Kazan Helicopters Joint Stock Company is well known worldwide as the manufacturer of the Mil Mi-8/17 family of helicopters.
According to statistics Mil occupies 17 percent of today's worldwide turbine helicopter market. Kazan Helicopters has experience in aircraft construction since the 1940s, and in the international market since 1956. High reliability, ruggedness, safety, and ease of maintenance are the characteristics of the aircraft produced by Kazan Helicopters, which has delivered over 10,000 units of Mi-8/17 helicopters worldwide.
Production of the Mi-17 family helicopters is supported by over fifty million flight hours. The Aviation Register of the Russian Federation has approved Kazan Helicopters as a design centre for civil helicopters. The Civil Aviation Agency of the Russian Federation has granted certificate, for training and advanced training of ground and flight personnel at Kazan Helicopters training center.