At the 1978 Farnborough Air Show, Eric Varley, the British Secretary of State for Industry, announced that BAe was to rejoin Airbus Industrie and participate as a full partner from 1 January 1979 onwards.
No Farnborough Air Show de 1978, Eric Varley, o Secretario de Estado de Industria británico, anunciou que BAe volvería a unirse a Airbus Industrie e participaría como socio completo a partir do 1 de xaneiro de 1979.