Company type | Division |
---|---|
Industry | Aerospace |
Founded | 1992 |
Founder | Aérospatiale Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm |
Headquarters | Marseille Provence Airport Marignane, France |
Key people | Bruno Even (CEO)[1] |
Products | |
Revenue | €6.5 billion (2021)[2] |
€535 million (2021)[2] | |
Number of employees | 20,126 (2021)[2] |
Parent | Airbus |
Website | Official website |
Airbus Helicopters SAS (formerly Eurocopter S.A., trading as Eurocopter Group) is the helicopter manufacturing division of Airbus. It is the largest in the industry in terms of revenues and turbine helicopter deliveries, holding 48% of the worldwide market share as of 2020.[3] Its head office is located at Marseille Provence Airport in Marignane, France, near Marseille.[4] The main facilities of Airbus Helicopters are at its headquarters in Marignane, France, and in Donauwörth, Germany, with additional production plants in Spain, Brazil, Canada, Australia, Romania, the United Kingdom and the United States. The company, originally named Eurocopter, was rebranded Airbus Helicopters on 2 January 2014.[5]