President of Tatarstan meets with CEOs of Austrian Company «Diamond Aircraft»

Issues of organizing cooperation between «Diamond Aircraft» (Austria) and JSC “KAPO named after S.P.Gorbunov” have been discussed at the meeting between RT president Rustam Minnikhanov and CEOs of «Diamond Aircraft» headed by President and owner of the company Christian Dris. The meeting took place in House of RT government.

Rustam Minnikhanov noted in his welcoming speech that an aircraft «Diamond Aircraft» purchased for Tatarstan had acquired good reputation. Head of Republic thinks that cooperation between «Diamond Aircraft» (Austria) and JSC “KAPO named after S.P.Gorbunov” should undergo development.

We remind that «Diamond Aircraft» offers to organize a licensed production of light-motor aircrafts DA 40NG, DA42NG и DA 42MNG on the territory of the Russian Federation. All models were certified in Europe in 2009. While visiting Tatarstan in July 2010 the owner of the company Christian Dris approved the suggested area for locating the production of aircrafts at JSC “KAPO named after S.P.Gorbunov”.

It should be mentioned that «Diamond Aircrafts» are produced from composed materials and have unique flying and exploitation characteristics. The aircrafts may be produced in three variations – for civil aviation, for special missions (patrolling of territories) and for using as unmanned aircraft.

Ad notam: «Diamond Aircraft» is an Austrian producer of general-purpose aircrafts and motor – gliders. Currently the company has offices in Northern America, Europe, Asia, and Australia. The production and headquarters and scientific-research labs are located in Vienna suburb - Wiener Neustadt city. In 2008 the production site was launched in China. By and large, the group consists of 10 companies. Currently «Diamond Aircraft» is a leading producer of aircrafts on the basis of composed materials.