Airbus UK

Airbus UK Limited
Company typePrivate
IndustryAerospace
Founded20 November 1997 (1997-11-20)
Headquarters
Bristol
,
United Kingdom
Key people
Katherine Bennett CBE (senior vice-president)
ProductsAerostructures
Revenue£2,068 million (2005)
Number of employees
10,135 (2005)
ParentAirbus
Websitewww.airbus.com/company/worldwide-presence/airbus-in-uk/ 

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 in it. These facilities, together, formed the entity called EADS UK. In 2006, EADS ended up acquiring BAE's 20% minority stake; EADS UK thus became a wholly-owned subsidiary of the company. In 2015, EADS was rebranded "Airbus", and so were its divisions and many of its subsidiaries as a result, including EADS UK.

Airbus UK has two main sites responsible for the design and manufacture of the high-technology wings for all Airbus models as well as overall design and supply of the fuel system. For most Airbus models, the company is responsible for overall design and supply of landing gear. The company employs around 13,000 people at two sites: Filton, where the engineering and design activity takes place along with some manufacturing, and Broughton, where other major wing component manufacturing and all wing assembly takes place.