Synonym of Aero vodochody

For the US manufacturer named Aero, see Aero (US aircraft manufacturer).

After the fall of socialism in Czechoslovakia (1989) and in the rest of Eastern Europe, the company lost a major portion of its main market in jet trainers. The sales of military aircraft declined in the early 1990s in Eastern Europe as well as in the NATO countries where the entry of a new producer was obviously unwanted. Aero was controlled for several years by Boeing.

• eine  Top Level Domain im Internet
• Windows Aero, die Benutzeroberfläche von Windows Vista
• Aero (Unternehmen), einen tschechischen Flugzeug- und Autohersteller
• Aero Friedrichshafen, eine Luftfahrtausstellung

È stata venduta alla Boeing dopo il crollo del comunismo, ma ricomprata dallo stato ceco in quanto trascurata dall'acquirente; si progetta tuttavia una futura privatizzazione.

È stata durante la guerra fredda il più grande produttore mondiale di aerei da addestramento a reazione. Produce gli elicotteri Sikorsky S-76 per conto della Sikorsky Aircraft.