Private company

Airbus Helicopters

Helicopter manufacturing division of Airbus

Airbus Helicopters SAS (formerly Eurocopter S.A., trading as Eurocopter Group) is the helicopter manufacturing division of Airbus. It is the largest in the industry in terms of revenues and turbine helicopter deliveries, holding 48% of the worldwide market share as of 2020.2 From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 16, 2026.

Overview

Nov 15, 1989Founded1

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The story

Founded by Aérospatiale and Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm on Nov 15, 1989.1

Products and brands

  • helicopter

Listed on Wikidata.1

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

Subsidiaries

  • Aersud elicotteri
  • Airbus Helicopters, Inc.

Also owns

  • Airbus Corporate Helicopters
  • NHIndustries
  • Vector Aerospace

From Wikidata.1

Employees over time

Airbus Helicopters employees by year122.9K in 2020+2% since 2015
010.0K20.0K30.0K2015: 22.5K22.5K20152016: 22.5K22.5K2016−0%2017: 20.2K20.2K2017−10%2018: 19.7K19.7K2018−2%2019: 20.0K20.0K2019+1%2020: 22.9K22.9K2020+14%
  • 202022,8991
  • 201920,0241
  • 201819,7451
  • 201720,1611
  • 201622,5071
  • 201522,5201

Timeline

  1. Nov 15, 1989Founded Founded1

Sources

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