Flying as one: Fully integrated Airbus takes off
Company united under single brand following corporate reorganisation
Toulouse, 3 July 2017 – Airbus SE (stock exchange symbol: AIR) on 1 July integrated as
planned its Group structure with its largest division, Commercial Aircraft.
Following a reorganisation announced in September 2016, Airbus will benefit from a simpler
structure that enables faster decision-making, less bureaucracy, greater collaboration and
increased efficiency. This structure will also facilitate the digitalisation programme currently
under implementation.
The newly merged Airbus together with the two divisions, Helicopters and Defence and
Space, are served by fully integrated support teams in key functions such as finance, human
resources, legal, ethics and compliance, strategy & international and communications.
Airbus’ executive management team is integrated under Chief Executive Officer Tom Enders.
Fabrice Brégier is now the first ever company-wide COO and President Commercial Aircraft.
Dirk Hoke and Guillaume Faury continue as Chief Executive Officers of Defence & Space
and Helicopters respectively. Harald Wilhelm remains Chief Financial Officer, Thierry Baril
Chief Human Resources Officer and John Harrison continues as General Counsel.
Airbus now has one single corporate headquarters in Toulouse, home to the Company’s
single largest industrial site.
Following the introduction of the single Airbus brand, the website has been re-launched with
www.airbus.com now covering the whole Company.
About Airbus
Airbus is a global leader in aeronautics, space and related services. In 2016, it generated revenues of € 67 billion
and employed a workforce of around 134,000. Airbus offers the most comprehensive range of passenger airliners
from 100 to more than 600 seats. Airbus is also a European leader providing tanker, combat, transport and
mission aircraft, as well as Europe’s number one space enterprise and the world’s second largest space
business. In helicopters, Airbus provides the most efficient civil and military rotorcraft solutions worldwide.
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