Airbus

A leading aircraft manufacturer with the most modern and comprehensive product line on the market, Airbus is a global company with design and manufacturing facilities in France, Germany, the UK, and Spain as well as subsidiaries in the U.S., China, Japan and the Middle East. Headquartered in Toulouse, France, Airbus is an EADS joint Company with BAE Systems. Around the world Airbus has five spare parts centres, 120 field sites and three fully-fledged training centres -- in Toulouse, Miami and Beijing. Sub-assembly of parts for Airbus aircraft are distributed around 16 sites in Europe, with final assembly in Toulouse and Hamburg. Key to its business model is a commitment to maintaining an innovative approach to all parts of its business, particularly in the areas of technology.