The Council of European Aerospace Societies was formed in 1993 as the Confederation of European Aerospace Societies in recognition of the increasingly international nature of aerospace business. The transition from Confederation to Council took place in 2003 with the intention of providing improved collaboration, legal status and use of the resources of the constituent societies.
CEAS currently comprises eleven Trustee Member Societies (with a combined roughly 35.000 individual members):
and five Corporate Members:
CEAS recognises outstanding achievements and contributions through various awards: