Plane thinking
13 September 2012
The Airbus Industrie consortium is getting more competitive by the year. Peter Varley visits the wing producer, BAe Airbus, to see how keeping ahead is challenging the procurement function
Hard work has paid off for Airbus Industrie, the nearly 30-year-old European aircraft manufacturer. In an increasingly competitive market, Airbus - a consortium of Germany’s Daimler Chrysler Aerospace Airbus, France’s Aerospatiale, the UK’s British Aerospace Airbus and Spain’s CASA - has achieved impressive growth. Until 1997, the group’s record was 500 orders, but...