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@ypercubeᵀᴹ I think Airbus was essentially descended from the consortium that built Concorde. BAC and Aerospatiale were the main players behind Concorde. BAC went on to become British Aerospace, which owned a shareholding in Airbus until sometime in the 2000's. Aerospatiale is still a major shareholder in Airbus.

History of Airbus

Today's Airbus SE is the product of international consolidation in the European aerospace industry tracing back to the formation of the Airbus Industrie GIE consortium in 1970. In 2000, the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company (EADS) NV was established. In addition to other subsidiaries pertaining to security and space activities, EADS owned 100% of the pre-existing Eurocopter SA, established in 1992, as well as 80% of Airbus Industrie GIE. In 2001, Airbus Industrie GIE was reorganised as Airbus SAS, a simplified joint-stock company. In 2006, EADS acquired BAE Systems's remaining 20% of...

The origins are pretty convoluted.

At the end of WWII there were at least a dozen aircraft manufacturing firms in the UK. Now the industry has pretty much consolidated down to British Aerospace, QinetiQ (formerly Royal Ordnance Factories IIRC and largely in the business of manufacturing stuff that goes bang) and Vickers. The Merkin industry has largely consolidated down to Boeing, Lockheed Martin and a small handful of independent companies.