EADS – Airbus structure

The New CEO is on record of saying that he doesnt like govt./govts to come buying share wether that germans,spanish,french or now the Russians ( atleast 5% which may be upto 7% by now as they dont have to report till it reaches 10%) . What airbus does is something that is there problem to sort out , staying cozy and in bed with these govt.s obviously has its advantages and they have done tremendously well using that + point , now they have to be smart on how the streamline and cut across the board and they should do just Ok !!! What is more interesting interms of Buisness structure is Boeing making a run for Bae!!

Now that British Aerospace is out of Airbus, and EADS N.V. being 100% owner of Airbus S.A.S., wouldn’t it be an interesting option to liquidate Airbus S.A.S. and directly integrate it into EADS N.V. as “Commercial Aircraft Division” (analogue to “Military Transport Aircraft Division”), with the planes marketed under the brand name of “Airbus”?

Pro – Con?

Btw, I find it strange, that they have a “Military Transport Aircraft Division”, but no “Military Aircraft Division”, and their share in Eurofighter GmbH being part of “Defense & Security”. I know – historical reasons, but the whole structure looks in need of serious restructuring.

The idea is good from a business point of view. Are you going to explain to the French that Airbus will (in name only) become a Dutch company? If anyone is going to be able to pull of that feat, I think there might be a chance of Airbus becoming “commercial aircraft division”.

In the end it is just a name and a tax office.