Private company

Kubíček Factory

Logo: Kubicek Marketing, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons4

Manufacturing company

Kubicek Factory was established in 2022 by merging several companies. One of them is Kubíček Balloons (in Czech Balóny Kubíček, is a Czech manufacturer of hot-air balloons, inflatables and airships, the sole such manufacturer in Central and Eastern Europe and one of the largest in the world. From its factory in Brno the company ships its products worldwide.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

Oct 2, 1991Founded1
  • Industryaerospace industry1
  • HeadquartersBrno1
  • Websitewww.kubicekballoons.cz
  • Legal formspolečnost s ručením omezeným1
  • LEI315700GF0IVK3FOQYZ483
  • StatusActive3
  • LEI statusIssued and current3
  • Registered addressJarní 1003/2a, 614 00 Brno, Czechia3
  • Registered withMinistry of Justice, 416038693
Kubicek demo balloon
Photo: Original uploader was Bma at cs.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons6

Kubicek Factory was established in 2022 by merging several companies. One of them is Kubíček Balloons (in Czech Balóny Kubíček (pronounced Koo-bee-check), is a Czech manufacturer of hot-air balloons, inflatables and airships, the sole such manufacturer in Central and Eastern Europe and one of the largest in the world. From its factory in Brno the company ships its products worldwide.2

The story

BALÓNY KUBÍČEK spol. s r.o. (the complete official old name) was founded in 1989 by Aleš Kubíček, the designer of first modern Czech hot-air balloon, made in 1983 in Aviatik club in Brno. Before founding his own company Aleš Kubíček made several balloons under wings of the company Aerotechnik Kunovice. Immediately after the Velvet Revolution he started his own private company to manufacture lighter-than-air aircraft.

From Wikipedia’s article on Kubicek Balloons, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.5

Leadership

Who has led Kubíček Factory, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

Products and brands

  • hot air balloon

Listed on Wikidata.1

The company also produces the Kubicek M-2 Scout ultralight and light-sport aircraft, under the name Kubicek Aircraft.

In 2015 the all-metal Kubicek M-4 Irbis first flew, it is a two-seat, high-wing single-engined aircraft.

From Wikipedia’s article on Kubicek Balloons, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.5

Subsidiaries and ownership

Owners

  • Kubíček 80%

From Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. Jan 1, 2022Renamed Name changed to Kubíček Factory s.r.o.1
  2. Oct 2, 1991Founded Founded1