Airbus SE is a European multinational aerospace corporation.
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34 Facts About Airbus
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Airbus produces and markets the first commercially viable digital fly-by-wire airliner, the Airbus A320, and the world's largest passenger airliner, the A380.
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Airbus's registered headquarters is in Leiden, Netherlands, but its head office is located in Toulouse, France.
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Airbus is led by CEO Guillaume Faury and is a component of the Euro Stoxx 50 stock market index.
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All Airbus aircraft developed since then have cockpit systems similar to the A320, making it easier to train crew.
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Airbus is studying a replacement for the A320 series, tentatively dubbed NSR, for "New Short-Range aircraft".
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Airbus however opted to enhance the existing A320 design using new winglets and working on aerodynamical improvements.
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Airbus supplied replacement parts and service for Concorde until its retirement in 2003.
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In September 2014, Aerion partnered with Airbus to collaborate on designing the Aerion AS2, a supersonic 11-seater private business jet, hoping for a market entry in 2021.
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In June 2013, Airbus announced that it was developing a range of "smart suitcases" known as Bag2Go for air travellers, in conjunction with luggage-maker Rimowa and IT firm T-Systems.
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In January 1999 Airbus established a separate company, Airbus Military SAS, to undertake development and production of a turboprop-powered tactical transport aircraft, the A400M.
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The A400M project has suffered several delays; Airbus has threatened to cancel the development unless it receives state subsidies.
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On 25 February 2008 Airbus won an order for three air refuelling MRTT aircraft, adapted from A330 passenger jets, from the United Arab Emirates.
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Airbus numbering system is an alpha numeric model number followed by a dash and a three digit number.
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Airbus Transport International is a cargo airline that operates a fleet of five Airbus Beluga aircraft.
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Airbus Helicopters, formerly known as Eurocopter, is a helicopter manufacturing and support company.
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In September 2014 Airbus considered divesting Dassault and several other units to focus on aerospace.
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Airbus has several final assembly lines for different models and markets.
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Airbus has a number of other plants in different European locations, reflecting its foundation as a consortium.
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In February 2019, Airbus stated that production of the A380 will end in 2021 after Emirates, the biggest customer for the plane, reduced its outstanding order for 53 planes to just fourteen.
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Airbus has committed to the "Flightpath 2050", an aviation industry plan to reduce noise, CO2, and NOx emissions.
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Airbus was the first aerospace business to become ISO 14001 certified, in January 2007; this is a broader certification covering the whole organisation, not just the aircraft it produces.
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In September 2020, Airbus unveiled four liquid hydrogen-fueled "ZEROe" concept aircraft that it claims could become the first commercial zero-emission aircraft, entering service by 2035.
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In July 2004 former Boeing CEO Harry Stonecipher accused Airbus of abusing a 1992 bilateral EU-US agreement providing for disciplines for large civil aircraft support from governments.
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Airbus is given reimbursable launch investment, called "launch aid" by the US, from European governments with the money being paid back with interest plus indefinite royalties, but only if the aircraft is a commercial success.
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Airbus contends that this system is fully compliant with the 1992 agreement and WTO rules.
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WTO ruled in August 2010 and in May 2011 that Airbus had received improper government subsidies through loans with below market rates from several European countries.
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In July 2016, SFO opened a criminal investigation into "suspicions of fraud, bribes and corruption" after Airbus informed British authorities of a failure to disclose the role played by some intermediaries facilitating the sale of aircraft.
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Airbus was required to provide this information in order to benefit from export credits, which the British, French and German governments had suspended.
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Allegations included that from 2012 onwards Airbus was responsible for recruiting and remunerating intermediaries to influence the award of civil and military contracts.
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Airbus recognised the charges and agreed to pay fines of €3.
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In March 2015, Airbus launched an accelerator program to infuse startup and intrapreneurial innovations called Airbus BizLab.
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