Berlin — Airbus faces the prospect of having to find a new leader after CEO Tom Enders reportedly plans to leave after his contract expires, sparking a leadership contest just as the aircraft maker grapples with a bribery probe and slack demand for its biggest airliner. Enders would not renew his mandate when it expires in May 2019, French newspaper Le Figaro reported, without saying where it got the information. The company board will endorse his decision at a meeting on December 14 and formalise his move early next year, the newspaper said. Rainer Ohler, a spokesman for Toulouse, France-based Airbus, called the report "pure media speculation" and said no decision had been made. Enders said his future in the post would ideally be determined in joint consultations with the board. "The decision about my future as CEO of Airbus is not taken by the French press or the French government or any government," he said in an e-mailed statement. "My current mandate runs until April 2019 and t...
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