Airbus sells commercial aircraft, helicopters and defence products in India and runs engineering, digital and customer support operations in the country. Its main hub is in Bengaluru.
Ownership and structure
Airbus runs its own engineering, training, information management and customer services units in India. It produces the C295 military transport aircraft in India in partnership with Tata Advanced Systems.
What India does for Airbus
India is a customer market, an engineering and digital hub in Bengaluru and an assembly base for the C295 aircraft built with Tata Advanced Systems in Vadodara.
Airbus's India business
The Airbus Engineering Centre in Bengaluru has operated since 2007 and has around 500 engineers. Airbus opened its BizLab accelerator in Bengaluru in 2015 and an Information Management Centre there in September 2019.
Its customer services organisation in New Delhi has operated since September 2018.
Key moves in India
- 1962: Hindustan Aeronautics took a licence to build the Alouette III helicopter, the start of local production of Airbus helicopter designs.
- 2007: The Airbus Engineering Centre in Bengaluru began operations, along with maintenance training in the city.
- 2015: Airbus opened its BizLab accelerator in Bengaluru, its first outside Europe.
- 2018: Its South Asia customer services organisation in New Delhi began operating in September 2018.
- 2019: Airbus inaugurated an Information Management Centre in Bengaluru in September 2019.
- 2024: Airbus and Tata Advanced Systems inaugurated the C295 final assembly line in Vadodara in October 2024 to build 40 of the 56 aircraft ordered by the Indian Air Force.
Where it operates
Airbus has a presence in Bengaluru and New Delhi.
At a glance
- Home country: France
- Global headquarters: Leiden
- Sector: Manufacturing & Supply Chains
- Business: Aerospace
- Role of India: Sales market, R&D and engineering hub, Manufacturing base, Global delivery and operations
- India offices: Bengaluru, New Delhi
- India headcount: Not available
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