AIRBUS FRANCE Aviation Parts list page 1

Toulouse France is base to 4 Airbus Manufacturing sites as well as with 3 final assembly lines and also the company's headquarters.

The base in Toulouse France employs 11, 500 people. The final assembly of all Airbus aircraft is being done here except for the A318, A319 and A321 because their final assembly is being done in Germany.

Flight and ground testing, research, and design and development are also being done in Toulouse France. One of the 3 main Airbus training centers is also situated here.

The Airbus facility in Saint-Nazaire which is on French Atlantic coast concentrates in the assembly, equipping and testing of the forward sections of the A320 family, and the forward and centre sections of A330/A340 families and the A380.

The improvement of innovative technologies such as thermoplastics and laser beam welding has resulted into significant reduction of production costs. Fuselage sections that are being produced at Saint-Nazaire are delivered by air by using the Airbus A300-600ST Beluga to Hamburg or Toulouse France for the final assembly but for the A380, the delivery is by sea.