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Founded in 1970 Airbus is one of two main planemakers, competing against Boeing. The company is known for building the largest passenger plane in existence, the Airbus A380. However, it ceased production of the giant aircraft last year. (Featured Photo: Sylvain Ramadier via Airbus)

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Airbus
Stock Code
AIR
Business Type
Planemaker
Date Founded
December 18, 1970
CEO
Guillaume Faury
Headquarters Location
Toulouse, France

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