Airbus SE is poised to name the head of the plane making unit and effective No. 2, Guillaume Faury, as its next chief executive, two people familiar with the matter said Monday.
Faury is set to replace Tom Enders, who in December said he wouldn’t seek a new mandate when his current term expires next year. The announcement could come as early as Monday, the people said.
Airbus EADSY, -1.21% had said it would seek to name the replacement for Enders before year-end.
Faury, 50, is being tapped to take the top job at Airbus, the world’s No. 2 plane maker after Boeing Co. BA, -0.63% , at a time of rising plane deliveries and a backlog of more than 7,300 plane orders—equivalent to nine years of production. But the company also has struggled to build some of the planes, causing delayed deliveries and angering airline customers…
