Guillaume Faury

“We have already said and we confirm that we want to launch the next generation single aisle in 2030 for an entry into service in the second part of the next decade. It will come with a fuel burn benefit of around 25%.”

— From Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury Talks Next-Gen Single-Aisle Aircraft | Bloomberg Talks, Bloomberg Podcasts (July 20, 2026)

“I don't think so. I think the Americans are allies of Europe. Europe wants to rearm. Europe wants to be more self-sufficient. And that's also what the Americans are expecting from Europe in NATO. And when it comes to the industry, we're supporting that effort. So, I think Europe is not saying that they will in the futu...”

— From Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury Talks Next-Gen Single-Aisle Aircraft | Bloomberg Talks, Bloomberg Podcasts (July 20, 2026)

“In Europe it's now more than 75 years of peace. And none of us in this room, I guess, has ever faced ever faced a situation of war that the generations before us saw in Europe. And for 75 years, we've grabbed the fruits, the dividends of peace. Uh defense budgets have gone down. And we focused on other priorities think...”

— From Airbus Defence Summit 2026 - Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury opening remarks, Airbus (May 20, 2026)

“Actually Airbus is the largest EU defense company. But that's not what we are known for. Airbus is known for commercial aircraft, for helicopters, for satellites, for a lot of systems, but mostly from the civil side. Because actually 80% of our turnover is in commercial and civil. Only 20% is in defense. But 20% makes...”

— From Airbus Defence Summit 2026 - Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury opening remarks, Airbus (May 20, 2026)

“Europe is taking a very different approach which is to regulate upfront to try to reduce or prevent risk from happening. Well, that that's something we can understand, but at the same time, it's limiting the opportunities. It's reducing the speed of action and the field of action. I think today there is a need for Euro...”

— From Guillaume Faury CEO Airbus at Adopt AI - Special interview: AI in Aerospace Manufacturing, Adopt AI - Grand Palais (November 25, 2025)

“We need scale and when Europe comes together we have the scale and we can compete and be efficient. When we are too fragmented, when we don't manage to cooperate, to play as one block, then we are slower than the others. So really cooperation, thinking at scale and the second one is speed. And back to my previous messa...”

— From Guillaume Faury CEO Airbus at Adopt AI - Special interview: AI in Aerospace Manufacturing, Adopt AI - Grand Palais (November 25, 2025)

“It's a midterm story for sure, maybe a long-term one as well. You know that Europe has relied on the United States for a very long time when it comes to security of Europe and we are now in different times. Europe is really ramping up in its ability to secure itself to defend itself which means significant increase in...”

— From Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury Talks Earnings, Delivery Delays | Bloomberg Talks, Bloomberg Podcasts (October 29, 2025)

“Well, we just signed the memorandum of understanding with Thales and Leonardo to create that European player that is able to or will be able to compete at scale on on the global competitive landscape. So, that's really good. We are not only willing to compete with with SpaceX and Starlink. Obviously that's a a big play...”

— From Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury Talks Earnings, Delivery Delays | Bloomberg Talks, Bloomberg Podcasts (October 29, 2025)

“We are indeed happy to see that this is the way forward. We saw that in the agreement between the U.S. and the UK and the recently over the weekend, we heard that civil aviation parts and equipment and aircraft themselves will continue to be without tariffs. That was important for us, but it was important for the U.S....”

— From Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury on new tariffs with the EU, Quest Means Business (July 30, 2025)

“We're focusing on the succession of the A320 family. It's a very successful product, but it's now a very mature product. So we have to look beyond the horizon. We're preparing the successor of the A320 that we intend to launch the program around 2030 for an entry into service of this product in the second half of the n...”

— From Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury on new tariffs with the EU, Quest Means Business (July 30, 2025)

“What we see in the first half of the year is um a number of delivery that is uh at 306 um but we have also to have in mind that we have 60 aircraft sitting on the ground fully finished but with engines missing we call them gliders. So if you look at what we've been able to produce including the gliders actually we are...”

— From Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury Talks Earnings | Bloomberg Talks, Bloomberg Podcasts (July 30, 2025)

“Well, that's an important question to us. Uh we had the news um over the weekend of uh the agreement and the fact that civil aviation uh will be back to the so-called zero for zero meaning no tariffs. That's something we have enjoyed since 1979 and drive the success of this industry. Uh we need um something out and and...”

— From Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury Talks Earnings | Bloomberg Talks, Bloomberg Podcasts (July 30, 2025)

“On a en France un déséquilibre très très fort entre le coût d'un modèle social qu'on aime tous mais qui est un coût aujourd'hui très élevé et ce que les entreprises et l'industrie sont capables de générer comme richesse. Et donc il faut le rééquilibrer parce que sinon on fait porter de plus en plus ce coût sur un nombr...”

— From 🔴 Hearing of Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury on the obstacles to the reindustrialization of France, Assemblée nationale (April 30, 2025)

“On est exposé de plusieurs façons. D'abord, si on fait l'hypothèse qu'il y a pas de changement du programme de production et de livraison, on est impacté par l'impact mécanique des tarifs. C'est-à-dire typiquement, j'ai une usine aux États-Unis qui assemble des avions. Donc, une grande partie de la production est faite...”

— From 🔴 Hearing of Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury on the obstacles to the reindustrialization of France, Assemblée nationale (April 30, 2025)

“On a en France un déséquilibre très très fort entre le coût d'un modèle social qu'on aime tous mais qui est un coût aujourd'hui très élevé et ce que les entreprises et l'industrie sont capables de générer comme richesse. Et donc il faut le rééquilibrer parce que sinon on fait porter de plus en plus ce coût sur un nombr...”

— From 🔴 Hearing of Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury on the obstacles to the reindustrialization of France, Assemblée nationale (April 30, 2025)