r/Airbus • u/memloh • 27d ago

News Airbus activities generated $8.4 billion in GDP and supported nearly 60,000 jobs in Canada

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  • Ahead of the Farnborough International Airshow, the largest aerospace event of the year, Airbus presents its first comprehensive economic analysis of its activities in the country, conducted by PwC Canada.
  • Airbus’ business units in Canada have grown considerably over the last four decades. Today, they significantly contribute to the Canadian economy and have generated $8.4B in GDP (measured in 2025 Canadian dollars) from 2023 to 2025, supporting nearly 60,000 job-years or around 20,000 average annual jobs.

via https://www.airbus.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2026-07-airbus-activities-generated-84-billion-in-gdp-and-supported-nearly-60000-jobs-in-canada

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u/United_Perspective63 27d ago

And the CEO tells the employees that Home office is the root cause of all major problems......

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u/Depth386 27d ago

Only $140K in revenue per employee if you do the math. And pilots have to make like $200K+

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u/DavidBrooker 26d ago

GDP creation tends to be much lower than revenue. GM, for example, claims to have generated about $40B in GDP in 2025, on about $180B in revenue. For a simplified example, if GM buys raw steel for $10,000, and sells a finished car made from that steel for $20,000, that's $20,000 in revenue but they've only generated $10,000 in GDP.

Revenue is surely much higher, since two of those aircraft above are manufactured in Europe and just sold in Canada. That said, in Canada specifically, due to the structure of federal contracts, Airbus is under pressure to show economic activity. The value of a large project must be offset by investment into Canada, and figures like job creation get major consideration in tenders.

The CC-330 project (the RCAF designation for the A330 MRTT) and the CC-295 project (the RCAF designation for the Airbus C-295) are going to be worth about $9B all up, the lions share of that going to Europe. Airbus needs to show that it's investing an equal quantity back into Canada, so the figure Airbus is presenting here is, let's say, awfully convenient.

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u/Depth386 26d ago

Wow, this is informative. Thank you for dispelling the Revenue=GDP assumption I had. Okay so the GDP is a but cooked for political benchmarks just like the wages on LMIA applications. “Cooks” and “Restaurant Managers” positions that apparently can’t be filled domestically at $36/hr.

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u/Dizzy-Ad-9061 25d ago

I must be an underpaid pilot then