Airbus Industrie
Other Business Names:
- Hawker Siddeley Group
- Airbus SAS
- British Aerospace Plc
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Broughton, Flintshire, Clwyd, Wales, Wales
- Toulouse, France
Sectors:
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Transport equipment production
Airframe production & repair
Notes:
Major civil aircraft manufacturer with origins in a consortium of British, French, German, Dutch and Spanish aircraft builders formed in mid 1960s to develop a civil aviation programme in competition with US producers. 1970 formally established as Airbus Industrie in which Hawker Siddeley had a 20% stake. Based at Toulouse with wing manufacturing in UK. Reorganised as Airbus SAS in 2001 in which British Aerospace (as successor to Hawkers) held 20% stake which was sold in 2006
Publications:
- Airbus by Gunston, Bill
- Airbus Aircraft from 1972 by Lang, Gerhard
- Airbus. Europe's high flyer by Reed, Arthur
- Airbus Industrie. Conflict and co-operation in US-EC trade relations by McGuire, Steven M
- Airbus Industrie. EC-US trade diplomacy, 1970-1992 by McGuire, Steven M
- Airbus. Un succes industriel Europeen. Industrie Francaise et cooperation Europeenne, 1965-72 by Chadeau, Emmanuel (ed)
- Birds of Prey. Boeing vs Airbus. A battle for the skies by Lynn, Matthew
- Boeing versus Airbus. The inside story of the greatest international competition in business by Newhouse, John
- Broughton. From Wellington bombers to the A380 by Levers, Andrew
- Broughton. From Wellington to Airbus by Barfield, Norman
- Close to the Sun. How Airbus challenged America's domination of the skies by Aris, Stephen
- Government and British Civil Aerospace. A case study in post war technology policy by Hayward, Keith
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Hawker Siddeley Group
- Airbus SAS
- British Aerospace Plc
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Broughton, Flintshire, Clwyd, Wales, Wales
- Toulouse, France
Sectors:
- Transport equipment production Airframe production & repair
Notes:
Major civil aircraft manufacturer with origins in a consortium of British, French, German, Dutch and Spanish aircraft builders formed in mid 1960s to develop a civil aviation programme in competition with US producers. 1970 formally established as Airbus Industrie in which Hawker Siddeley had a 20% stake. Based at Toulouse with wing manufacturing in UK. Reorganised as Airbus SAS in 2001 in which British Aerospace (as successor to Hawkers) held 20% stake which was sold in 2006Publications:
- Airbus by Gunston, Bill
- Airbus Aircraft from 1972 by Lang, Gerhard
- Airbus. Europe's high flyer by Reed, Arthur
- Airbus Industrie. Conflict and co-operation in US-EC trade relations by McGuire, Steven M
- Airbus Industrie. EC-US trade diplomacy, 1970-1992 by McGuire, Steven M
- Airbus. Un succes industriel Europeen. Industrie Francaise et cooperation Europeenne, 1965-72 by Chadeau, Emmanuel (ed)
- Birds of Prey. Boeing vs Airbus. A battle for the skies by Lynn, Matthew
- Boeing versus Airbus. The inside story of the greatest international competition in business by Newhouse, John
- Broughton. From Wellington bombers to the A380 by Levers, Andrew
- Broughton. From Wellington to Airbus by Barfield, Norman
- Close to the Sun. How Airbus challenged America's domination of the skies by Aris, Stephen
- Government and British Civil Aerospace. A case study in post war technology policy by Hayward, Keith