ОАО Yury Gagarin Aircraft Production Association at Komsomolsk-on-Amur
The Yury Gagarin Aircraft Production Association open joint-stock company at Komsomolsk-on-Amur (OAO KnAAPO), established in 1934, is one of the leading Russian aircraft builders.
Director General, Alexander Pekarsh
OAO KnAAPO production currently includes the mass production of the Sukhoi SuperJet-100 (SSJ-100) civilian airliners, warplanes. It is also engaged in the research and development of a 5th generation fighter.
OAO KnAAPO is one of the more capable Russian aircraft manufacturers. It designs and engineers cutting-edge aircraft for mass production.
The programme to develop a family of Sukhoi SuperJet-100's (SSJ-100) is one of the most promising fields activities.
The Sukhoi SuperJet-100 made its maiden flight on May 19, 2008.
Factory testing came to a conclusion in October 2008, and the jet received its airworthiness certificate. Not less than another 600 flights are necessary before mass production can begin. Two SuperJets are used for testing at the Mikhail Gromov Flight Research Institute in Zhukovsky outside Moscow. Another two jets are being manufactured at Komsomolsk-on-Amur.
OAO KnAAPO plans to produce 800 Sukhoi SuperJet-100s before 2022. Production will start in 2010.
Personnel and Wages in 2009
OAO KnAAPO has lacked work in 2009, so the average wage has declined by about 433 roubles a month against last year's wage (up to 19,178 roubles).
Problems with Defence Ministry contracts have forced a reduction in personnel.
Measures have been approved and are being implemented to rationalise employment, and to restructure the social welfare system and for auxiliary production. They promise to reduce auxiliary and non-core personnel by 1,300 within the year. A part-time work week has been introduced to preserve the current jobs in the slower departments. Approximately a thousand employees work three or four days a week.
These measures concern mainly the assembly and moulding shops. The machine shops have rebuilt their previous output and employment.
All those measures promise to prevent major wage cuts and preserve the staff for the production objectives of 2010-2011.
