Overview
- At a ceremony in Kazan on December 27, four Mi-8MTV-1 helicopters were handed over to three airlines under the state leasing project.
- The Kazan Helicopter Plant is slated to receive more than 70 aircraft over the next three years, a volume officials said will secure the plant’s workload.
- Deliveries are financed through the State Transport Leasing Company using National Welfare Fund resources, with more than 50 helicopters supplied to carriers in 2025.
- Officials said the renewed fleets are intended to support medical evacuations, delivery of medicines and essential supplies, and connectivity for remote northern and Far Eastern regions.
- Acting on instructions from federal leadership, the industry ministry intends to formalize the leasing extension and multi-year orders in the forthcoming report.