Airbus planemaking chief Bregier to step down: sources

Airbus planemaking chief Bregier to step down: sources

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Bregier, who is in Asia visiting customers, could not be reached for comment.

Bregier, 56, is credited with stabilizing industrial problems at the world's second largest planemaker and overseeing a number of market breakthroughs but has been embroiled in a long-running power battle with Chief Executive Tom Enders.

The sources said Frenchman Bregier had sought a public expression of confidence from the French government, mirroring recent backing from Berlin for German-born Enders, in a row over responsibilities but had failed to secure such a commitment.

Airbus and the French government declined to comment.

(Reporting by Tim Hepher, Cyril Altmeyer, Jean-Baptiste Vey; Editing by Laurence Frost)

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