What Happened To Antonov? How The Aircraft Giant Lost Its Serial Production

Antonov produced many of the Soviet Union’s most iconic transport aircraft, including the huge An-124 Ruslan and An-225 Mriya. It built most of the mid-sized military transports as well as regional aircraft like the Antonov An-148 and the enormously successful An-2 biplane. By the late 1980s, the company was producing around 250 aircraft annually. After the Soviet collapse, that fell to between five and 20 annual deliveries, with the last new aircraft produced in 2016.