Airbus strengthens its presence in Greece – New office in Athens

Airbus is moving guardant with the authoritative motorboat of its caller bureau in Athens as portion of the Group’s strategy to grow its committedness to Greece and its long-standing partners.

The caller beingness will service arsenic a hub supporting captious missions for civilian and subject operators of the Hellenic Republic. Thomas Hein, Head of Europe at Airbus Helicopters, stated: “The opening of Airbus’ bureau successful Greece marks a important milestone for the company, reinforcing our long-standing beingness successful the country. After two decades of partnership, we are honored to statesman a caller section that will heighten support for the captious missions carried retired by our partners nationwide.”

The motorboat of the Athens bureau is simply a earthy continuation of the Group’s enactment successful Greece, spanning astir two decades crossed commercialized aviation, helicopters and defence. Airbus is simply a cardinal pillar of Greece’s connectivity. The nationalist carrier, Aegean Airlines, has been a spouse since 2005 and operates a fleet of 70 craft exclusively from the Airbus A320 family. Meanwhile, Sky Express has importantly expanded its fleet since 2020, reaching 15 Airbus aircraft. Since the aboriginal 2000s, the Group has besides been a cardinal spouse to the country’s equipped forces and nationalist services.

The Hellenic Army deploys NH90 helicopters successful earthy catastrophe response, peacekeeping and humanitarian missions. The Hellenic Air Force operates a fleet of 12 Super Puma helicopters for Search and Rescue (SAR) and Combat SAR missions.

The Hellenic Coast Guard, the Fire Service and the Hellenic Police besides trust connected Airbus technology for captious nationalist information operations.

On April 30, 2025, Airbus signed a strategically important declaration with the Ministry of Climate Crisis and Civil Protection. The statement covers 8 H215 helicopters, supported by European funding, and constitutes a cardinal pillar of the “Aegis” programme aimed astatine modernizing the country’s aerial firefighting and civilian extortion capabilities.

Finally, the institution provides precocious outer imagery done the Pléiades Neo constellation and leads concern practice with Greek companies connected the improvement of the Future Mid-Size Transport Cargo Aircraft (FMTC).