<div id="readability-page-1"><div>By Kimberley Kao Airbus wants to grow its footprint in Asia to meet strong demand in the region, a top company executive said. &#34;With presence all around the region, the key really is to help us to grow the footprint and to do more here,&#34; said Wouter van Wersch, executive vice president of Airbus's international business. &#34;Honestly, I'm very keen to grow Vietnam.&#34; Currently, the region accounts for nearly one-third of the company's global revenues and order backlog, the executive said at a recent group media briefing at the Singapore Airshow. According to the company's estimates, the Asia-Pacific region is expected to remain the world's fastest-growing air-travel market, requiring 19,560 new passenger aircraft over the next two decades and accounting for 46% of total global demand. Airbus's sourcing volume for equipment and parts from the region, including India and China, has grown sevenfold from 2011 to 2024, accounting for 7.9% of the company's global sourcing volume. This figure is likely to rise, van Wersch said. The company has also taken steps to grow &#34;strongly&#34; in India, making the country one of its key centers for engineering, he said. Overall, however, the supply chain has remained complicated since the pandemic, particularly due to engines and cabin seats, he said. &#34;We are having a lot of discussions with [engine manufacturers] to make sure that they also make the right investments...to answer the demand.&#34; In recent years, Airbus has been able to surge ahead of Boeing in market share amid the American plane maker's woes. However, Boeing appears to be regaining its footing as it takes steps to ramp up production of its jets. The Airbus executive is also taking China's homegrown plane maker Comac &#34;very seriously.&#34; &#34;I think they do realize that aeronautics is a complicated industry. It takes time to grow in terms of the capabilities to deliver aircraft,&#34; van Wersch said. &#34;[Comac] will be, for sure, a strong competitor going forward.&#34; Another challenge is aerospace being among the most exposed industries to the U.S. tariff crossfire. While it's something that creates &#34;distraction&#34; and increases costs for customers, Airbus is coping, van Wersch said. &#34;Of course we are a big believer in free trade, and tariffs is not something that is really helpful...being a global company, we are able to reallocate and make the right decisions in order to make sure that we limit the impact,&#34; he said. Write to Kimberley Kao at kimberley.kao@wsj.com (END) Dow Jones Newswires02-06-26 0454ET</div></div>

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空中客车集团旨在扩大其在亚洲的业务，以满足日益增长的需求，目前该地区贡献了其全球收入的近三分之一。预计亚太市场在未来 20 年内将需要 19,560 架新客机，占全球需求的 46%。空中客车集团已显著增加了来自该地区的采购，并专注于印度的增长。尽管面临供应链挑战以及来自波音和中国商飞的竞争，空中客车集团对其在亚洲的战略仍持乐观态度

空中客车集团希望在亚洲扩大其市场份额，以应对不断增长的需求