An Airbus boss has said ongoing disruption caused by the coronavirus pandemic and the war in Ukraine will not threaten the aerospace giant’s ambition to develop the world's first zero-emission commercial aircraft by 2035.
Head of group demonstrators Sandra Bour Schaeffer said the firm had deployed the “right strategy” to weather the “biggest crisis” the industry had seen, with global supply chains continuing to be impacted by covid lockdowns in China and Russia’s military invasion.
During a recent visit to the company’s site in Filton, South Gloucestershire, the Toulouse-based chief executive of Airbus’ subsidiary UpNext - which identifies future flying technologies for its products - told BusinessLive the company would continue to invest significantly in its research into sustainable innovation.
