Airbus

Airbus S.A.S. better known as simply Airbus, based in Toulouse, France, is the world's largest commercial aircraft manufacturer.

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It was incorporated in 2001 under French law as a simplified joint stock company or "S.A.S." (Soci?t? par Actions Simplifi?e). Airbus was formerly known as Airbus Industrie and is commonly just named Airbus. The name is pronounced in British English (note the lack of "r"), in standard French (note the "u" pronounced /y/), and in German.

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Airbus is jointly held by EADS (80%) and BAE Systems (20%), Europe's two largest military suppliers and manufacturers. As of 2005, its CEO is Gustav Humbert. Airbus employs around 52,000 people in several European countries. Final assembly is carried out in Toulouse, France and Hamburg, Germany, although construction occurs at a number of plants across Europe.

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The main competitor of Airbus is Boeing, with which it fights an intense commercial and political war.

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Toulouse: Toulouse (pronounced in standard French, in local Toulouse accent) (Occitan: Tolosa, pronounced ) is a city in southwest France on the banks of the Garonne River, half-way between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. With close to 1.1 million inhabitants in 2005, the Toulouse metropolitan...

France: The French Republic or France (: R?publique fran?aise or France) is a country whose metropolitan territory is located in Western Europe, and which is further made up of a collection of overseas islands and territories located in other continents....

Aircraft: An aircraft is any machine capable of atmospheric flight....

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