Aleksey Belykh appointed Managing Director of Kazan Helicopters
By decision of the Board of Directors of the Kazan Helicopters, Aleksey Belykh was appointed the Managing Director of the company. Yuri Pustovgarov, who headed Kazan Helicopters since February 2018, resigned by agreement of the parties and currently holds the position of Advisor to the General Director of the Russian Helicopters holding.
“I would like to express my gratitude to Yuri Pustovgarov, who came to the Kazan Helicopters during the crisis. The period since 2018 has become a time of change for the Kazan Helicopters, when it was necessary to stabilise the company’s financial position and to take on new challenges at the same time: to master the production of promising products and to promote helicopters to domestic and foreign markets”, said Andrey Boginsky, Director General of the Russian Helicopters holding.
The new Managing Director of the Kazan Helicopters Aleksey Belykh held various managerial positions at the Ulan-Ude Aviation Plant, including the post of the Deputy Managing Director for Development and Lean Production. On 2017 to 2020, he headed the Novosibirsk Aircraft Repair Plant. In March 2020, Aleksey Belykh was appointed First Deputy Managing Director of the Kazan Helicopters.
Kazan Helicopters has adopted a firm plan until 2023, which identifies a steady workload of Mi-8, supplies of Mi-17V-5 for exports, an increase in supplies of Ansat and Mi-38 helicopters. In 3 years, it is planned to sell a total of over 180 rotorcrafts.