Airbus chief Tom Enders warned Thursday that a no-deal Brexit could prompt the European aerospace giant to make “very harmful decisions” for Britain, branding the government’s handling a “disgrace”.<\/p>\n
The aircraft manufacturer currently employs 14,000 people in Britain, including sites at Filton in southwest England and Broughton in north Wales, designing and manufacturing wings.<\/p>\n
“If there is a no-deal Brexit, we at Airbus will have to make potentially very harmful decisions for the UK,” Enders warned in a video published on the group’s website.<\/p>\n
Airbus, which has repeatedly warned that Brexit could mean pulling investment out of Britain, also expressed growing frustration over Prime Minister Theresa May’s faltering Brexit strategy.<\/p>\n
“It is a disgrace that more than two years after the result of the 2016 referendum, businesses are still unable to plan properly for the future.<\/p>\n
“We, along with many of our peers, have repeatedly called for clarity.<\/p>\n
“But we still have no idea what is really going on here.” Enders also urged Britons not to listen to “Brexiteers’ madness” that Airbus would always be in Britain.<\/p>\n
“Please don’t listen to the Brexiteers’ madness which asserts that, because we have huge plants here, we will not move and we will always be here.<\/p>\n
“They are wrong.<\/p>\n
“Of course it is not possible to pick up and move our large UK factories to other parts of the world immediately.<\/p>\n
“However, aerospace is a long-term business and we could be forced to re-direct future investments in the event of a no-deal Brexit.<\/p>\n
“Make no mistake, there are plenty of countries out there who would love to build the wings for Airbus aircraft.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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