Type
Business expansion
Country
United Kingdom
Region
South West; Gloucestershire; Wiltshire and North Somerset
Location of affected unit(s)
Filton
Sector
Manufacturing
Manufacture For Transport Equipment
Manufacture Of Other Transport Equipment
30 - Manufacture of other transport equipment

200 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
21 March 2005
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date

Description

Airbus has announced expansion plans which include extending the Filton campus and increasing its workforce to 6,450 by recruiting 200 new engineers. The plans include increasing site size by 20% and redeveloping 26 acres of a derelict factory, Airbus bought the land near Bristol from BAe Systems last year.

Airbus UK managing director Iain Gray said: ‘The strong future prospects of the Airbus business have made it possible... to look at the long term.’


Sources

  • 21 March 2005: BBC News

Citation

Eurofound (2005), Airbus, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 61290, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/61290.