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Airbus UK (formerly EADS UK) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Airbus, based in the United Kingdom, which produces wings for Airbus aircraft.When Airbus (at the time known as EADS) was incorporated as a joint-stock company in 2001, BAE Systems transferred the British facilities of the transnational Airbus Industrie GIE consortium formed in 1970 to the new corporation in exchange of a 20% stake ...
The International Graduates Scheme (IGS) was a UK immigration scheme which was launched on 2 May 2007 and ended on 30 June 2008, when it was replaced by Tier 1 (Post Study Work). It allowed non- EEA nationals who successfully complete a relevant UK degree or postgraduate qualification to work or set up a business in the UK for 12 months without ...
Harrison holds an LLB (Hons) and an LLM in Law and is a graduate of McGill University. [2] [4] Harrison began his career as an aircraft finance lawyer at Clifford Chance in 1991. [5] [6] [7] From 1997 to 2007, Harrison held various senior positions at Airbus, including general counsel for the EADS Defence and Security division.
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An Airbus A380, the wings and engines of which are produced in the UK. Airbus directly employs around 13,000 people at its UK division Airbus UK, with estimates that it supports another 140,000 jobs in the wider UK economy. [87] [88] The traditional UK workshare in Airbus aircraft is around 20%. [89]
Airbus has announced plans to cut 2,000 jobs in a sign that Europe is fast losing ground to the U.S. and Elon Musk’s SpaceX in the new space race.
The Society of British Aerospace Companies (SBAC, formerly Society of British Aircraft Constructors) was the UK's national trade association representing companies supplying civil air transport, aerospace defence, homeland security and space. [1]
Airbus' first aircraft, the A300, had been received with little initial demand, [32] but orders for the airliner had picked up in the late 1970s. [ 33 ] [ 34 ] By 1979, the consortium had 256 orders for A300, [ 35 ] and Airbus had launched its second airliner, the A310 , less than 12 months prior to BAe formally joining the consortium. [ 31 ]