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Airbus CEO warns of new risks after 'significant' trade damage
Airbus CEO warns of ongoing supply chain disruptions and U.S.-China trade conflicts causing major financial and logistical impacts, urging cost discipline for future aircraft development.
- Guillaume Faury warned staff in an internal letter that Airbus must adapt after 'significant' damage from U.S. protectionism and U.S.-China tensions, citing 'unprecedented crises' in 2026.
- In April 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump announced sweeping tariffs prompting Chinese restrictions on rare-earth exports, while Washington later froze exports of engines and key components needed for the C919 jet and Airbus jets assembled in China.
- After a November Airbus recall, delivery goals were cut due to flawed fuselage panels, while recently retired commercial CEO Christian Scherer highlighted late A320-family engines from Pratt & Whitney.
- Despite trade upheaval, Faury congratulated the group's 160,000 staff for good results overall in 2025 while maintaining financial targets and pursuing a commercial cost-cutting plan ahead of February 19.
- Aiming for the 2030s, Guillaume Faury said `Achieving profitable growth in the second half of the 2020s is essential: we need to approach this crucial period in truly 'Olympic' shape` as Airbus prepares an A320 successor, with Boeing expected to follow.
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Business TimesAirbus CEO warns of new risks after ‘significant’ trade damage
By Tim Hepher PARIS, Jan 25 (Reuters) - The head of Airbus has warned staff that the plane maker must be ready to adapt to unsettling new geopolitical risks after facing "significant" logistical and financial damage from U.S. protectionism and U.S.-Chi...
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The managing director of Airbus, Guillaume Faury, calls his 160,000 employees to vigilance in the face of unprecedented global geopolitical instability at the beginning of 2026. In an internal note, the leader of the...
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