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 INNOVATION IN EUROPEAN AVIATION
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Sustainable flight to the future |
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The aviation industry regularly faces turbulent times, and the recent rise of no-frills airlines in Europe threatens to turn the market upside down. While many carriers across the world face difficult times, the aerospace industry in Europe is at the forefront of innovation. European industry and policy-makers are working hand in hand to ensure we remain at the leading edge. |
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 irbus has become synonymous with the European aerospace industry since its first aircraft took to the skies in the early 1970s. But while at the top of the industry, Airbus battles Boeing to sell airliners to carriers around the world, these two giants are both underpinned by hundreds and hundreds of sub-contractors and suppliers. Each makes a vital contribution - not least to their safety and reliability - to the aircraft which fly passengers and cargo around the world. |
Although the global market for large airliners is split between Airbus and Boeing, and their engines are supplied by just a handful of companies on either side of the Atlantic, such as Rolls-Royce and Snecma in Europe, many other major companies are present in markets such as regional jets, defence, avionics, and satellites and launchers. In each of these markets, similar complex supply chains are operating, with component manufacturers feeding into complete assemblies which come together in the final product. |
September 2003
