Airbus considers replacement of Russian titanium

One of the world’s largest aircraft building companies Airbus is scared of facing problems with the raw material from Russia because of the crisis in the Ukraine, a spokesman for the company, G. Butshek said.

“We depend on the titanium from our Russian suppliers,” he said. According to G.Butshek, there appeared no restrictions so far. Meanwhile, there has been created a special working group, which holds negotiations with a number of potential suppliers worldwide in order to replace Russian titanium if it becomes necessary.