Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury said he could see the two separate European programmes working on new fighter jets and combat air systems being combined in future or at least designed to work together.

Europe is running out of time to avoid wasting billions on building two rival fighter jets, the head of Airbus warned.

Guillaume Faury says potential areas of synergies amid budgetary constraints include development of drones and sensors

Boeing's 2024 deliveries fell by about a third from a year earlier to 348 airplanes. The company's delivery gap with rival Airbus widened as the European plane maker handed over 766 jetliners. Boeing struggled to ramp up production and deliveries due to a midair door plug blowout in January 2024 and then a machinist strike in the fall.

Airbus' net orders for 2024 totaled 826 airplanes valued at $66.5 billion, despite a significant year-on-year decline in order inflow. Click for my EADSF stock update.