Airbus CEO: We’re willing to consider partial merger of Space Systems division if larger deal meets resistance in Europe

by Peter B. de Selding

LA PLATA, Maryland — Airbus Chief Executive Guillaume Faury said he’s willing to accept a merger of only part of the company’s Space Division if a larger deal cannot be concluded.

Acknowledging the political and industrial opposition to what industry officials say have been talks on a joint venture with Franco-Italian rival Thales Alenia Space (TAS), Faury said he’d be willing to slice a transaction into pieces if that made it more palatable.

“There are many ways of skinning the cat,” Faury . . .

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