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Paul Goodman | If the Conservative Party is in decline, whose fault is that?
08:44ToryDiary
There are activists in every Party whose eyes aren't entirely steady in their sockets. And swivel eyes, to mangle a metaphor, cut both ways - see here. But mos...
Denis MacShane | HMG's decision to shield Putin agencies from British justice is worse than anyth...
07:20Denis MacShane
HMG's decision to shield Putin agencies from British justice is worse than anything John Le Carre has ever imagined or written. Sad, bad day
David Lister | Arts funding is going, going - and if we don't think of alternatives, it will so...
07:15The Independent
The arts are suffering cuts, as we all know, with more probably on the way. Public funding should not be cut, say campaigners for the arts. Seek out more philanthropists, says the Government, turning ...
Ken Robinson | To encourage creativity, Mr Gove, you must first understand what it is
07:00Comment is Free
The education secretary's new national curriculum is a dead hand on the creative pulse of teachers and students alike
David Herdson | Hammond has the right coalition-building idea
01:47PoliticalBetting
Social conservatives are the key swing vote of the moment When David Cameron was Leader of the Opposition, he put a great deal of effort into detoxifying the Conservative brand – the analysis being th...
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Welcome to the Airbus in the UK Government Affairs PoliticsHome microsite.
Airbus is a leading aircraft manufacturer with the most modern and comprehensive family of airliners on the market. Ranging from 107 to 525 seats, Airbus' product line includes: the single aisle A320 Family, the wide-body long-range A330, the all-new next generation A350XWB Family and the ultra long-range, double-decker A380 Family. The company continues to broaden its scope and product range by applying its expertise to the military market, with the A400M. It is also extending its portfolio of freighter aircraft that will set new standards in the general and express freight market sectors. Airbus today consistently captures around half of all commercial airliner orders.
Airbus is a global company with design and manufacturing facilities in the UK, France, Germany and Spain, as well as subsidiaries in the US, China and Japan. Headquartered in Toulouse, France, Airbus is an EADS Company.
Airbus in the UK is responsible for the design, development and manufacture of wings, fuel systems and landing gear integration on all Airbus aircraft.
Employing over 10,000 people across its sites in the UK, Airbus provides an additional 100,000 jobs through an extended supply chain of more than 2,000 companies located across the length and breadth of the UK, including SMEs and companies located in disadvantaged regions.
Currently Airbus in the UK and its supply chain provide goods and services worth nearly £2 billion per annum to the UK economy. One of the UK's biggest inward investors in Research and Development, Airbus in the UK invested nearly half a billion pounds in R&D in 2012.