The Director of the Serious Fraud Office has opened a criminal investigation into allegations of fraud, briberyand corruption in the civil aviation business of Airbus Group. These allegations relate to irregularities concerning third party consultants. If you have any information please contact us through oursecure and confidential reportingchannel.Notes to editors:1. When providinginformation please quote ‘Airbus investigation’ on the reportingform.
2. The SFO opened its investigation in July 2016.
3. The SFO can make no further comment at this time.