Work on the construction of a massive new office building for aircraft manufacturer Airbus is due to start at its Filton site next month following the appointment of a building contractor. Miller Construction has been selected to deliver two projects totalling £37 million at the new Airbus Aerospace Park. The contracts include a £10 million project comprising the refurbishment and
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A decision on two rival business plans to construct a museum to house Concorde “Alpha Foxtrot” at Filton is expected “any day”, according to the chairman of one of the groups involved. The decision rests with Airbus and the aircraft’s owner British Airways. One group, the Concorde Trust, has obtained planning permission to construct an aviation museum on land near
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Prime Minister David Cameron visited the Airbus site at Filton on Monday (23rd April), accompanied by local MP Jack Lopresti. Mr Lopresti and the Prime Minister met with Airbus senior managers to discuss the firm’s future business plans and were then treated to a tour of the factory that assembles the A400M military aircraft wings. The pair then had a
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Airbus staff in Filton are celebrating the news that an Indonesian airline has placed a £326m order for 11 A330 aircraft. The announcement was made by Prime Minister David Cameron as he arrived in Indonesia on the latest leg of his South East Asia trade mission. Mr Cameron said: “This deal between Airbus and Garuda Indonesian Airlines is good news
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Work has begun on development of the Airbus Aerospace Park in Filton – a multi-million pound state-of-the-art engineering and technology campus scheduled for completion next year. The aircraft manufacturer kicked off construction of the state-of-the-art facility at a special ceremony attended by company bosses, staff and local representatives last month. Over 2,500 of the firm’s 4,000 employees will move to
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Engineers at the Airbus design centre in Filton are being blamed for the “grounding” of all 69 A380 aircraft currently in service. A report in today’s Daily Mail says Airbus has now traced the cause of small cracks developing on the wings of some of the £250million double-decker A380s to a small component engineered in Filton. The manufacturer has been
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Plans to refurbish the historic Pegasus House, on the Airbus site in Filton, have been given the go-ahead by planners at South Gloucestershire Council (SGC). The Grade II listed building, constructed in the 1930s, is currently covered by scaffolding and white sheeting but it will be restored to its former glory as part of a £70 million project to create
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The Airbus site at Filton is in line for a share of 600 jobs that the European aircraft manufacturer has promised to create in the UK this year. But the company has also warned UK suppliers that they needed to maintain competitive pricing in order to ensure continued work. The company said Britain’s GKN Aerspace, which also has a base
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