- Title: Macron and Merkel visit Airbus factory in Toulouse
- Date: 16th October 2019
- Summary: TOULOUSE, FRANCE (OCTOBER 16, 2019) (REUTERS) ***WARNING: CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** FRENCH PRESIDENT, EMMANUEL MACRON AND GERMAN CHANCELLOR, ANGELA MERKEL, ARRIVING FOR VISIT OF AIRBUS FACTORY WITH AIRBUS CEO, GUILLAUME FAURY, AND GERMAN AND FRENCH MINISTERS FAURY SPEAKING TO MACRON AND MERKEL / FRENCH FINANCE MINISTER, BRUNO LE MAIRE AND GERMAN ECONOMY MINISTER, PETER ALTMAIER, LISTENING MODEL PLANE IN CASE VARIOUS OF MACRON AND MERKEL DURING VISIT FAURY, ALTMAIER AND AIRBUS BOARD MEMBER AND DESIGNATED CHAIRMAN, RENE OBERMANN, DURING VISIT VARIOUS OF AIRBUS A350 PLANE ON ASSEMBLY LINE AIRBUS BANNER IN FACTORY VARIOUS OF MACRON AND MERKEL DURING VISIT MACRON AND MERKEL POSING FOR PHOTOGRAPHS WITH FAURY AND OBERMANN AEROPLANE WING IN FACTORY PLANE ON ASSEMBLY LINE AIRBUS EMPLOYEE IN FACTORY AIRBUS EMPLOYEES WATCHING MACRON AND MERKEL DURING VISIT VARIOUS OF MACRON AND MERKEL SPEAKING TO AIRBUS EMPLOYEES AIRBUS BANNER IN FACTORY MACRON AND MERKEL POSING FOR PHOTOGRAPHS WITH AIRBUS EMPLOYEES JOURNALISTS SURROUNDING MACRON AND MERKEL IN FACTORY MACRON AND MERKEL SPEAKING TO ALTMAIER AIRBUS EMPLOYEES TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS OF MACRON AND MERKEL MERKEL GREETING AIRBUS EMPLOYEES AIRBUS A350 WHERE MACRON AND MERKEL WILL HAVE LUNCH WITH EMPLOYEES MACRON AND MERKEL WALKING ON TARMAC SIGN FOR AIRBUS A350 READING: "FLIGHT TEST, AIRBUS CAMPUS" VARIOUS OF MACRON AND MERKEL WALKING UP STAIRS TO PLANE AND ENTERING
- Embargoed: 30th October 2019 13:07
- Keywords: Airbus Emmanuel Macron Angela Merkel Toulouse Airbus factory Airbus A350 Germany France
- Location: TOULOUSE, FRANCE
- City: TOULOUSE, FRANCE
- Country: France
- Topics: Government/Politics
- Reuters ID: LVA001B1CL7BB
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel visited an Airbus A350 factory and training centre in the southern French city of Toulouse on Wednesday (October 16), accompanied by some of their ministers and Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury.
Macron and Merkel toured the Airplane Campus, where an A350 model is being used to train workers and apprentices who could potentially be hired by Airbus.
Airbus sales director Christian Sherer told the two European leaders that the A350 programme, envisioned to compete with Boeing's 777X and primarily targeting Asian airline companies, had achieved 25 percent reduction in fuel consumption.
Merkel and Macron also met with employees from both France and Germany during the visit, which marked 50 years since the launch of Franco-German cooperation on Airbus.
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