Private company

Airbus

Logo: Airbus SE vector version by BegbertBiggs Own work based on: File:Airbus Group Logo 2014.svg, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

European aircraft manufacturer

Airbus SE ( AIR-buss; French: [ɛʁbys] ; German: [ˈɛːɐ̯bʊs] ; Spanish: [ˈejɾβus]) is a European aerospace corporation. While the company's primary business is the design and manufacture of commercial aircraft, it also operates separate divisions for Defence and Space and Helicopters.2 From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 16, 2026.

Overview

Dec 29, 1998Founded1
  • Tickeron Frankfurt Stock Exchange1
  • Industryaircraft construction, aviation, spaceflight, weapons industry1
  • HeadquartersLeiden1
  • Websiteairbus.com
  • Legal formSocietas Europaea1
  • Listed onEuronext Paris (AIR), Madrid Stock Exchange (AIR), Frankfurt Stock Exchange (AIR)1
  • Slogan“We make it fly”1

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Airbus Industrie A321neo D-AVXA (29428329122)
Photo: BriYYZ from Toronto, Canada, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons4

Airbus SE ( AIR-buss; French: [ɛʁbys]; German: [ˈɛːɐ̯bʊs]; Spanish: [ˈejɾβus]) is a European aerospace corporation. While the company's primary business is the design and manufacture of commercial aircraft, it also operates separate divisions for Defence and Space and Helicopters. Airbus has long been the world's leading helicopter manufacturer and, in 2019, emerged as the world's largest manufacturer of airliners.2

Leadership

Who has led Airbus, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

Chief executive

  1. Louis Gallois2006–2012
  2. Tom Enders2012–2019
  3. Guillaume Faury2019–now

Chair

  1. Denis Ranque2013–2020
  2. René Obermann2020–2026
  3. Amparo Moraleda2026–now
200020052010201520202025

Products and brands

  • airplane

Listed on Wikidata.1

Subsidiaries and ownership

Owners

  • SOGEPA 10.8%
  • Gesellschaft zur Beteiligungsverwaltung mbH & Co. KG 10.8%
  • Sociedad Estatal de Participaciones Industriales 4.1%

Subsidiaries

  • ATR
  • AirTanker Services Limited
  • Airbus (Netherlands)
  • Airbus Atlantic
  • Airbus Bank
  • Airbus Commercial Aircraft
  • Airbus DS SLC SAS
  • Airbus Defence and Space France
  • Airbus Defence and Space GmbH
  • Airbus Defence and Space Netherlands
  • Airbus Defence and Space S.A.
  • Airbus Helicopters
  • Airbus Italy
  • Airbus Military
  • Airbus Operations Limited
  • Airbus Operations S.A.S.
  • Astrium
  • Cassidian
  • EADS Socata
  • EADS Sogerma
  • Helibras
  • Infoterra Ltd
  • Laboratoire Sciences de l'Univers au Cerfacs
  • Panavia Aircraft GmbH
All 25 subsidiaries
  • STELIA Aerospace

Also owns

  • ArianeGroup 50%
  • EADS EFW 45%
  • MBDA 37.5%
  • Project Bromo 35%
  • Elektroniksystem- und Logistik-GmbH 30%
  • Premium AEROTEC

From Wikidata.1

Acquisitions

  1. 2000Acquired Daher-SOCATA1
  2. Succeeded European Aeronautic Defence and Space1

Employees over time

Airbus employees by year1156.9K in 2024+15% since 2015
050.0K100.0K150.0K200.0K2015: 136.6K136.6K20152016: 133.8K133.8K2016−2%2017: 129.4K129.4K2017−3%2018: 133.7K133.7K2018+3%2019: 134.9K134.9K2019+1%2020: 131.3K131.3K2020−3%2021: 126.5K126.5K2021−4%2022: 134.3K134.3K2022+6%2023: 147.9K147.9K2023+10%2024: 156.9K156.9K2024+6%
  • 2024156,9211
  • 2023147,8931
  • 2022134,2671
  • 2021126,4951
  • 2020131,3491
  • 2019134,9311
  • 2018133,6711
  • 2017129,4421

Revenue over time

As stated on Wikidata, in the currency reported.

Revenue

Airbus revenue by year173.4B EUR in 2025+10% since 2016
020.0B EUR40.0B EUR60.0B EUR80.0B EUR2016: 66.6B EUR66.6B EUR20162017: 66.8B EUR66.8B EUR2017+0%2018: 63.7B EUR63.7B EUR2018−5%2019: 70.5B EUR70.5B EUR2019+11%2020: 49.9B EUR49.9B EUR2020−29%2021: 52.1B EUR52.1B EUR2021+4%2022: 58.8B EUR58.8B EUR2022+13%2023: 65.4B EUR65.4B EUR2023+11%2024: 69.2B EUR69.2B EUR2024+6%2025: 73.4B EUR73.4B EUR2025+6%
  • 202573.4B EUR1
  • 202469.2B EUR1
  • 202365.4B EUR1
  • 202258.8B EUR1
  • 202152.1B EUR1
  • 202049.9B EUR1

Net income

Airbus net income by year15.2B EUR in 2025+425% since 2016
-2.0B EUR02.0B EUR4.0B EUR6.0B EUR2016: 995.0M EUR995.0M EUR20162017: 2.9B EUR2.9B EUR2017+189%2018: 3.1B EUR3.1B EUR2018+6%2019: -1.4B EUR-1.4B EUR20192020: -1.1B EUR-1.1B EUR2020−17%2021: 4.2B EUR4.2B EUR20212022: 4.2B EUR4.2B EUR2022+1%2023: 3.8B EUR3.8B EUR2023−11%2024: 4.2B EUR4.2B EUR2024+12%2025: 5.2B EUR5.2B EUR2025+23%
  • 20255.2B EUR1
  • 20244.2B EUR1
  • 20233.8B EUR1
  • 20224.2B EUR1
  • 20214.2B EUR1
  • 2020-1.1B EUR1

Former names

  • Airbus Group SEMay 27, 2015 to Apr 12, 20171
  • Airbus Group NVDec 26, 2013 to May 27, 20151
  • European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company NVJul 10, 2000 to Dec 26, 20131

Timeline

  1. Apr 2019New chief executive Guillaume Faury becomes CEO1
  2. Apr 12, 2017Renamed Name changed to Airbus SE1
  3. May 27, 2015Renamed Name changed to Airbus Group SE1
  4. Dec 26, 2013Renamed Name changed to Airbus Group NV1
  5. Jun 2012New chief executive Tom Enders becomes CEO1
  6. Jul 2006New chief executive Louis Gallois becomes CEO1
  7. Jul 10, 2000Went public Listed on Frankfurt Stock Exchange1
  8. Dec 29, 1998Founded Founded1

Sources

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