The State of Querétaro and Airbus Helicopters have signed a cooperation agreement to expand Airbus' industrial activities in Mexico. This cooperation agreement with the State of Querétaro will provide Airbus with financial incentives to improve the industrial capacity of its manufacturing plant in Querétaro.

This industrial expansion, which will create up to 200 new jobs, is to support the increased production of single-aisle aircraft doors.

Mauricio Kuri González, Governor of the State of Querétaro, and Laurent Mazoué, Executive Vice President of Operations at Airbus Helicopters, signed the cooperation agreement during the Farnborough International Airshow.

“We are excited about this project that will surely boost the economic development of our region,” said Mauricio Kuri González, Governor of the State of Querétaro. “Airbus has been a great ally of Querétaro for many years and we want to maintain and grow the great relationship between both parties.”

“Airbus Helicopters supply chain has a strong and ambitious transformation plan to achieve the excellence its customers both local and global expect, and our manufacturing operations in Querétaro are part of this journey,” said Laurent Mazoué, Executive Vice President of Airbus Helicopters. Airbus Helicopters operations. “This agreement offers us the opportunity to upgrade our manufacturing facilities to optimize costs and maintenance, and maintain workload continuity to better serve our customers.”

The Airbus plant in Querétaro manufactures components and subassemblies for both helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft, which are then delivered to final assembly lines in Europe. The plant, which was inaugurated in 2013 in the State of Querétaro, is located in the Aerotech Industrial Park, where emergency exits and cargo and bulk doors are produced for single-aisle aircraft, as well as sub-assemblies for helicopter parts. The Airbus Helicopters plant in Querétaro employs more than 370 people and produces about 4,000 aircraft doors a year.

Airbus has been present in Mexico for 40 years and has a long-term commitment to the development of the aeronautical and aerospace industry in the country, with a base of more than 600 direct employees in its three divisions and generating more than 4,000 indirect jobs. and more than $400 million a year in supply chain purchases.