Airbus lowered industrial targets and issued a profit warning in July, citing a shortfall in supplies of engines from engine maker CFM, co-owned by GE Aerospace and France's Safran, as well as shortages of parts from other suppliers.

The CEO of Airbus' planemaking business said on Friday the European planemaker was monitoring the wider impact of a strike by Boeing workers, but had not yet seen a direct impact on the number of parts delivered by shared suppliers.

The deal spread in Boeing's (BA) planned acquisition of Spirit AeroSystems (NYSE:SPR) widened amid a report about Airbus (OTCPK:EADSY) issues with parts it gets from Spirit. Airbus is dealing with some supply chain issues from parts it gets from Spirit (SPR) that appear to be causing delays in deliveries,