AIRBUS NEARS DECISION ON NEW PLANEMAKING LEADERSHIP

Airbus (AIR.PA) is pushing ahead with plans to name a new internal head of its commercial aircraft business, effectively recreating a separate civil jetliner division with the list of candidates widening to include sales chief Christian Scherer.

• Industry sources said a final decision on the shake-up was likely in coming weeks

• Airbus Helicopters CEO Bruno Even had earlier been cited as a possible candidate for the top planemaking role.

But the focus of speculation has widened to Chief Commercial Officer Christian Scherer, a veteran of the Airbus planemaking business who has also had stints at the Defence division and in running turboprop joint-venture ATR.

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