Airbus Operations S.A.S.
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Entry of Saint-Martin site, Blagnac
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| Operating Division | |
| Industry | Aerospace |
| Founded | 18 December 1970 (as Airbus Industrie) 2001 (as Airbus SAS) |
| Founder | Roger Béteille, Felix Kracht, Henri Ziegler, Franz Josef Strauss |
| Headquarters | Blagnac, France |
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Area served
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Worldwide |
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Key people
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Fabrice Brégier (President and Chief Executive Officer) Tom Williams (Chief Operating Officer) |
| Products | Commercial airliners (list) |
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Number of employees
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72,816 (2015) |
| Parent | Airbus Group |
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| Website | www.airbus.com |
Airbus SAS (/ˈɛərbʌs/, French: [ɛʁbys], German: [ˈɛːɐbʊs], Spanish: [ˈeirβus]) is a division of the multinational Airbus Group SE that manufactures civil aircraft. It is based in Blagnac, France, a suburb of Toulouse, with production and manufacturing facilities mainly in France, Germany, Spain, China, United Kingdom and the United States. The company employs 72,816 people.
Airbus began as a consortium of aerospace manufacturers, Airbus Industrie. Consolidation of European defence and aerospace companies in 1999 and 2000 allowed the establishment of a simplified in 2001, owned by the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company (EADS) (80%) and BAE Systems (20%). After a protracted sales process BAE sold its shareholding to EADS on 13 October 2006.
Airbus has sixteen key sites in four countries: France, Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom. Final assembly production is based at Toulouse, France; Hamburg, Germany; Seville, Spain, Tianjin, China, and Mobile, United States. Airbus has subsidiaries in the United States, Japan and India.
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