The equivalent of almost 5,300 jobs are set to be cut at Airbus as the company’s defence and space divisions are combined into one unit.<br /><br />The total is slightly less than was first announced last December when plans for the restructuring were unveiled.<br /><br />The axe will fall most heavily in Germany, a union source revealed after a detailed internal briefing of the company’s works council.<br /><br />It’s reported the cuts will involve 2,438 jobs in Germany including just over one thousand at the Manching Eurofighter combat jet factory.<br /><br />Around 1,400 are set to go in France. An Airbus Group spokesman declined to comment.
