Airbus

Type
Business expansion
Country
United Kingdom
Region
Location of affected unit(s)
Filton, Bristol, Broughton
Sector
Manufacturing
(29 - 30) Manufacture for transport equipment
30.3 - Manufacture of air and spacecraft and related machinery
30.3 - Manufacture of air and spacecraft and related machinery
500 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
18 January 2012
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date

Description

Airbus has announced plans to create between 500 and 600 jobs in the UK in 2012. The company simultaneously announced that it was to use Korean firms for parts manufacture.

The timeline and location of the job creation has not yet been announced, but jobs are expected to be created in the two largest plants in Broughton, north Wales, and Filton near Bristol.

Sources

  • 18 January 2012: The Guardian

Citation

Eurofound (2012), Airbus, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 73191, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/73191.