Deutsche Airbus

Deutsche Airbus was a German aerospace company that was a founding partner of Airbus Industrie, a European aircraft-manufacturing consortium established in 1970. Deutsche Airbus, later known as DaimlerChrysler Aerospace Airbus (Dasa), initially held a 50 percent share in the consortium. Airbus Industrie was formed to create a market niche for short- to medium-range, high-capacity jetliners, with its first aircraft being the A300. The company's operations involved collaboration across several European countries, with subassemblies being manufactured in different factories and then transported to final assembly lines. Deutsche Airbus's origins trace back to German aerospace companies like Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm (MBB) and VFW-Fokker.12