the Irkut Corporation associate their most distant prospects. Each year, the company spends about 30 million rubles to improve the skills of its employees: workers, engineers, managers and technicians. Irkutsk Aviation Plant is the youngest in the industry. The average age of the staff does not exceed 39 years. The portfolio of contracts, including abroad, is growing annually. The position of the enterprise is stable and extremely stable, which makes it possible to make plans for the long term.