Airbus designs, produces and delivers innovative solutions with the aim to create a better-connected, safer and more prosperous world.
Airbus
Airbus
Head Office Location in Canada:
Lunenburg NS | Fort Erie, Ottawa, Waterloo, ON | Mirabel QC
Defence related locations/operations within Canada:
Fort Erie, Ottawa, ON
Senior officer for Canadian operations:
Benoît Schultz, CEO, Airbus Canada LP, Head of Country – Canada; Jean-François Godbout, Managing Director, Airbus Defence and Space Canada Inc.; Dwayne Charette, President & COO, Airbus Helicopters Canada Ltd.; Daniel Minet, CEO, AirPro SAR Services Damien Cavélius, CEO Airbus Atlantic Canada; Bernard Mills, CEO Stelia North America; Erin Appleby, VP Operational Excellence, Quality and Safety, Managing Director, NAVBLUE Canada; Jean Genest, Managing Director, TESTIA Canada
Annual Sales:
€ 69.2B Revenue (Parent) – Defence & Space € 12.1B (Parent)
Ticker Symbol:
AIR (EPA)
Number of Employees:
~ 4,000 Canada; ~ 36,347 Defence & Space; ~ 157,000 Worldwide
Percentage of business - defence related:
17.8% (Defence & Space – Parent)
Percentage of business within Canada:
23.7% – North America
Current DND Projects:
• Airbus A330 Multi Role Tanker Transport aircraft and for the conversion of five used A330-200s • FWSAR contract – nearly the entire fleet of CC295 aircraft and related training equipment has been delivered • FWSAR fleet ISS to be provided by AirPro, Airbus’ in-service integrator in Canada • STTC Long Term ISS Airbus Defence and Space has qualified as Prime. RFP was released in November 2024 and submissions are due in April 2025 • Provided key systems to five satellites, the Sapphire Satellite Bus platform and key sub systems for the RCM Satellites and RADARSAT-2 • Airbus also completed various mission definition studies in collaboration with Canadian industry partners for the Canadian Space Agency and the DND • Under a European Space Agency contract, Airbus is responsible for building the European Service Module, which both propels and manoeuvres the Orion spacecraft and provides the crew with water and oxygen, as well as regulating thermal control • Selected by MDA Space to supply more than 200 Sparkwing solar arrays for MDA AURORATM
Level of investment in R&D:
R&D expenses for 2024 totalled € 3,250M which mainly reflect the development of latest generation commercial aircraft programs
Primary Activities, products, services:
irbus designs, produces and delivers innovative solutions with the aim to create a better-connected, safer and more prosperous world. A commercial aircraft manufacturer, with Space and Defence as well as Helicopters Divisions, Airbus is the largest aeronautics and space company in Europe and a worldwide leader.
