PARIS, Jan 21 (Reuters) - The CEO of Europe's Airbus

has told staff that the group ended 2024 in better

shape than it feared when issuing a profit warning last summer,

while warning of a deteriorating international environment and

newly increased business risks.

Referring to group-wide performance, Guillaume Faury said in

a memo seen by Reuters : "From an operational point of view, we

finished the year in a better state than we feared when we

changed our guidance to the financial markets" in July.

An Airbus spokesperson said it never comments on internal

correspondence.