The company said its aviation division was again on track to deliver underlying growth, despite adverse foreign exchange fluctuations.
Because Airbus mainly manufacturers its aircraft within the eurozone, but sells them in dollars, it is highly vulnerable to foreign exchange fluctuations.
Given the current landscape, with central banks in the U.S., Europe, the U.K. and now Japan executing various methods of quantitative easing, Koester warns that companies need to be more mindful than ever of the real-time impact of foreign exchange fluctuations on their bottom line.
However the sector drew strength from steady demand and a greater presence worldwide, particularly on high-potential markets less affected by exchange rate fluctuations.
Indeed, a forced devaluation may do much more harm to investor confidence than continuous exchange-rate fluctuations.
EU's figures are in purchasing-power-parity terms, which strip out the effects of exchange-rate fluctuations.
Exchange-rate fluctuations mean that this falls foul of a ban on ever paying an employee less one month than the previous one.
Anyone serving the euro-zone from Britain must either live with sterling's variability against the euro or hedge against exchange-rate fluctuations as far as they can.
Investing in international markets may involve additional risks, such as social and political instability, market illiquidity, exchange-rate fluctuations, a high level of volatility and limited regulation.
"The historic response, if you like, is has always been to look to subsidize, to insulate the impact of the fluctuations of exchange rates and commodity prices by looking to subsidize ... things like bread, " Hanna told CNN.
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The government has long allowed market forces to determine exchange rates, intervening only to smooth wild fluctuations.
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