Airbus to stop producing the A380 as sales slump

Airbus will end production of the A380, with deliveries ceasing in 2021 due to Emirates reducing its order book, aircraft development and the lack of order backlog. Emirates and Airbus reached an agreement on outstanding A380 deliveries, with the airline receiving 14 more A380s from 2019 to 2021, taking its total order book to 123 […]

Faury to succeed Enders as CEO of Airbus

The Airbus board of directors have picked Guillaume Faury to succeed Tom Enders as chief executive officer (CEO) from next year. Faury, who is president of Airbus Commercial Aircraft will succeed Enders, who remains CEO until the Annual General Meeting on 10 April 2019 when Faury’s appointment will be submitted to shareholders. The 50-year-old held […]

Enders and Bregier to leave Airbus as part of management shake up

Airbus has announced major changes of management with Fabrice Bregier stepping down in February 2018 and Tom Enders following in April 2019. Enders, the chief executive officer (CEO), has advised the board of directors that he does not wish to seek another term beyond his current mandate, which runs until the 2019 Annual Shareholders Meeting. […]

Eric Schulz to take over from John Leahy at Airbus

Airbus has appointed Eric Schulz to take over from John Leahy, who is due to retire after 33 years with the company. Schulz will join in January 2018 as executive vice president – chief of sales – marketing & contracts for the commercial aircraft business, and will report to chief executive officer, Tom Enders. The […]