French Aerospace Industries Association

An industry at the heart of the activities

An industry at the heart of activities

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Agenda

Agenda

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observatory

Trends within an industry of excellence

While the aerospace industry continues to evolve, the GIFAS Observatory aims to understand this field’s challenges. To meet this goal,...
The sector stakes
Competitiveness

The high performance of the aerospace industry, in both technical and economic aspects, is due in part to its control over the supply...

Careers & Training

The member companies of GIFAS employ 195,000 people in their aerospace activities in France. These figures do not include temporary...

Environment

Confronting climate change, designing quieter and more efficient airplanes, developing innovative satellites to observe the Earth’s...

Innovation

The aerospace sector is a leader in innovation. Our systems are rich in technology and reveal the creativity of the many players in...

International

The French aerospace sector is a leader in Europe and in the world. GIFAS protects this number-one status that enables our country...
Publications
Programs

GIFAS' programs

Documents

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Annual reports

Each year you find the retrospective of the activities of GIFAS and its members: issues, results, social commitments, employment policy,...

Commissions

Dedicated commissions are composed of representatives from member companies and led by a chairperson (often a member of the Board) and a GIFAS representative from the permanent staff. Commissions are spaces for debate and discussion as well as for presenting proposals. The latter are submitted for the approval of the Board. If the proposed actions are retained, the GIFAS permanent staff implements them and bring them to fruition.

Administrative Commission

Xavier SAHUT D'IZARN (Safran)

Chairman

Laurence THURET-DEMOULIN

Rapporteur

Airworthiness Commission

Eric FERREIRA DA SILVA (Airbus)

Chairman

Anthony BOURDON

Rapporteur

Communications Commission

Stéphane FORT (Dassault Aviation)

Chairman

Christophe ROBIN

Rapporteur

Customer Services Commission

Gilles DE CEVINS (Airbus)

Chairman

Anthony BOURDON

Rapporteur

Defense Committee

Eric BERANGER (MBDA)

Chairman

Guillaume MUESSER

Rapporteur

Digital Commission

Jean SASS (Dassault Aviation)

Chairman

Anthony BOURDON

Rapporteur

Environnement and Sustainable Development Commission

Sophie LE PENNEC (Thales)

Chairman

Corinne LIGNET

Rapporteur

European Affairs Commission

Bruno EVEN (Airbus)

Chairman

Vincent GORRY

Rapporteur

Flight Crew Commission

Philippe BAGUR (Airbus)

Chairman

Philippe DUJARIC

Rapporteur

Frequency Commission

Myriam NOUVEL (Thales)

Chairman

Anne BONDIOU-CLERGERIE

Rapporteur

GEAD Trade Commission

Laurent Poirier (Hutchinson Aerospace)

Chairman

Laurence Thuret-Demoulin

Rapporteur

Industrial Committee

Benoît KLEIN (Airbus)

Chairman

Anthony BOURDON

Rapporteur

International Commission

Alexandre ZIEGLER

President

Philippe GAUTIER

Vice-President

Richard LAVAUD

Vice-President

Vincent GORRY

Rapporteur

Labour Relations Commission

Vincent MACKIE (Safran)

Chairman

Philippe DUJARIC

Rapporteur

Quality Assurance Commission

Solenne TERRAL (Safran)

Chairman

Anthony BOURDON

Rapporteur

R&D Commission

Jean PERROT (Airbus)

Chairman

Anne BONDIOU-CLERGERIE et Corinne LIGNET

Rapporteurs

Space Commission

Jean-Marc NASR (Airbus Defence and Space)

Chairman

Anne BONDIOU-CLERGERIE

Rapporteur