Over the past few months, commercial aircraft manufacturers have struggled to balance a constantly shifting economic environment and onerous trade barriers, ones which are wreaking havoc on supply chains. In a move that many could have seen coming, it appears that China is beginning to shift its allegiances away from US-based manufacturer Boeing and towards its principal European competitor, Airbus .

Airbus

Stock Code

AIR

Business Type

Planemaker

Date Founded

December 18, 1970

CEO

Guillaume Faury

Headquarters Location

Toulouse, France

Key Product Lines

Airbus A220 , Airbus A320 , Airbus A330 , Airbus A340 , Airbus A350 , Airbus A380

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According to Bloomberg , China is considering the placement of an order for hundreds of Airbus jets next month,

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