The disparity in support has already led the Airbus chief executive, Guillaume Faury, to warn that its UK operations will face more permanent job losses than France or Germany. The European aircraft maker has cut a third of its production capacity. Steep cuts are also expected in its UK operations, focused on its wing factory in Broughton, north Wales. Rolls-Royce, the UK maker of jet engines, has already announced 9,000 job cuts, while Canadian planemaker Bombardier has shed 600 jobs in Northern Ireland. The UK government has also provoked the ire of the aerospace industry through the imposition of a 14-day quarantine on passengers arriving from abroad. The industry argues that the quarantine requirement will damage demand for new planes from airlines. An ADS spokesman said: "Our defence and space industries are well placed to act as a catalyst for economic recovery.