Russian helicopters: manufacturers, operators, characteristics, data

russian helicopters data

This section features data on Russian-made commercial helicopters, rotorcraft manufacturers, operators.

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Helicopter and component OEMs

JSC Russian Helicopters

Russian Helicopters is part of State Corporation Rostec. It was established in 2007, but its key enterprises date back more than 70 years.

Operational and Financial Performance

According to the Holding’s consolidated financial (IFRS) statement the company’s revenue at the end of 2015 grew 29.5% YOY to 220 billion rubles. EBITDA increased 39.5% to 65.6 billion rubles. Russian Helicopters’ net profit doubled to 42.1 billion rubles.

In 2015 the Holding delivered 212 helicopters (59 fewer than in the previous year). Its backlog shrank 9.5% and included 494 firm orders.

In the last three years Russian Helicopters’ main customers were Russian governmental entities’ Ministry of Industry and Trade, Defense Ministry, Emercom and Ministry of Internal Affairs.  

Russian customers generated 28.7% of the Holding’s revenue. Second largest market by the number of deliveries was Asia (33.9%), and the third — Africa (23.9%). Russian Helicopters delivered its products to customers in 17 countries.

The Holding’s Subsidiaries

Russian Helicopters’ facilities span the entire country. The Company includes design bureaus, helicopter assembly plants, components production, maintenance and repair enterprises, aircraft repair plants, and helicopter service companies providing after-sales support in Russia and abroad. Key production facilities include Kazan Helicopters, Rostvertol, Ulan-Ude Aviation Plant, Progress Arsenyev Aviation Company and Kumertau Aviation Production Enterprise. Stupino Engineering Productive Enterprise and Reductor-PM produce rotorcraft components.

Design bureaus

  • Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant
  • Kamov Design Bureau

Construction plants

  • Ulan-Ude Aviation Plant – production and modernization of Mi-8/17 series.
  • Kazan Helicopters – production of the Mi-8/17, Ansat and Ansat-U, and the new Mi-38 (in preparation)
  • Rostvertol – production of Mi-26 series commercial and military helicopters, Mi-35M and Mi-28NE Night Hunter military models.
  • Progress Arsenyev Aviation Company – production of Ka-52 Alligator; in preparation for production of naval Ka-52K and commercial Ka-62 .
  • Kumertau Aviation Production Enterprise – production of multirole coaxial Ka-226T, Ka-32A11BC and naval helicopters.

Component manufacturing

  • Reductor-PM – production of helicopter gearbox and transmission units, after-sales servicing.
  • Stupino Machine Production Plant – production and after-sales servicing of core helicopter systems.

Service and maintenance

  • Helicopter Service Company – maintenance and after-sales service of Russian-made helicopters
  • Novosibirsk Aircraft Repair Plant – maintenance, overhaul and upgrade of Mi- series helicopters.
  • Aircraft Repair Plant No. 356 – repair and maintenance services for Mi-8/17 helicopters
  • Aircraft Repair Plant No. 419 – repair and maintenance services for Mi-8/17 series, Mi-24 and Ka-32 helicopters, as well as naval rotorcraft.
  • Aircraft Repair Plant No. 810 – repair and maintenance services for Mi-8/17 and Mi-24 helicopters.
  • Aircraft Repair Plant No. 12 – repairs Мi-8/17, Мi-24, helicopters, their components and engines.
  • Aircraft Repair Plant No. 150 – repairs Mi8/17, Mi-24, Ка-27/28/29, Ка-32 helicopters, engines and components.

Joint ventures

HeliVert

A joint venture between Russian Helicopters and AgustaWestland. HeliVert produces the medium commercial AW139 designed by AgustaWestland. It is expected that HeliVert will be able to produce up to 15-20 AW139s every year.

New Programs

Mil Mi-38

Mi-38 — a medium/heavy transport helicopter.

mi38

The Mi-38 is aimed to fill the gap in Mil’s product line between the medium-lift Mi-8/17/171 family and the Mi-26 super heavy model.

Mi-38 helicopter characteristics
Performance
Cruising speed 285 kmh
Range with 3,000 kg cargo 660 km
Range with 5,000 kg cargo 420 km
Max. flight range with additional fuel tanks
and 2,700 kg cargo
1,200 km
Operational ceiling 5,900 m
Hover ceiling (OGE) 3,750 m
Weight parameters
Max. take-off weight 15,600 kg
Max. take-off weight with cargo on external sling 16,200 kg
Max. payload in cabin 6,000 kg
Max. payload on external sling 7,000 kg
Powerplant
Turboshaft engines 2x Klimov TV7- 117V
Take-off power 2,800 hp
Contingency power 3,750 hp
Cabin dimensions
Length 7,000 mm
Width 2,360 mm
Height 1,840 mm
Volume 29.5 m3
Aircrew 1-3
Passengers 30

Program launch: early 1980s

Certification: Russian type certificate – January 2016

First flight: The first test prototype made its maiden flight in 2003. Series-conforming prototype first flew on October 16, 2014

Orders: 3 Mi-38s with an option for 5 more from an undisclosed customer. Serial production of the Mi-38 is expected to start in 2016. 175 Mi-38s are to be built by 2025, and up to a total of 264 by 2030.

News on Mi-38:

Kamov Ka-62

Ka-62 — a medium multi-role helicopter designed using the latest composite materials, technologies and developments.

ka62

Ka-62 characteristics
Performance
Max. speed 308 km/h
Cruise speed 290 km/h
Max. flight range with main fuel tanks 770 km
Operational ceiling 5,700 m
Hover ceiling (OGE) 3,300 m
Weight Parameters
Max. take-off weight 6,500 kg
Max. Payload, kg
in transport cabin 2,000
on external sling 2,500
Powerplant
Engines 2хArdiden 3G, Turbomeca
Take-off power 1,776 h.p.
Contingency power 1,941 h.p.
Dimensions of Сargo Сabin
Length 4,100 mm
Maximum floor width 1,750 mm
Height 1,300 mm
Volume 9.5 m3
Capacity
Air crew 1–2 persons
Service passengers 12–15 persons

First flight: April 28, 2016

Program launch: 1992

Certification: slated for 2017

Orders: At the end of 2015 Russian Helicopters had a “pending firm order from a customer in Brasil.” There had also been negotiations on delivering Ka-62 to Latin America and South-West Asia.

News on Ka-62:

Mil Mi-171A2

Mi-171A2 – is the latest iteration of the Mil Mi-8/17 family. It features an integrated avionics suite developed by Ulyanovsk Flight Instrument Design Bureau, which abolishes the need for flight engineers. Other innovations include composite blades on both the main and the X-shaped tail rotors, upgraded swashplate and the main rotor hub. The new aircraft uses 2400-h.p. VK-2500PS-03 turboshaft engines produced by St. Petersburg-based Klimov enterprise (part of Unite Engine Corporation). The engine is yet to be certified.

Mi171a2

Mi-171A2 characteristics
Performance
Max. speed 280 km/h
Cruise speed 260 km/h
Max. flight range with main fuel tanks 800 km
Operational ceiling 6,000 m
Hover ceiling (OGE) 4000 m
Weight
Max. take-off weight 13,000 kg
With underslung load 13,500 kg
Maximum payload in transport cabin 4,000 kg
Maximum payload on external sling 5,000 kg
Powerplant
Turboshaft engines VK-2500PS-03
Take-off power 2,400 hp
Contingency power 2,700 hp
Cabin dimensions
Length 6.36 m
Width 2.34 m
Height 1.8 m
Capacity 23 m3
Capacity
Air crew 1-2 people
Service passengers 24 people
Operational temperature range: -50 /+50°С

First flight: September 2014 – first test prototype, November 2015 – second test prototype. Both aircraft are participating in the flight test program.

Certification: planned for Q1 2017

Ansat, Kazan Helicopters

Ansat

Ansata classic single-rotor design with a four blade main rotor and a two-blade tail rotor. The Ansat was developed by Kazan Helicopters. Works are underway for upgrading the helicopter’s fuel system, mounting of auxiliary fuel tanks that hold up to 200 kg of fuel and increasing service life. Further upgrade of the helicopter is in the plans, including reshaping the nose part and doors, additional lighting systems, ventilation, insulation and heating.

Ansat characteristics
Performance
Max. speed 275 km/h
Cruise speed 220 km/h
Max. flight range with main fuel tanks 515 km
Operational ceiling 4800 m
Hover ceiling (OGE) 2500 m
Weight parameters
Max. take-off weight 3600 kg
Max. payload in transport cabin 1234 kg
Powerplant
GT engines 2хPW207K, Pratt&Whitney
Take-off power 630 h. p.
Contingency power 710 h. p.
Cabin Dimensions
Length 5,700 mm
Width 1770 mm
Height 1370 mm
Volume 8.0 m3
Capacity
Aircrew 1–2
Passengers 7+1

First flight: August 1999

Certification: Ansat’s base version with hydromechanical control system was certified in 2013, passenger modification – in 2014, VIP version – in December 2015.

Orders: 3 firm orders from Tulpar Helicopters, 2 from Vector Aviation, several medevac helicopters ordered by Tatarstan Healthcare Ministry

Perspective High Speed Helicopter

Perspective High Speed Helicopter

Perspective High Speed Helicopter – The demonstrator is based on the Mil Mi-24 attack helicopter. Основная цель проекта — “создание научно-технического задела для увеличения скорости полета вертолетов в 1,5 раза по сравнению с серийными машинами, которые выпускаются в настоящее время”. The main element of the demonstrator is the new main rotor system. This new development, which the OEM is planning to have patented, helps defer the airflow separation on the main rotor blades, while preserving the classic configuration.

In 2016, three years into the demonstrator development, the program was split into two parts. The Perspective High-Speed Rotorcraft testing is conducted within the “Speed” project. The second part is about development of a Pespective Medium-Class Commercial Helicopter with the MTOW of over 10 tons.

Engine for the new rotorcraft is currently being developed. Initially thee already existing VK-2500M engine will be upgraded with a new compressor, turbines, control system etc. On the program’s second stage a new engine will be created from scratch using additive and other cutting-edge technological solutions.

First flight of the demonstrator: December 2015

Performance characteristics of Russian-made helicopters operated by Russian operators

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Mil Mi-2 (production discontinued)

mi2

Mi-2 characteristics
Entered service 1968
Engines 2 х GTD-350
Take-off weight, kg 3550
Maximum payload, kg 700/800
Range with maximum payload, km 135
Cruise speed, km/h 180
Fuel consumption rate, kg/h  232
Specific fuel consumption, kg/tkm 2,18
Number of passengers 7–8
Number of aircraft in operation 29
Manufacturer PZL Swidnik SA

Kamov Ка-32А

Kamov Ka-32 helicopter

designed for special search and rescue operations, building tall structures, transporting cargo internally and on an external sling, logging, medevac and complex fire-fighting missions, as well as on patrol and to support during law enforcement operations.

Ka-32A characteristics
Entered service 1993
Engines 2 х TVZ-117VMA
Take-off weight, kg 11000/12600
Maximum payload, kg 3600/5000
Range with maximum payload, km 670
Cruise speed, km/h 230
Fuel consumption rate, kg/h 695
Specific fuel consumption, kg/tkm 0,97
Number of passengers 13–16
Number of aircraft in operation 21
Manufacturer Russian Helicopters

Mil Mi-8T (production discontinued)

mi-8 mil helicopter

Mi-8 characteristics
Entered service 1967
Engines 2 х TV2-117A
Take-off weight, kg 12000
Maximum payload, kg 4000/3000
Range with maximum payload, km 50
Cruise speed, km/h 205
Fuel consumption rate, kg/h 608
Specific fuel consumption, kg/tkm 0,84
Number of passengers 24–26
Number of aircraft in operation 731 (Mi-8T/MT/MTV)
Manufacturer Russian Helicopters

Mi-171/172

The basic Mi-8/17 model is the cargo helicopter, which can transport up to 4,000 kg of various kinds of cargo either inside the cabin or on an external sling. The following models are currently in production: Mi-8AMT, Mi-8MTV-1, Mi-171, Mi-171A1 and Mi-172 at Ulan-Ude Aviation Plant and the Kazan Helicopters

Mi-8/17 characteristics
Performance
Max. speed 250 km/h
Cruise speed 230 km/h
Max. flight range with main fuel tanks 610 km
Operational ceiling 6,000 m
Hover ceiling (OGE) 3,980 m
Weight parameters
Max. take-off weight 13,000 kg
With underslung load 13,000 kg
Max. payload on external sling, kg 4,000 kg
Powerplant
GT Engines TVЗ-117VM
Take-off power 2x 2,200 h. p.
Contingency power 2x 2,200 h. p.
Cabin dimensions
Length 5,340 mm
Width 2,340 mm
Height 1,800 mm
Volume 27 m3
Capacity
Aircrew 3
Service passengers 26

Mi-26T

mi-26t2 mil heavy helicopter

This type helicopters are intensively used for all sorts of operations: transportation, evacuation, fire fighting etc. Mi-26T is capable of carrying up to 20 tons of cargo inside fuselage or on the external sling.

Mi-26T characteristics
Entered service 1988
Engines 2 х D-136
Take-off weight, kg 56000/51800
Maximum payload, kg 20000/20000
Range with maximum payload, km 464
Cruise speed, km/h 235
Fuel consumption rate, kg/h  2552
Specific fuel consumption, kg/tkm 0,54
Number of passengers 82
Number of aircraft in operation 27
Manufacturer Russian Helicopters

Helicopter Operators

According to Russian Transport Clearing House the Russian civil helicopter fleet’s combined operational hours flown dropped 8% year-on-year in 2015, to nearly 410,000 hours.

As the number of Russian-operated Western-built helicopters keeps growing, so does their share in the total operational hours flown. The figure stood at 11.5% in 2015, compared to 10.2% the year before. The Robinson R-44 fleet demonstrated the highest performance in this respect, with a combined 29,000 hours flown, or 7.1% of the total across the segment.

The share of operational hours flown by Mi-8s of the previous generation reached 71.5%, compared to 68.3% in 2014.

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Top-10 helicopter operators 2015

AeroGeo

aerogeo

Base airports
Krasnoyarsk (Severnyy)
Rotorcraft fleet
 AS-350B3 (1), Bell-407 (1), EC-120B (3), R44 (1), R-44-II (7), Мi-2 (3), Mi-8MTV-1 (1), Mi-8T (15)
Rank and revenue hours flown in 2015
 4 (Data on revenue hours flown is not released for publication)
Site
 http://www.ag24.ru

Barkol

barkol

Base airports
Moscow (Vnukovo, Myachkovo), Leningrad region (Nevskaya), Bryansk, Buguruslan, Velikie Luki (Pereslegino), Volgograd (Gumrak), Yekaterinburg (Koltsovo), Yoshkar-Ola, Krasnodar region (Novotitorovskaya, Tikhotetsk), Lipetsk, Mineralnie Vody (Nezlobnaya), Nizhniy Novgorod region (Bogorodsk), Novgorod Region (Borki, Pes’), Penza, Rostov Region (Rodionovo-Nesvetaevsky), Ryazan (Protasovo), Samara (Smyshlyayevka), Saratov (Shumeyka), Tyumen (Roschino), Yaroslavl (Tunoshna)
Rotorcraft fleet
Mi-8 (14), R-44 (21)
Rank and revenue hours flown in 2015
 5 (Data on revenue hours flown is not released for publication)
Site
http://www.barkol.ru/

Convers Avia

convers avia

Base airports
Tver (Zmeyovo)
Rotorcraft fleet
R44 (1), Mi-2 (10), Mi-8AMT (1), Mi-8MTV-1 (1), Mi-8T (11), Mi-8PS-11 (1)
Rank and revenue hours flown in 2015
 6 (Data on revenue hours flown is not released for publication)
Site
http://www.conversavia.ru/

Gazpromavia

gazpromavia helicopter operator

Base airports
Ostafyevo, Yamburg, Bovanenkovo
Rotorcraft fleet
H120 (1), H135 (8), Mi-171 (1), Mi-8P (1), Mi-8PS (3), Mi-8T (36), Mi-8AMT (15), Mi-8MTV (1), Mi-8MTV-1 (14)
Rank and revenue hours flown in 2015
 2 / 45,396
Site
http://eng.gazpromavia.ru/

Komiaviatrans

komiaviatrans

Base airports
Pechora, Syktyvkar, Ukhta
Rotorcraft fleet
Mi-8 (1), Mi-8T (19), Mi-8AMT (1), Mi-8MTV-1 (2)
Rank and revenue hours flown in 2015
 9/ 11975
Site
http://www.komiaviatrans.ru

Turukhan Airlines

turuhan airline

Base airports
Turukhansk
Rotorcraft fleet
Mi-8T (16), Mi-8MTV-1 (2)
Rank and revenue hours flown in 2015
 8 (Data on revenue hours flown is not released for publication)
Site

UTair Helicopter Services (UHS)

utair helicopter services

Base airports
Nefteyugansk
Rotorcraft fleet
H125 (2), AS355 N (1), AS355 NP (1), Bо-105CBS-5 (1), R44 (3), Ka-32T (2), Mi-26T (7), Mi-8AMT (20), Mi-8MTV (1), Mi-8MTV-1 (16), Mi-8P (3), Mi-8PS (1), Mi-8T (75), Mi-8T(P) (1)
Rank and revenue hours flown in 2015
 1 / 73963
Site
 http://heli.utair.ru/

Vostok

vostok khabarovsk helicopter operator

Base airports
Khabarovsk
Rotorcraft fleet
H125 (1), Mi-8AMT (1), Mi-8MTV-1 (8), Mi-8P (1), Mi-8PS-9 (1), Mi-8T (7)
Rank and revenue hours flown in 2015
 10 / 11809
Site
 http://en.vostokairlines.com

Yamal Airlines

yamal

Base airports
Salekhard, Tyumen (Roschino), Moscow (Domodedovo), Novy Urengoy,
Rotorcraft fleet
H125 (2), Mi-8MTV-1 (4), Mi-8P (1), Mi-8T (35)
Rank and revenue hours flown in 2015
 3 (Data on revenue hours flown is not released for publication)
Site
 http://yamal.aero

Yeltsovka

elcovka yeltsovka

Base airports
Novosibirsk (Yeltsovka), Strezhevoy
Rotorcraft fleet
Mi-8 (1), Mi-8T (16)
Rank and revenue hours flown in 2015
 7 (Data on revenue hours flown is not released for publication)
Site
 http://www.elcovka.ru

 

Russian helicopter fleet

  Helicopters class
by MTOW
Type Airframes in operation*
2015 2014 2013 2012 2011
Up to 2 t R44 50 53 49 52 73
R66 3 3 0 0 0
Bell-206 0 0 3 0 1
H120 (EC120) 4 1 1 1 1
2–3 t H125 (AS350) 15 20 18 17 9
Bell-407 1 0 0 0 6
H130 (EC130) 1 2 1 1 7
Bo-105 1 3 4 4 4
AW119 0 0 0 0 0
AS355 7 7 7 2 6
H135 (EC135) 11 10 10 8 13
AW109 6 2 0 0 5
ВК-117 5 6 3 4 7
3–5 t Ka-26 0 0 0 1 16
Ka-226 0 0 0 1 2
Mi-2 23 29 39 41 104
Bell-429 0 0 0 0 1
H155 (EC155) 3 0 0 0 0
5–10 t W-3 1 1 1 1 1
AW139 9 11 10 2 2
10–20 t   Ka-32 17 21 25 22 27
Mi-8 689 731 757 731 785
Mi-171 5 7 11 17 16
Mi-172 0 0 0 0 0
Over 20 t Mi-26 22 27 27 32 36
Total 873 959 993 937 1129
including foreign types 117 123 107 92 143

* In the commercial operators’ register only.

Sources: Aviation Programs, Federal Agency of Air Transport, GosNII GA

Revenue hours flown by Russian helicopter fleet, by type

Type 2015 2014 2013
Revenue
hours
flown
Percent
of total
hours
flown*
Revenue
hours
flown
Percent
of total
hours
flown*
Revenue
hours
flown
Percent
of total
hours
flown*
Ka-26 3 207 0,78 3064 0,7 4117 0,9
Ka-226 507 0,12 337 0,1 239 0,1
Ka-32 2 326 0,57 3294 0,7 3680 0,8
Mi-2 10 981 2,68 12022 2,7 15338 3,4
Mi-8 292 866 71,47 305282 68,3 314114 69,5
Mi-8MVT 42 097 10,27 65439 14,6 60554 13,4
Mi-17T
Mi-171 2 280 0,56 2378 0,5 2284 0,5
Mi-26T 7 867 1,92 9232 2,1 8337 1,8
AS355 NP 909 0,22 966 0,2 733 0,2
AW109 31 0,01
AW119 0 0,00 438 0,1
AW139 792 0,19 776 0,2 435 0,1
W-3 0 0,00 22 0,0 88 0,0
Bell-206В 58 0,01 139 0,0 59 0,0
Bell-407 423 0,10 699 0,2 950 0,2
Bell-429 137 0,03 754 0,2 471 0,1
Bell-430 127 0,03 77 0,0 88 0,0
BK-117 29 0,01 627 0,1 1144 0,3
Bо-105 138 0,03 209 0,0 616 0,1
H120 2 635 0,64 1048 0,2 68 0,0
H125 7 565 1,85 6119 1,4 5648 1,2
H130 773 0,19 498 0,1 181 0,0
H135 3 695 0,90 3438 0,8 4323 1,0
H155 84 0,02
R44 29 010 7,08 29607 6,6 28277 6,3
R66 1 244 0,30 830 0,2
Total  409781 100 447181 100 452182 100

* All percent values rounded to the nearest tenth, so the total may not match.

Source: Russian Transport Clearing House.

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