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  2. Airbus UK - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  3. History of Airbus - Wikipedia

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    Airbus in 2006 achieved its second best year ever in its entire 35-year history in terms of the number of orders it received, 824, second only to the previous year. [143] Airbus plans to increase production of A320 airliners to reach 40 per month by 2012, at a time when Boeing is increasing monthly 737 production from 31.5 to 35 per month. [144]

  4. Airbus - Wikipedia

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    In January 2020, French, British and American courts validated three agreements between Airbus and the PNF, [127] the UK SFO, [123] [128] and the US DoJ. [ 129 ] [ 130 ] Airbus recognised the charges and agreed to pay fines of €2.1 billion in France, €984 million in the United Kingdom and €526 million in the United States.

  5. Aerospace industry in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    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 major sites at Filton in the city of Bristol and at Broughton in north Wales. [87]

  6. British Aerospace - Wikipedia

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    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]

  7. Air transport of the British royal family and government

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    This includes an Airbus Voyager of the Royal Air Force (RAF), No. 10 Squadron, and the King's Helicopter Flight, which forms part of the Royal Household. Civil aircraft and scheduled commercial flights are also utilised. Historically, the aircraft for British royalty became known as the Queen's Flight or King's Flight.

  8. Airbus UK Broughton F.C. - Wikipedia

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    Airbus UK Broughton Football Club is a semi-professional football club based in Broughton, Flintshire, Wales. They had their origins as the works team of the Airbus UK aerospace factory where the wings of the Airbus airliner are produced, and are consequently nicknamed The Wingmakers or The Planemakers .

  9. ADS Group - Wikipedia

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    ADS Group Limited, informally known as ADS, is the trade organisation representing the aerospace, defence, security and space industries in the United Kingdom.It has more than 1,000 member companies across its sectors, including some of the UK's largest manufacturers, like Airbus, Rolls-Royce, BAE Systems, Meggitt PLC and GKN.