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Airbus promises 700 jobs by 2031 for a factory near Toulouse

The European aircraft manufacturer is the largest employer around Toulouse, with 33,000 employees.

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Key facts

  • Airbus plans to bring an additional plant into service in Haute-Garonne, near Toulouse, and promises the creation of 700 jobs by 2031.
  • The European aircraft manufacturer is the largest employer around Toulouse, with 33,000 employees. It presents this future site as an economic…
  • The new facility is to supplement production at the historic Saint-Éloi plant, which is already at capacity. The order books cover 9,300 aircraft.

Airbus plans to bring an additional plant into service in Haute-Garonne, near Toulouse, and promises the creation of 700 jobs by 2031.

The European aircraft manufacturer is the largest employer around Toulouse, with 33,000 employees. It presents this future site as an economic windfall for the entire region.

The new facility is to supplement production at the historic Saint-Éloi plant, which is already at capacity. The order books cover 9,300 aircraft.

The plant will have 3,500 employees. The creation of 700 jobs is announced by 2031.

The project is due to take shape in 2031, with full commissioning in 2037.

The aircraft manufacturer's goal is to produce more aircraft than before the Covid pandemic. Airbus is already targeting 870 aircraft delivered in 2026.

The company estimates that the air travel market will continue to grow in the years ahead.

At the same time, the American aircraft manufacturer has just published disappointing quarterly results and revised its production capacity downward.

Dig deeper

What is Airbus?

Airbus is the European aircraft manufacturer, whose industrial heart and a large share of its workforce are around Toulouse; it is the leading employer in this area, with 33,000 employees.

Why Toulouse and Haute-Garonne?

Toulouse, the prefecture of Haute-Garonne, is France’s main aerospace hub: the future site is to be added there to the historic Saint-Éloi plant, which is already at capacity.

What is the Saint-Éloi plant?

Saint-Éloi is Airbus’s historic site near Toulouse that the new facility is meant to complement, with order books covering 9,300 aircraft.

What do the 700 jobs and the 3,500 employees cover?

Airbus is announcing 700 job creations by 2031, while the plant is to have a total of 3,500 employees, with a project launched in 2031 and full commissioning in 2037.

Why does this project matter for production?

The aircraft manufacturer wants to deliver more aircraft than before the Covid pandemic, is already targeting 870 deliveries in 2026 and is counting on sustained growth in the air-travel market.

Who is meant by “the American aircraft manufacturer”?

It is Airbus’s major American rival in commercial airliners, which has just published disappointing quarterly results and revised its production capacity downward.

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