On 29 May 1969, Airbus began a journey that would see it become one of the fastest growing companies in the history of European industry.

By the turn of the century, Airbus had become the world’s leading aircraft manufacturer.

Now, over 2 billion passengers fly in an Airbus aircraft every year – meaning it has even more users than Facebook.

On 29 May 2019, our 50^th Anniversary celebrations were in full flow, but the Airbus fleet carried out the same mind-boggling amount of flying it does every single day.

Take a look at what that one day in the life of the Airbus fleet looks like…