In an industry which has to think ahead to prosper, Airbus leads the way in developing new technologies and pushing the boundaries of knowledge through research. Some advances, such as full fly-by-wire, have been groundbreaking; others, such as the gradual increase in the use of composites, evolutionary.
The company has a far-reaching environmental, health and safety policy which continually seeks to improve the environmental performance of its aircraft, the local effects of its manufacturing sites and the conditions in which its employees work. The A380 embodies this approach.
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