Farnborough, England – Top leaders from aerospace companies in the United States and Europe agreed to close collaboration on ethical business practices as well as efforts to improve aviation's impact on the environment after meeting at the Farnborough International Airshow on Tuesday. The CEOs of some of the largest and most influential aerospace companies on both sides of the Atlantic also discussed efforts to improve the export control systems during the face-to-face meeting.
The leaders agreed to use the separate business ethics regimes in place in the U.S. and Europe as a starting point for efforts to exchange good practices internationally. The two sides agreed to hold an international forum on business conduct each year to mark progress and plan strategy.
“It's vital that we work closely with our European partners on these issues, and we have solid marching orders on the way forward,” Marion Blakey, AIA President and CEO said. “This will lead to continued progress on improvements in ethics, the environment, the NextGen and SESAR airspace modernisation programmes and the other important matters.”
“Transatlantic cooperation is essential to tackle environmental and technological challenges”, François Gayet, ASD Secretary-General, declared. “These challenges are common to the US and the European aerospace industries, which both operate on a global scale.”
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