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Airbus GCC in India

Airbus is listed in GCC Universe under Automotive & Transportation Equipment. Its recorded India locations are Bengaluru and Delhi.

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Company overview

Sector
Automotive & Transportation Equipment
Sub-sector
Aviation & Aerospace
Mandate (derived)
Technology & Engineering
Parent headquarters
Blagnac, Occitanie, France
Parent revenue (USD)
$86,100,000,000
Parent headcount
38,045
India headcount
1,000+

GCC locations

  • Bengaluru
  • Delhi

GCC notes

Aircraft systems, digital engineering and aerospace simulation R&D

Department mix

Global department counts, used as a proxy for the India mandate. These are not India team counts.

Engineering
14,923
Operations
3,600
Finance
3,084
Information Technology
2,414
Support
2,391
Business Development
2,236
Arts And Design
1,780
Sales
1,628
Human Resources
1,358
Administrative
845
Marketing
798
Data Science
723
Accounting
658
Media And Commmunication
432
Consulting
372
Product Management
332
Legal
292
Education
161
Entrepreneurship
18

Technology stack

  • .GIS
  • .NET
  • 33Across
  • 3DEXPERIENCE Platform
  • 3M 360 Encompass - Health Analytics Suite
  • ABAP
  • ABB Robotics
  • AC500 PLC
  • ACL
  • ADP
  • ADP Applicant Tracking System
  • AI
  • ALEX
  • ALPHACAM
  • AMD Xilinx

Public leadership

Ajay Mehra

Managing Director - South Asia

Public leadership listed in the dataset; the role is not necessarily the India GCC head.

Key roles

Aerospace / Structural Engineers; Embedded / Avionics Engineers; CAD/CAE Engineers; Data Scientists; Systems Engineers

Research overview

Airbus SE is a France-headquartered multinational aerospace corporation, the world's largest airliner manufacturer, with helicopters, defense and space divisions. Global revenue ~$86.1B and ~38,045 employees worldwide (on-file figures); publicly listed (Euronext Paris/Frankfurt/Madrid).

India launch
2007
Maturity
Multi-Function / Full-Stack GCC +Innovation & R&D Hub

The new Bengaluru campus (inaugurated March 2026) deliberately consolidates four previously distinct functions - engineering/R&D, digital transformation, customer services, and procurement - onto one ~5,000-seat site, plus a corporate learning function. This breadth combined with a long engineering/R&D lineage dating to 2007 places it as a full-stack, multi-function GCC with a strong innovation/R&D core.

Location rationale

Bengaluru was chosen to consolidate and scale Airbus India's existing functions - engineering (present since 2007), digital/Information Management systems, customer services, and procurement - drawing on the city's deep aerospace and software engineering talent pool. New Delhi hosts commercial/customer-support functions; Hyderabad and Vadodara host additional Airbus operations (Vadodara tied to the C295 final assembly line with Tata Advanced Systems).

Timeline

  1. 1976

    Airbus's commercial relationship with India begins with delivery of an A300B2 to Indian Airlines, marking its earliest presence in the market.

  2. 2007

    Airbus establishes its engineering centre in Bengaluru, the starting point of its India-based engineering/GCC operations.

  3. 2024-12-16

    Airbus signs a 10-year lease (with 5-year extension option) for 650,000 sq ft of office space at Titanium Tech Park, Whitefield, Bengaluru, for a new Global Capability Centre; deal valued at over Rs 500 crore with an option for an additional 150,000 sq ft.

  4. 2026-03-06

    Airbus inaugurates a new 880,000 sq ft, ~5,000-seat technology centre in Bengaluru, consolidating engineering, digital transformation, customer services and procurement operations under its 'Make in India' strategy; centre also hosts an Airbus Leadership University chapter.

Leadership context

Per Airbus's March 2026 press release, the India/South Asia country leader is Jürgen Westermeier, President and Managing Director, Airbus India and South Asia - a commercial/country-management title covering all Airbus India/South Asia operations, not scoped narrowly to engineering/R&D. Could not independently verify the on-file name 'Ajay Mehra'.

Real estate

Primary site: Titanium Tech Park, Whitefield, Bengaluru - 10-year lease (option to extend 5 more years) for 650,000 sq ft signed Dec 2024 (~Rs 500 crore); facility inaugurated March 2026 at 880,000 sq ft, built for ~5,000 seats, consolidating engineering, digital, customer services and procurement functions plus an Airbus Leadership University chapter. Airbus also maintains a presence in New Delhi (commercial/customer support, ~150+ staff across Delhi and Bengaluru), and operations tied to Hyderabad and Vadodara (C295 final assembly with Tata Advanced Systems).

Hiring signal

Open roles
Not disclosed
As of
2026-03-06
  • Engineering
  • Digital Transformation
  • Customer Services
  • Procurement

News and developments

Airbus scales up 'Make in India' with new 5,000-seater technology centre in Bengaluru

Airbus inaugurated an 880,000 sq ft technology centre in Bengaluru designed for approximately 5,000 employees, consolidating engineering, digital transformation, customer services and procurement. Jürgen Westermeier (President & Managing Director, Airbus India and South Asia) and Catherine Jestin (EVP Digital, Airbus) spoke at the event. Airbus noted annual India sourcing has grown from $500M (2019) to over $1.5B currently, targeting $2B+ by decade's end.

2026-03-06 Airbus Newsroom ↗

Sources

Sources and research notes

Source: Indian GCC 2026 Master Compendium, Company Master and research records. Sector, mandate and public leadership are derived fields. Missing values are shown as not disclosed. Revenue and global headcount describe the parent company, not the India centre.