# AURA AERO obtains building permit for AURA Factory at Toulouse-Francazal

AURA AERO has obtained the building permit for its AURA Factory, a 50,000-square-meter aerospace production facility at Toulouse-Francazal Airport in France. The project is supported by a €95 million grant from the European Commission's Innovation Fund and is expected to create over 1,600 direct jobs.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2026-03-18
- Where: Toulouse-Francazal Airport, Occitanie, France
- Value: $109.0M (100.0M EUR)
- Jobs: 1,600
- Starts operating: 2028
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 50,000 square meters
- Products: low-carbon aircraft
- Sectors: [Aerospace Components](https://endata.com/sectors/aerospace-components.md)

## Companies

- [Aura Aero](https://endata.com/companies/50616.md)

## Sources

- [airframer.com](https://www.airframer.com/news/release/aura-aero-obtains-building-permit-for-aura-factory-at-toulouse-francazal), 2026-03-19: "Obtaining the building permit also represents a key milestone for the project supported by the European Commission’s Innovation Fund (€95 million), a crucial strategic backing to support AURA AERO’s industrial growth and enable the transition to mass production of a low-carbon aircraft."
- [aerocontact.com](https://www.aerocontact.com/en/aerospace-aviation-news/100326-aura-aero-obtains-green-light-for-its-low-carbon-factory-in-toulouse-francazal), 2026-03-20: "It is now official: On March 18th, AURA AERO announced that it had received the building permit for AURA Factory at the Toulouse Francazal airport site."

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