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Airbus SE

A European maker of commercial jetliners, helicopters, and defense and space systems, Airbus builds the familiar A320 and A350 airliners flown by airlines around the globe. It began in 1970 as a consortium of French, German, British, and Spanish aerospace firms joining forces to challenge America's aircraft giants. The name "Airbus" isn't an acronym—it was a common industry term for a "bus with wings," and its A380 superjumbo became the world's largest passenger plane, a full-length double-decker.