Kazakhstan Aerospace Industries (KAI) has taken a 20% stake in Russian aircraft manufacturer Baikal-Engineering, the Kazakh government's Ministry of Industry and Infrastructure Development (MIID) announced on 22 July, with an agreement signed at the MAKS 2021 airshow in Zhukovsky near Moscow.

Baikal-Engineering is a subsidiary business of Ural Civil Aviation Works and was established to develop the replacement for the venerable Antonov An-2 ‘Colt', which is widely used in regional aviation. First produced in 1947, Janes data shows that an estimated 67 are still in military service with countries including Mongolia, Guinea, and Ukraine. A further 260 aircraft built under licence in China are in service with China and North Korea.

Kazakhstan Aerospace Industries' Daniyar Amangildin (l) and Ural Civil Aviation Works' Vadim Badekha (r) at the signing of KAI's acquisition of a 20% stake in Baikal-Engineering by KAI at the MAKS 2021 Air Show in Moscow, Russia. (Kazakhstan Ministry of Industry and Infrastructure Development)

Kazakhstan Aerospace Industries (KAI) has taken a 20% stake in Russian aircraft manufacturer Baikal-Engineering, the Kazakh government's Ministry of Industry and Infrastructure Development (MIID) announced on 22 July, with an agreement signed at the MAKS 2021 airshow in Zhukovsky near Moscow.

Baikal-Engineering is a subsidiary business of Ural Civil Aviation Works and was established to develop the replacement for the venerable Antonov An-2 ‘Colt', which is widely used in regional aviation. First produced in 1947, Janes data shows that an estimated 67 are still in military service with countries including Mongolia, Guinea, and Ukraine. A further 260 aircraft built under licence in China are in service with China and North Korea.

Kazakhstan Aerospace Industries' Daniyar Amangildin (l) and Ural Civil Aviation Works' Vadim Badekha (r) at the signing of KAI's acquisition of a 20% stake in Baikal-Engineering by KAI at the MAKS 2021 Air Show in Moscow, Russia. (Kazakhstan Ministry of Industry and Infrastructure Development)

Kazakhstan Aerospace Industries (KAI) has taken a 20% stake in Russian aircraft manufacturer Baikal-Engineering, the Kazakh government's Ministry of Industry and Infrastructure Development (MIID) announced on 22 July, with an agreement signed at the MAKS 2021 airshow in Zhukovsky near Moscow.

Baikal-Engineering is a subsidiary business of Ural Civil Aviation Works and was established to develop the replacement for the venerable Antonov An-2 ‘Colt', which is widely used in regional aviation. First produced in 1947, Janes data shows that an estimated 67 are still in military service with countries including Mongolia, Guinea, and Ukraine. A further 260 aircraft built under licence in China are in service with China and North Korea.

Kazakhstan Aerospace Industries' Daniyar Amangildin (l) and Ural Civil Aviation Works' Vadim Badekha (r) at the signing of KAI's acquisition of a 20% stake in Baikal-Engineering by KAI at the MAKS 2021 Air Show in Moscow, Russia. (Kazakhstan Ministry of Industry and Infrastructure Development)

Kazakhstan Aerospace Industries (KAI) has taken a 20% stake in Russian aircraft manufacturer Baikal-Engineering, the Kazakh government's Ministry of Industry and Infrastructure Development (MIID) announced on 22 July, with an agreement signed at the MAKS 2021 airshow in Zhukovsky near Moscow.

Baikal-Engineering is a subsidiary business of Ural Civil Aviation Works and was established to develop the replacement for the venerable Antonov An-2 ‘Colt', which is widely used in regional aviation. First produced in 1947, Janes data shows that an estimated 67 are still in military service with countries including Mongolia, Guinea, and Ukraine. A further 260 aircraft built under licence in China are in service with China and North Korea.

Kazakhstan Aerospace Industries' Daniyar Amangildin (l) and Ural Civil Aviation Works' Vadim Badekha (r) at the signing of KAI's acquisition of a 20% stake in Baikal-Engineering by KAI at the MAKS 2021 Air Show in Moscow, Russia. (Kazakhstan Ministry of Industry and Infrastructure Development)

Kazakhstan Aerospace Industries (KAI) has taken a 20% stake in Russian aircraft manufacturer Baikal-Engineering, the Kazakh government's Ministry of Industry and Infrastructure Development (MIID) announced on 22 July, with an agreement signed at the MAKS 2021 airshow in Zhukovsky near Moscow.

Baikal-Engineering is a subsidiary business of Ural Civil Aviation Works and was established to develop the replacement for the venerable Antonov An-2 ‘Colt', which is widely used in regional aviation. First produced in 1947, Janes data shows that an estimated 67 are still in military service with countries including Mongolia, Guinea, and Ukraine. A further 260 aircraft built under licence in China are in service with China and North Korea.

Kazakhstan Aerospace Industries' Daniyar Amangildin (l) and Ural Civil Aviation Works' Vadim Badekha (r) at the signing of KAI's acquisition of a 20% stake in Baikal-Engineering by KAI at the MAKS 2021 Air Show in Moscow, Russia. (Kazakhstan Ministry of Industry and Infrastructure Development)

Kazakhstan Aerospace Industries (KAI) has taken a 20% stake in Russian aircraft manufacturer Baikal-Engineering, the Kazakh government's Ministry of Industry and Infrastructure Development (MIID) announced on 22 July, with an agreement signed at the MAKS 2021 airshow in Zhukovsky near Moscow.

Baikal-Engineering is a subsidiary business of Ural Civil Aviation Works and was established to develop the replacement for the venerable Antonov An-2 ‘Colt', which is widely used in regional aviation. First produced in 1947, Janes data shows that an estimated 67 are still in military service with countries including Mongolia, Guinea, and Ukraine. A further 260 aircraft built under licence in China are in service with China and North Korea.

Kazakhstan Aerospace Industries' Daniyar Amangildin (l) and Ural Civil Aviation Works' Vadim Badekha (r) at the signing of KAI's acquisition of a 20% stake in Baikal-Engineering by KAI at the MAKS 2021 Air Show in Moscow, Russia. (Kazakhstan Ministry of Industry and Infrastructure Development)