The Airbus Industrie joint ventures have successfully coordinated collaborative activities between European aeronautic manufacturers to build and market the various aircraft designed and built by Airbus. The four partners involved in the joint venture are: Aerospatiale, Daimler-Benz Aerospace Company, British Aerospace and Construcciones Aeronauticas SA. Research, development and production tasks have been distributed among the partners in such a way as to avoid duplication of tasks and redundancy. Aerospatiale is responsible for developing and manufacturing the aircraft flight decks and integration of necessary systems. Daimler-Benz develops and manufactures the fuselage; British Aerospace manufactures the wings and tail sections. Final assembly is performed at the Airbus facility in Toulouse, France by Aerospatiale.…
