Airbus Industrie

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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

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