Airbus // Universal Registration Document 2023

1. Information on the Company’s Activities 1.1 Presentation of the Company

Operations Industrial Organisation

– –A330: 32 deliveries achieved. The Company continues towards a monthly rate of four aircraft in 2024; – –A350: 64 deliveries achieved. The Company continues towards a monthly rate of ten aircraft in 2026. Technology & Engineering Headed by the Chief Technology Officer, Airbus Technology & Engineering is a global organisation leading and managing Airbus product certification and continued airworthiness, as well as supporting in-series production and in-service modifications, non-conformities and continuous improvements. The Technology & Engineering organisation has the mission to: – –develop and deliver new aircraft architecture and design regarding safety, manufacturability, operability, maintainability, fuel-efficiency and environmental compliance; – – support the in-series products manufacturing and in-service operations by delivering definition dossiers and answers to technical queries; – –Foster the competitiveness of Airbus’ product and service portfolio in the medium- and long-term, and drive a company wide synergetic approach to technologies, leveraging on Airbus’ unique history, DNA and product culture to shape the future of aerospace. The team operates transnationally, with employees located in France, Germany, the UK, Spain, the US, Canada, India, China and Singapore. The organisation has a strong delivery focus in support of today’s programmes as well as future developments and it is structured as follows. The Centers of Competences (CoC) provide skilled resources to work on tasks, develop methods and tools, and generate solutions on topics related to airframe, aircraft systems, flight physics, propulsion, cabin and cargo. The flight & integration test centre supports both the development of new aircraft programmes and the deliveries of the in-series products, thanks to their flying & non-flying teams. The architect and integration centre ensures, together with a team of senior aircraft architects and the programme chief engineers, that a consistent and multi-disciplinary approach is applied during aircraft development, while acting as the home base of the certification & continued airworthiness delegates. The strategy and transversal integration centre ensures consistency between engineering and corporate strategy, acts as the referent for configuration management, process, methods and tools for engineering, and drives the forward looking transformation of the function. The in-service engineering, acting in close cooperation with customer services, is providing skilled resources to handle customer technical queries, such as repairs, as well as support the resolution on recurrent in-service issues. The R&T Programme department applies a lean project-based approach, tracked and managed using earned value management, technology readiness levels and figures of merit. Technological collaboration with external research communities and partners is encouraged and coordinated through the department with technical and scientific experts. The Company-wide integration of R&T technology and alignment with institutional research partners is achieved through cross-portfolio technology planning and roadmapping, giving an exhaustive view of technology targets and investments. In addition, Company-wide engagement for joint funding with public agencies is achieved through a common R&T Funding contract management.

Airbus’ industrial organisation reflects the end-to-end industrial flow across all Airbus commercial aircraft programmes. The industrial value streams flow from the supply chain, through Airbus’ two Aerostructures companies, the constituent and major component assembly (wing, forward and aft fuselage, and nose and centre fuselage) and to the final assembly in Toulouse, Hamburg, Tianjin and Mobile. Aircraft are then handed over to programme management for delivery to customers. The industrial flow is enabled by Quality and Procurement as well as four transverse functions responsible to provide the skills, standards and services necessary for (1) smooth industrial planning, logistics and transport, (2) integrated manufacturing engineering, (3) eradication and prevention of non-quality, and (4) highest operational excellence and sound performance management. The Procurement organisation is responsible for both the contractual and operational relationship with the supplier base. Its aim is to ensure that purchased raw materials, parts and services are delivered at the most competitive conditions, on time, cost and quality. A dedicated Procurement Operations team manages the delivery stream from the supply chain in accordance with the agreed conditions to enable the production flow. Adherence to quality standards and internal processes throughout the flow allows strict compliance with safety requirements, serves the customer satisfaction and enables a seamless production. This is being controlled through internal audits and operational surveillance, by delegation from EASA, by the Quality function. Thanks to external audits, Airbus is granted all necessary EASA approvals, Production Organisation Approvals (POA), Design Organisation Approvals (DOA), Maintenance Organisation Approvals (MOA) and EN9100 certification to design, produce, deliver and maintain its products. A two year internal surveillance cycle has been closed in 2023, demonstrating full compliance to EASA part 21G (requirements for Production activities). Striving for further improvement has motivated the launch of the Quality Transformation programme to reinforce risk prevention activities as well as problem solving competencies throughout the end to end value stream. This way of working along the end-to-end value streams promotes a strong sense of collaboration in the service of customers, as well as reactivity and agility with the highest safety and quality standards. In 2023, Airbus served 87 customers with 735 deliveries, an increase of eleven percent compared to 2022. The delivery result was in line with the delivery guidance set at around 720 aircraft, despite the complex operating environment including a challenging supply chain situation and geopolitical tensions. Airbus continues to ramp-up as planned to serve the strong demand for its commercial aircraft product portfolio. As part of that ramp up, Airbus has enabled all of its assembly sites to be A321 capable, thereby enabling a bigger share of A321 deliveries. 2023 delivery performance and rate evolution: – –A220 family: 68 A220 delivered. The ramp-up continues towards a monthly production rate of 14 aircraft in 2026; – –A320 family: 571 deliveries achieved. The production is progressing towards the rate of 75 aircraft per month in 2026;

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