The European airline maker, which is Boeing’s chief rival, said it would adapt to any new tariffs, including passing on costs to its customers.

Airbus could prioritise deliveries to non-U.S. customers if tariffs imposed by US President Donald Trump were to disrupt the company’s imports in the country, CEO Guillaume Faury said in an interview with CNBC on Thursday.

Faury nevertheless stressed that Airbus had made moves in recent years to not only buy more from the U.S. and sell a significant number of aircraft and helicopters in the U.S., bu