Toulouse: Airbus plans an additional factory for 3,500 people by 2031

The aircraft manufacturer has named this future site “Saint-Éloi of the future”. Airbus announced on Tuesday the commissioning, in 2031, of an additional factory in France, near Toulouse (Haute-Garonne), which should employ 3,500 people.

It will be used to manufacture engine masts, a “strategic part” which attaches an engine to the wing of an aircraft, he explained. The factory must be located on land belonging to the company, currently operated by farmers, in the south of the commune of Cornebarrieu, on the edge of that of Colomiers. It will complement the production of another factory, “Saint-Éloi historique”, in Toulouse, in the Minimes district.

An investment of more than 600 million euros The engine mast “is a structural part, it is also a safety part. And overall, it is a strategic part for the manufacturing and delivery of aircraft,” declared the director of Airbus industrial sites in Toulouse, Christophe Agostini. “It’s over 200.

000 m² which will be industrialized,” he added. This new site would represent a “global investment volume” which “would exceed 600 million euros”. A consultation and public debate procedure was launched on November 24 to allow local residents and stakeholders to give their opinion on the “Saint-Éloi du futur” project.

The city site in Toulouse, which can no longer increase its capacity, will not be sufficient for the planned growth in Airbus production. The aircraft manufacturer is aiming for a production record in 2026, after that established in 2019, when it delivered 863 aircraft. Demand for its aircraft, fueled mainly by the great commercial success of the A320 single-aisle family, continues to grow.

Machine-translated from French