EADS would later rebrand itself as Airbus, taking the name of its commercial aircraft division, its primary business.
(meta data) TITLE: EADS to be renamed Airbus Group - BBC News (meta data) AUTHOR: https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews ## Accessibility links ## BBC News Navigation Family & Education Entertainment & Arts Video & Audio In Pictures Reality Check Special Reports The Reporters Have Your Say Business selected Your Money Market Data # EADS to be renamed Airbus Group Image caption Airbus saw orders jump compared with a year ago EADS, the parent company of Airbus, says it is to rename itself after its commercial plane-making subsidiary. It will be called Airbus Group and have three divisions; commercial aircraft, defence and space, and helicopters. EADS said the move would "enhance integration and cohesion by renaming the group and its divisions using the globally recognised Airbus brand". Implementation of the change will start in January and is set to be completed in the second half of 2014. "The renaming simply gathers the entire company under the best brand we have, one that stands for internationalisation, innovation and integration - and also for some two-thirds of our revenues," said EADS chief executive Tom Enders. "It reinforces the message that 'we make things fly'." ## Orders rise The announcement 'came as EADS revealed that second quarter net profits rose by 14% to 518m euros ($686m; £451m), It also said that in the first six months of 2013, Airbus Commercial recorded 722 net aircraft orders, compared with 230 net orders in the first half of 2012. EADS also said that Airbus "had a successful Paris Air Show, receiving firm orders for 241 aircraft". The firm has raised the 2013 order target for its Airbus unit by 25% to more than 1,000 aircraft. But it said that due to lower A380 deliveries during the year, EADS revenues "should see moderate growth in 2013". ## 'Critical phase' Airbus is in an ongoing battle with Boeing for supremacy in the annual jet aircraft market. Its US rival grabbed the top spot in both orders and deliveries in 2012. EADS said it was making significant progress on its Airbus A350 XWB long-range, two-engined wide-bodied airliner. It said that following the aircraft's first flight in June "first tests of all major aircraft systems have been successfully performed" and that the company was "now entering the most critical phase of the A350 programme". 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Aérospatiale
History.:Privatisation and mergers.
In 1992, German defense company DaimlerBenz Aerospace AG (DASA) and Aérospatiale combined their respective helicopter divisions together to form the Eurocopter Group; ownership in this new entity was shared between the two parent companies. 
 During the late 1990s, French Prime Minister Lionel Jospin's Plural Left government initiated a policy towards the privatization of Aérospatiale. In 1999, the majority of Aérospatiale, except for the satellites activities, merged with French conglomerate Matra's defense wing, Matra Haute Technologie, to form Aérospatiale-Matra. During 2001, Aérospatiale-Matra's missile division underwent a further merger with Anglo-French outfit Matra BAe Dynamics and the missile division of Alenia Marconi Systems to form the multinational MBDA entity. 
 On 10 July 2000, Aérospatiale-Matra merged with Spanish aviation company Construcciones Aeronáuticas SA (CASA) and German defense firm DaimlerChrysler Aerospace AG (DASA) to form the multinational European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company (EADS).