CASA

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Spanish company aircraft manufacturer company

CASA (Construcciones Aeronáuticas S.A.) was a Spanish aircraft manufacturer that became a key predecessor to Airbus through mergers in the European aerospace industry.

Aliases (2)

CASA 1.131 ×1
CASA 2.111 ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Spanish company → aircraft manufacturer → company →
abbreviationFor	Construcciones Aeronáuticas S.A. →
becamePartOf	Airbus Group → EADS →
collaboratedWith	Airbus → Breguet Aviation → Dornier →
country	Spain →
developedAircraft	CASA 1.131 → CASA 2.111 → CASA C-212 Aviocar → CASA C-295 → CASA CN-235 →
foundedIn	1923 →
fullName	Construcciones Aeronáuticas S.A. →
headquartersCountry	Spain →
headquartersLocation	Madrid →
industry	aerospace industry → aircraft manufacturing → defense industry →
keyPredecessorOf	Airbus →
languageOfName	Spanish →
licenseProducedAircraft	Bücker Bü 131 → Heinkel He 111 → Junkers Ju 52 →
mergedInto	EADS CASA →
notableProductFamily	C-212 family → C-295 family → CN-235 family →
operatedInPeriod	20th century → early 21st century →
parentCompanyAfterMerger	EADS →
predecessorOf	Airbus Defence and Space → Airbus Military →
reasonForCessation	merger into EADS and integration into Airbus →
regionOfOperations	Europe → Latin America →
roleInEuropeanAerospace	founding partner in Airbus military programs → participant in collaborative European aircraft projects →
specializedIn	aerostructures → military aircraft → trainer aircraft → transport aircraft →
status	defunct →
successor	Airbus Defence and Space → Airbus Military →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
CASA ("CASA 2.111") → CASA ("CASA 1.131") →	developedAircraft
Airbus →	foundedBy