On 16 December 2008, EADS announced that MTAD and AMSL would be integrated into Airbus as part of Airbus Military .

This right here is a picture of an Airbus A380 aircraft, and I was curious

The Airbus A320 joined the fleet, becoming the airline's first jet.

Airbus claims that since the signature of the EU US agreement in 1992, it has repaid European governments more than U.S. 6.7 billion and that this is 40 more than it has received.

This type is used on the CFM56 5 engines that power many Airbus aircraft.

To protect the environment, the Airbus company has set up a centre in France to decommission and recycle older aircraft.

An estimated 59 metric tons (130,000 pounds) are used in the Boeing 777, 45 in the Boeing 747, 18 in the Boeing 737, 32 in the Airbus A340, 18 in the Airbus A330, and 12 in the Airbus A320.

In July 2007, Airbus delivered its last A300 to FedEx, marking the end of the A300 A310 production line.

In May 2003, the company was restructured as Airbus Military Sociedad Limitada (AMSL) prior to the execution of the production contract.

Flight 072 was the highest death toll of any accident involving an Airbus A320 at that time.

In the early 1990s the then Airbus CEO Jean Pierson argued that the GIE should be abandoned and Airbus established as a conventional company.

So this is our largest airplane which we have, the Airbus A380, and it's quite huge, so a lot of people fit in there and it's technically completely different than the vision I've shown to you.

In June 2006 Airbus was embroiled in significant international controversy over an announcement of further delays in the delivery of its A380.

Beyond membership in the European Union, France is also involved in many joint European projects such as Airbus, the Galileo positioning system and the Eurocorps.

In early 2012, the airline was reported to be considering an order for Airbus A380 aircraft to facilitate expansion to the United States.

The airline commenced operations in time for the summer 2008 season, with a fleet of Airbus A320, A321 and A330 aircraft along with Boeing 757 and 767 aircraft.

In October 2006, Rolls Royce suspended production of its Trent 900 engine because of delays by Airbus on the delivery of the A380 superjumbo.

The company was formally created in April 2009 by the integration of the former Military Transport Aircraft Division (MTAD) and Airbus Military Sociedad Limitada (AMSL) into Airbus.

On January 31, 2012 the airline announced a lease order for eight Airbus A330 300 aircraft for use in long haul flights.

The aircraft configuration was finalised in early 2001, and manufacturing of the first A380 wing box component started on 23 January 2002.

After a contest with Pratt Whitney, Airbus announced on 15 June 1997 at the Paris Air Show that it had selected the Trent 500 to power the A340 500 and 600.

Despite withdrawing from the Eurofighter project, France is actively investing in European joint projects such as the Eurocopter Tiger, multipurpose frigates, the UCAV demonstrator nEUROn and the Airbus A400M.

In addition, the Air Component is buying new aircraft such as the Airbus A400M, NHI NH90 to accompany other aircraft for humanitarian missions such as the Agusta 109 and Alouette 3 helicopters.

On June 16, 2009 at the Paris Airshow, Airbus announced that Cebu Pacific had increased its outstanding A320 orders to 15 with a new firm order for 5 aircraft.

One of the most powerful arguments for the EADS BAE marriage had been the expectation of industry analysts that within 20 years China will challenge Airbus and Boeing in the global aviation market, while also creating a powerful new defense industry.

Airbus is given reimbursable launch investment (RLI), called launch aid by the US, from European governments with the money being paid back with interest plus indefinite royalties, but only if the aircraft is a commercial success.

The first engine test on a static test bed was made on 14 June 2010, and on 18 February 2012, Airbus announced that the Trent XWB had successfully made its maiden flight aboard Airbus dedicated Airbus A380 flying test bed.

The Trent 900 first ran on May 17, 2004 on Airbus' A340 300 testbed, replacing the port inner CFM56 5 engine, and its final certification was granted by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) on 29 October 2004 and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on 4 December 2006.