Aermacchi

Aermacchi
Company typePrivate Subsidiary
IndustryAerospace
Founded1912
FounderGiulio Macchi
Defunct2003
FateMerged
SuccessorAlenia Aermacchi
Headquarters,
ParentLeonardo S.p.A.
Websitehttps://aircraft.leonardo.com/en/home

Aermacchi was an Italian aircraft manufacturer. Formerly known as Aeronautica Macchi, the company was founded in 1912 by Giulio Macchi at Varese in north-western Lombardy as Nieuport-Macchi, to build Nieuport monoplanes under licence for the Italian military. With a factory located on the shores of Lake Varese, the firm originally manufactured a series of Nieuport designs, as well as seaplanes.

After World War II, the company began producing motorcycles as a way to fill the post-war need for cheap, efficient transportation.

The company later specialised in civil and military pilot training aircraft. In July 2003, Aermacchi was integrated into the Finmeccanica Group (now Leonardo)[1] as Alenia Aermacchi, which increased its shareholding to 99%.

  1. ^ "Leonardo: filing of Articles of Association - DETAIL - Leonardo - Aerospace, Defence and Security". www.leonardocompany.com.