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HISTORY
Airbus was established in 1970 as an European consortium of French, German and later, Spanish and U.K companies. The two full partners in the original consortium were Aerospatiale for France and Deutsche Aerospace for Germany.

In 1971 CASA of Spain became a full member of the GIE. (GIE moved to Toulouse in 1974.)
In 1979 British Aerospace became

a full partner.

 Airbus first aircraft, the A300B, was launched at the 1969 Paris air show. 1974, the A300 had been certified on budget and ahead of schedule. 1975, Airbus had 10 per cent of the market and a total of 55 aircraft on order. 1979, Airbus had 256 orders from 32 customers and 81 aircraft in service with 14 operators.

European Roots with global outreach

a world of cultural diversity

20 languages
3 customer support centres More than 5,000 aircraft delivered 16 manufacturing sites 296 operators 5 spares centres 56,000 employees

298 customers
160 offices

more than

88 nationalities

290 resident customer support managers

training centres

9 engineering design centres

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flight simulators

24 hour customer support (365 days a year) global company

BOARD OF DIRECTORS
President and Chief Executive Officer -Fabrice Brgier Chief Operating Officer -Gnter Butschek Chief Operating Officer (Customers)- John Leahy

CEO

COMPANY CULTURE
High-performance environment

Performance isnt measured purely by what is achieved it also is important to emphasise how it is achieved
Airbus employees strive to be consistent with theAirbusway, calls for employees to: i.deliver customer value, ii.develop oneself and others,

iii.drive imrovement and innovation,

iv.practice teamwork.

AWARDS AND RECOGNITION

ACHIEVEMNTS

An annual turnover of 32.1 billion

A gross market share (units) of 51 %

Delivering 453 aircraft and selling 1,341 in 2007 Surpassing 8,000 aircraft ordered by 286 customers Supporting 5,000 aircraft in service with 287 operators Regularly achieving over 50% of large civil aircraft orders and deliveries

Global Market Forecast for Airbus Vision 2020

Worldwide demand for air transport will grow strongly

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