History

Airbus was established in 1970 as an European consortium of French, German and later, Spanish and U.K companies.

The two full partners in the original consortium were Aerospatiale for France and Deutsche Aerospace for Germany.

In 1971 CASA of Spain became a full member of the GIE. (GIE moved to Toulouse in 1974.)

In 1979 British Aerospace became a full partner.

GEOGRAPHIC STRUCTURE

• OPERATIONS:•

• FRANCE GERMANY U.K SPAIN

• SUBSIDIARIES

•• NORTH AMERICA CHINA JAPAN

Current Market Situation for Air Travel

1) Effects of Economic recession • Economic Growth ( GDP) is the prime driver of demand.• Fares are another Important Driver. Low cost “no frills” carriers are successful.

CORPORATE STRUCTURE

Chief Financial Officer

Chief Operating Officer

Executive Vice President,

Quality and I ntegration

Executive Vice President Customer Services

Managing Director of Airbus

Military SL

Executive Vice President, Programs

Executive Vice President

Manufacturing

Executive Vice President, Special

Advisor to the CEO

Executive Vice President,

Government Relations,

Communications and External Affairs

Executive Vice President,

Customer Affairs, Chief Commercial

Officer

Executive Vice President,

Procurement

Executive Vice President Engineering

Executive Vice President,

Human Resources

Senior Vice President, General Manager, Airbus

France

Senior Vice President, General Manager, Airbus

Spain

Senior Vice President, General

Manager Airbus U.K.

Senior Vice President, General Manager, Airbus

Germany

Senior Vice President, President

Airbus J apan

Senior Vice President, Chairman

of Airbus North America

Senior Vice President, President

Airbus China

Noël Forgeard President and Chief

Executive Officer

OWNERSHIP STRUCTURE

• SIMPLIFIED JOINT STOCK COMPANY UNDER FRENCH LAW• EADS (EUROPEAN AERONAUTIC DEFENCE & SPACE COMPANY)

– AEROSPATIALE MARTA SA of FRANCE– DAIMLER CHRYSLER AEROSPACE AG of GERMANY– CONSTRUCCIONES AERONAUTICS SA of SPAIN

• BAE SYSTEMS- U.K BASED

EADS80%

BAE SYS20%

EADS

BAE SYS

SBU’S STRUCTURE

Global Market Forecast for Airbus ‘Vision 2020’

Worldwide demand for air transport will grow strongly

Killing Competition

• Design and Development of ‘A380 – the 747 Killer’.

• Common Cockpit Design Technique.

• Usage of “Fly-by-wire” Technology.

• Discount Pricing.