Airbus (UK) Factory Broughton | Airbus, aircraft manufacturer

 Airbus, aircraft manufacturer

The aircraft factory at Broughton was established early in the second world war as a shadow factory for Vickers-Armstrongs Limited. The factory produced 5,540 Vickers Wellingtons and 235 Avro Lancasters. Post-war the factory was used by Vickers to build 28,000 aluminium prefab bungalows. Despite the name, the airport is located in Broughton and not Hawarden.

Airbus UK is a wholly owned subsidiary of Airbus SAS which produces wings for the Airbus aircraft family. When Airbus was incorporated as a joint stock company in 2001 BAE transferred its UK Airbus facilities in return for a 20% share of the new company. These facilities became Airbus UK. Airbus UK has two main sites responsible for the design and manufacture of the high-technology wings for all Airbus models as well as overall design and supply of the fuel system. For most Airbus models the company is responsible for overall design and supply of landing gear. With a total workforce of around 13,000 people:- Filton near Bristol where the engineering and design activity takes place along with some manufacturing, and, here at Broughton in Flintshire (near Chester) where other major wing component manufacturing and all wing assembly takes place.

Today Airbus Broughton employs over 5,000 people, mostly in manufacturing roles. The site is responsible for the wing assembly for all Airbus aircraft, with the exception of the Chinese A320s (these wings are assembled in China) and the A400M (A400M wings are assembled in Filton). Airbus wings are transported by Beluga or ship (in the case of the A380) to the final assembly lines at Airbus Toulous

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