Airbus confirmed the appointment of sales chief Christian Scherer as CEO of its core planemaking operation on Tuesday, restoring dedicated leadership of its main business for the first time in four years as it steps up jet production.
The world’s largest planemaker said that group CEO Guillaume Faury, who has combined the job of running the wider company with the jetliner business since 2019, said the move would free him to steer the group in a “fast-evolving global environment”.
Scherer’s appointment as Commercial Aircraft CEO, first reported by Reuters, will take effect from Jan. 1 after discussions with unions, Airbus said.
