Aero Vodochody rated ninth fastest-growing aircraft producer in the world

Aero Vodochody is the ninth fastest-growing aircraft producer in the world for 2013, and ranks 100th on the PricewaterhouseCoopers list of the world´s biggest aircraft manufacturers, the ctk news agency reports. Aero produces L-159 fighter jets, parts for the military cargo aircraft Embraer KC-390 and the transport planes Airbus A321 neo and Bombardier CSeries. The company has been posting profits since 2007 when it was acquired by the investment group Penta. The company now has over 1,900 employees, almost 800 more than at the end of 2010. The biggest aircraft producer in the Czech Republic raised its net profit to 343million crowns last year from 264 million in 2012. Over a third of its output are contracts for military aviation.