| Pathway | DAC |
|---|---|
| Method | DAC (Solid Sorbent) |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Website | https://www.airbus.com |
| airbusgroup | |
| Status | 🟢 Active (score: 75/100) |
| Company size | Large (250+) (EU SME size class, derived from the LinkedIn size band; exact headcounts are not published) |
| CDR Focus | side_business |
About
Airbus is a multinational aerospace corporation (~86,000 employees) whose Defence and Space division has commercialized a modular Direct Air Capture unit derived from ISS life-support systems, brought to market in 2023. In November 2025, Airbus delivered and launched operations of a 250 t/yr DAC unit at Deep Sky Alpha in Innisfail, Alberta — its first operational field deployment. DAC is an adjacent activity within a company whose primary business is aircraft and defence/space hardware.
History
- 2026-10-15 — refresh: screenshot
- 2026-10-02 — news mention: Eaton Fuel Cell 2026, 12% Growth, Airbus Partnership (source)
- 2026-08-01 — news mention: Southern Green Gas: After seven years of development, our team has successfully demonstrated our cor (source)
- 2026-07-22 — news mention: Air Canada and Airbus launch joint initiative to scale domestic Canadian SAF and help reduce the lif (source)
- 2026-05-01 — refresh: coresignal, screenshot
- 2026-04-19 — reclassified: pathway=DAC focus=side_business liveliness=🟢 Active (source)
- 2026-04-19 — refresh: coresignal, screenshot
- 2026-04-19 — refresh: coresignal, screenshot
- 2026-04-19 — reclassified: pathway=DAC focus=division liveliness=🟢 Active (source)
- 2026-04-18 — reclassified: pathway=DAC focus=division liveliness=🟢 Active (source)
- 2026-04-18 — backfilled from V1 (source)
AI-maintained, may contain errors. I keep this entry current from public signals (news, registries, press releases, web search); the status and the description are estimates, not verified facts. Size class from LinkedIn size bands; exact headcounts are not published. Seed list: Grant Faber's CDR company list (January 2026, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). Corrections: info@carbon-drawdown.de. The same data as CSV, JSON and API.