{"id":4712,"date":"2019-05-21T16:32:11","date_gmt":"2019-05-21T21:32:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planesintheair.com\/?p=4712"},"modified":"2019-05-21T16:32:17","modified_gmt":"2019-05-21T21:32:17","slug":"airbus-seeks-resolution-to-german-arms-export-row","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/?p=4712","title":{"rendered":"Airbus Seeks Resolution To German Arms Export Row"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

PARIS (Reuters) – Airbus is in discussions to try to find solutions to a row with the German government over a ban on arms exports to Saudi Arabia that threatens a border security contract, Chief Executive Guillaume Faury said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The planemaker has warned of legal action against Germany after taking financial charges over the long-delayed border contract between Airbus’s defence unit and the Gulf kingdom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“We are not yet there,” Faury told reporters when asked about possible legal action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“We are very much impacted by the situation which is now being extended and trying to find different solutions,” Faury said, adding that Airbus had been forced into a corner by the unexpected national export embargo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Germany acted alone with a ban in October after the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul, irritating other European arms exporters including France, where Airbus is based. The measure was extended in March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The row comes as France and Germany study a new combat jet, in which Airbus is the industrial partner on the German side.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Faury said Airbus remained committed to the manned and unmanned system, adding it could be eventually opened to other nations including Britain “as a more united Europe”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The arms row also coincides with a separate spat with Germany over 600 million euros of development loans for the A380 passenger jet, which Airbus has said it will stop producing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Berlin government said in March it was in talks with Airbus about the outstanding loans, which also feature in a separate trade dispute about mutual claims of illegal aircraft subsidies between the European Union and the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Faury said Airbus “would not be where it is” without its project to build the world’s largest airliner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Asked at a media event whether the separate disputes with Germany could be settled in a single negotiation, Faury said “We just want to execute the contracts as they are and I will not say more.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Airbus continues to have good relations with Germany and other founder Airbus nations, Faury said at the event, taking place as Airbus celebrates its 50th anniversary as a planemaker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Reporting by Tim Hepher; Editing by Susan Thomas)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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