EADS/Airbus says that it is unaffected by financing woes of the banks but this is not entirely accurate…

EADS CEO, Louis Gallois, stated yesterday that his company has not been affected by the difficulties French banks are having in securing dollar financing. He stated that foreign banks that have access to the greenback are filling in the gap left by French banks in providing dollar funding. French newspaper Les Echos reported yesterday that Airbus had convinced the governments of France, Germany and the UK to guarantee sales of A320 aircraft assembled at the Tianjin plant in China via their export agencies. So Airbus has shored-up problem areas and does not see a problem with the funding woes of