Airbus

Airbus is a European aerospace company registered in the Netherlands and run from Toulouse, France. It was formed in 1970 as a consortium of French, German and later British and Spanish firms, and it became a single company in 2001.

Its commercial division builds the A220, A320 family, A330 and A350 airliners. Airbus Helicopters makes civil and military rotorcraft, and Airbus Defence and Space builds military aircraft, satellites and launch systems. Final assembly lines are in France, Germany, Spain, China, Canada and the United States.

Airbus delivers more airliners per year than any other maker, ahead of Boeing in recent years. Its shares trade on Euronext Paris and other European exchanges. The company is a main partner in the Eurofighter and Ariane programs. It has also built the A380 superjumbo, which ended production in 2021. The firm employs engineers across Europe. Its main rival is Boeing, and the company has a growing business in satellites and defense.