Industrial partners

Airbus is the number one export customer in the U.S. aerospace industry, creating high-value manufacturing jobs around the country. 

Airbus aircraft are equipped with U.S.-manufactured parts and components literally from nose to tail, while the production of its aircraft also relies on tooling, material and services from American companies. 

This work supports more than 210,000 American jobs more than 40 states. In 2011 alone, Airbus spent $12 billion in the U.S., marking the four consecutive year spending in the U.S. topped $10 billion. Since 1990, Airbus has spent $127 billion in the U.S. In fact, 42 percent of Airbus’ aircraft-related procurement is spent in the United States. 

The U.S. supply chain includes such prominent companies as Alcoa, Eaton, GE, Goodrich, Hamilton Sundstrand, Honeywell, Northrop Grumman, PPG, Pratt & Whitney, Rockwell Collins and Spirit AeroSystems.  

Just one example of how Airbus works helps to grow American companies is in Kinston, North Carolina. In 2010, Spirit AeroSystems opened at 500,000-square-foot plant there to manufacture the A350 XWB’s composite center fuselage frame. This major work package for Airbus’ newest aircraft underscores the company's commitment to growing its development and manufacturing activities in the United States and around the world. 

The Airbus procurement team, based at Airbus Americas’ headquarters in Herndon, Virginia, supports relationships with existing U.S. suppliers and facilities new opportunities for additional procurement in the U.S. for both Airbus and parent company EADS.