AIRBUS - 2019 Registration Document

Information on the Company’s Activities  / 1.1 Presentation of the Company

- - the recently agreed ICAO Carbon Offsetting & Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA) should also play an important role towards achieving Carbon Neutral Growth from 2020. Since 2008 Airbus has been actively supporting the development of sustainable aviation fuel, promoting its use with Airbus customers and supporting its certification. After having started offering the possibility to perform commercial aircraft delivery flights with sustainable aviation fuel from its delivery centre in Toulouse, Airbus has now enlarged the offer for sustainable aviation fuel delivery flights to its delivery centre in Mobile since October 2018. Airbus’ ambition is to further scale-up these activities and to make available significant quantities of sustainable fuels for its commercial aircraft customers’ delivery flights on a regular basis – and in the longer term from all Airbus commercial aircraft delivery centres around the world. For the ambitious long-term 2050 target, the Company continues its research in step-change technologies that further improve the sustainability of our products. Electrification and hybridisation can bring not only significant benefits in addressing CO 2 but also for noise and NO x emissions reductions. The Company is therefore investing in research efforts on developing electric and hybrid-electric propulsion technologies. The Company already started its journey towards electric flight with the E-Fan family of aircraft in 2011, a success that permitted the Company to learn from the hundreds of flights performed since. In November 2017, the Company launched E-Fan X in cooperation with Siemens and Rolls-Royce. E-Fan X is an ambitious technology demonstrator project that aims to be a stepping stone toward a hybrid electric commercial aircraft at the scale of today’s single aisle family. Alongside reducing CO 2 emissions, Airbus’ latest aircraft models also offer improvements in both noise and NO x emissions reduction: A350 XWB with up to 21 EPNdB lower noise and 31% lower NO x emission compared to CAEP/6 industry standards, A320neo with up to 20 EPNdB lower noise compared to ICAO chapter 4 and 60% lower NO x emission compared to CAEP/6 industry standards. Moreover, A330neo is the first aircraft to receive ICAO chapter 14 noise certification, with a margin of 6 EPNdB and up to 13 EPNdB compared to chapter 4 as well as 27% lower NO x . The H160 helicopter brings noise levels down by 50% compared previous generation helicopters. Airbus works with stakeholders across the industry including engine manufacturers, airlines, air traffic management providers and airports to be part of the solution in reducing commercial aircraft noise impacts through optimised operational techniques and preferential routings, as well as quieter aircraft. Extensive efforts to reduce noise at the source are already applied in the design process. High priority is being placed on finding new innovative solutions and technology improvements such as low- noise nacelle designs. With the establishment of an ecodesign team in 2018, Airbus Defence and Space has broadened the environmental analyses carried out on its products, including conducting life cycle assessments on various space products. The aim is to advance the environmental performance of its products. Engineers are being provided with such information to reduce the use of regulated substances in product development and to increase resource efficiency.

Services for Products in Operation The Company is supporting the CO 2 roadmap not only through state-of-the-art technologies improving environmental performance of aircraft, but also through services such as NAVBLUE, a 100% Airbus company. NAVBLUE develops digital flight operations and air traffic management solutions which offer improved navigation, enhanced operational efficiency and fuel savings ( i.e. SkyBreathe software). d. Responsible Defence and Space Products The Company’s products provide invaluable insights on global environmental challenges and natural disasters, contribute to a safer space environment, and are being deployed to meet world governments’ ever-changing needs to protect citizen’s rights. Defence & Security The Company works with the EU, NATO and other governments to supply the necessary equipment to support their efforts to make the world a safer place. Nations need defence systems and equipment to guarantee sovereignty, security and human rights. The Company’s military aircraft, satellites and security technologies help protect democratic values around the globe. A partnership with the Company also helps them to protect their nations from the changing nature of terrorism threats and cybercrime. Unique product features include: - - ALTAIR is an innovative unmanned airship that performs emission free, multi-hour visibility over cities and crowds of people, enabling police forces to secure critical events; - - Ocean Finder delivers fast satellite-based detection and identification reports for assets at sea, including ships, locating hijacked boats, illegal activities detection, maritime mission preparation as well as supporting search and rescue operations; - - Spationav is the coastal surveillance project of Airbus DS SAS; - - Deutsche Küste - As part of the security concept Deutsche Küste (German Coast Security Concept), Airbus Security Solutions is providing a maritime information system is used for managing the planning and coordination of vessel traffic and safety of shipping within German territorial waters. For information on risks related to security, see “Risk Factors – Business-Related Risks – Physical Security, Terrorism, Pandemics and Other Catastraphic Events” and “Cyber Security Risks”. Environmental Contributions With its low earth orbit meteorology satellite systems, optical and radar imagery from Airbus satellites shed light on significant environmental issues such as climate change, pollution, deforestation and natural disasters. Programme highlights include: - - Copernicus is the European Union’s Earth Observation programme. The satellites built and managed by the Company as part of the EU’s programme include Sentinel 2 circles the Earth’s landmasses every 10 days, delivering data for agriculture, forestry, natural disaster control and humanitarian relief efforts. ADM-Aeolus provides global observations of atmospheric modelling and analysis techniques, which benefit operational weather forecasting and climate research;

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